dickon.glanville@xxxxxxxxx ("Jay Dickon Glanville") writes: > On 9/12/07, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 12:36:22PM -0400, Jay Dickon Glanville wrote: >> > Hello all. >> > >> > Is it possible for PostgreSQL to notify me of a successful transaction commit? >> >> There is the LISTEN/NOTIFY mechanism. It's not automatic but I think it >> does most of what oyu want. > > Thanks for the suggestion Martijn, but I get the impression from the > documentation that LISTEN/NOTIFY is for client to client > communication. This type of communication isn't what I'm looking for. > I want server to client communication, where the server is notifying > me on successful commit of transaction. It may be closer to what you want than you think. The server *does* notify listeners upon successful commit of a transaction, and the timing is indeed right; the time of the notification is COMMIT time, not before. -- output = ("cbbrowne" "@" "cbbrowne.com") http://cbbrowne.com/info/nonrdbms.html And me, with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side... -- Marvin the Paranoid Android ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq