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From: Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: organizing cron jobs in one function
Date: 18 Nov 2012 00:50:34 GMT
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References: <20121117161916.GA9492@apartia.fr>

On 2012-11-17, Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-pgsql-sql@apartia.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to centralize all db maintenance jobs from a single
> pl/pgsql function called by cron every 15 minutes (highest frequency
> required by a list of jobs). In pseudo code:

centralising execution of cron jobs into a single function is a recipe for
locking problems, if your jobs are not of the type that acquire
exclusive locks on tables, it might work for you.
.



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