Re: [PATCH] pg_sleep(interval)

From: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pg_sleep(interval)
Date: 2013-10-16 20:34:08
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Anyone who actually wants this in their environment can
> add the overloaded function in their environment with a one-line SQL
> function: pg_sleep(interval) as proposed here is just
> pg_sleep(extract(epoch from now() + $1) - extract(epoch from now())).

You're making it sound way harder than it is.  Why not just:

create function my_sleep(delay interval)
  returns void language sql
  as 'select pg_sleep(extract(epoch from $1))';

... or,  of course, named to match the existing function.

--
Kevin Grittner
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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