Re: Server side communication

Alex du Plessis <alexdup01@telkomsa.net> schrieb:

> These are probably quite  silly questions:
>
> 1.  Can Postgres initiate any communication to client side?

IIRC: no. For what reason do you need this? We have LISTEN/NOTITY, is
this a solution?

>
> 2. Is there a way to run a timer to fire a trigger in a database in
> postgres?

No, but we have tools like CRON for such jobs. And, a TRIGGER is fired
on INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE, but not on a specific time.


Andreas
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