To create a job in pgAgent use something like the following INSERT STATEMENTS
(for a Routine Maintenance
job) :
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_job (jobid, jobjclid, jobname, jobdesc, jobenabled, jobhostagent)
SELECT jcl.jclid, 'MyJob', '', true, ''
FROM pgagent.pga_jobclass jcl WHERE jclname='Routine Maintenance';
To add a step to this job, which executes a SQL command ('delete from test where user_name=''test'';
), use the following command:
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_jobstep (jstjobid, jstname, jstdesc, jstenabled, jstkind, jstonerror, jstcode, jstdbname, jstconnstr)
SELECT (SELECT jobid
FROM pgagent.pga_job
WHERE jobname = 'MyJob'), 'MyStep', '', true, 's', 'f', 'delete from test where user_name=''test'';', 'postgres', '';
To create a schedule for this job (every day at 08:45), use the following command:
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_schedule (jscjobid, jscname, jscdesc, jscminutes, jschours, jscweekdays, jscmonthdays, jscmonths, jscenabled, jscstart, jscend)
VALUES((SELECT jobid
FROM pgagent.pga_job
WHERE jobname = 'MyJob'), 'MySchedule', '', '{f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,t,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f}',
'{f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,t,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f}', '{t,t,t,t,t,t,t}', '{t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t}',
'{t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t}', true, '2018-07-16 00:00:00', NULL);
Here a graphical representation of this schedule:
Here you can see a complete summary of these commands inside an anonymous block (generated by pgAdmin):
DO $$
DECLARE
jid integer;
scid integer;
BEGIN
-- Creating a new job
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_job(
jobjclid, jobname, jobdesc, jobhostagent, jobenabled
) VALUES (
1::integer, 'MyJob'::text, ''::text, ''::text, true
) RETURNING jobid INTO jid;
-- Steps
-- Inserting a step (jobid: NULL)
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_jobstep (
jstjobid, jstname, jstenabled, jstkind,
jstconnstr, jstdbname, jstonerror,
jstcode, jstdesc
) VALUES (
jid, 'MyStep'::text, true, 's'::character(1),
''::text, 'postgres'::name, 'f'::character(1),
'delete from test where user_name=''test'';'::text, ''::text
) ;
-- Schedules
-- Inserting a schedule
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_schedule(
jscjobid, jscname, jscdesc, jscenabled,
jscstart, jscminutes, jschours, jscweekdays, jscmonthdays, jscmonths
) VALUES (
jid, 'MySchedule'::text, ''::text, true,
'2018-07-16 00:00:00+02'::timestamp with time zone,
-- Minutes
ARRAY[false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false]::boolean[],
-- Hours
ARRAY[false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false]::boolean[],
-- Week days
ARRAY[true, true, true, true, true, true, true]::boolean[],
-- Month days
ARRAY[true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true]::boolean[],
-- Months
ARRAY[true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true]::boolean[]
) RETURNING jscid INTO scid;
END
$$;