On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:48 PM, rektide <rektide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > PgQ looks like cool technology, but it still violates the #1 thing I'm looking for, which is > a postgres-only solution. I don't see any reason why I'd want an external daemon ticking > the system over, and I'm hoping perhaps there's some way to coax Postgres itself into doing > this asychronous job processing, akin to the dblink technique mentioned twice today, but not > ugly What is wrong with external solutions for you? > NOTIFY/LISTEN again comes spiritually close, but is still restrained to only being a useful > construct for database clients; there's no resident processes that can react to database > events, and that's kind of a shame IMO. Also do not forget that if nobody LISTENs you will loose such events. > > -rektide > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:58:21PM -0800, Sergey Konoplev wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:29 AM, rektide <rektide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Does anyone have suggestions for decoupling work done on a server, for breaking up a task >> > into multiple asychronous pieces? I believe I've described 1. a viable if ugly means of >> > doing so, and 2. limitations in the primary asynchronous toolsuite of Postgres, and am >> > looking for ways to make more progress. >> >> Use PgQ (http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGQ_Tutorial) for this >> purpose. It is simple to implement solution and it will allow you to >> preserve your queries between server restarts. >> >> -- >> Sergey Konoplev >> Database and Software Architect >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp >> >> Phones: >> USA +1 415 867 9984 >> Russia, Moscow +7 901 903 0499 >> Russia, Krasnodar +7 988 888 1979 >> >> Skype: gray-hemp >> Jabber: gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx -- Sergey Konoplev Database and Software Architect http://www.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp Phones: USA +1 415 867 9984 Russia, Moscow +7 901 903 0499 Russia, Krasnodar +7 988 888 1979 Skype: gray-hemp Jabber: gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general