Re: is there a way

On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 18:45, Dorward Villaruz wrote:
> Hello guys, i have a little problem concerning postgres
>
> 1) is there a way to time execution of sql statements in postgres without using any frontend languages like php ?

Not in PostgreSQL itself.  Do it from the Unix shell:

    at '03:15 tomorrow' <<EOC
    psql -d database < /path/to/sql/script1
    psql -d database < /path/to/sql/script2
    EOC

or use cron for regular events.

> 2) is there also a way of inserting 2000000 records to a table without using any frontend languages like php?

Create a text file containing the records and use COPY (in psql)

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