-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Is there a sleep function in plpgsql? I need to wait a period time > 60 seconds) in a while loop. You will need to us another language, such as plperl. You could certainly create a sleep function and have your plpgsql call that: CREATE FUNCTION sleep(INT) RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE plperl AS $$ select(undef,undef,undef,shift); return "Time to wake up!"; $$; SELECT sleep(2); - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200508211601 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFDCN3BvJuQZxSWSsgRAhtJAKD0QDRWb6kk+AGWHMPQqM7lwRAXKACgpHM0 EkA+7aOQoI3BzgLhkva53mQ= =hD9m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----