Hi, Yes I know I've to use the "on error" property, but the cue is to raise an error if query has a false result: for my knowledges the only way to do it is to "create or replace" a PL/pgSQL procedure that than uses a "RAISE ERROR" inside, but isn't there a more "SQL only way to do it? thanks in advance, G
Il giorno ven 29 set 2023 alle ore 18:15 Adrian Klaver < adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> ha scritto: > On 9/29/23 08:55, Giovanni Biscontini wrote: > > Hello all members, here's my question: db version 14.5 > > we have to create a pg_agent job with 2 steps: > > 1_step execute query: if query result is true or find > 0 records then > > process next step, else it stops executing job > > 2_step execute batch command > > we tried to seta as 1_step the query: > > SELECT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE someconditions) > > but even if it returns false 2_step is always executed. > > Need some help, thanks in advance, Giovanni > > The only thing I could see here: > > https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/development/pgagent_jobs.html > > that might work is: > > " > Use the On error drop-down to specify the behavior of pgAgent if it > encounters an error while executing the step. Select from: > > Fail - Stop the job if you encounter an error while processing this > step. > > Success - Mark the step as completing successfully, and continue. > > Ignore - Ignore the error, and continue. > " > > So in the first step induce an error if the conditions are not met. > > > > -- > > > > best regards > > > > > > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com > > -- *Cordiali saluti* *Dott. Giovanni Biscontini* Software Developer & Database Architect Strada Ponte Alto Sud, 74 41123 Modena (MO) Tel.: 059.452094 Cell: 3938282174 Mail: biscontin...@es2000.it <verrin...@es2000.it> Web: https://www.es2000.it <http://www.es2000.it/> _________________________________________________________________ Privacy e riservatezza: il presente messaggio, così come i relativi allegati, contengono dati ed informazioni da considerarsi strettamente riservate ed è indirizzato esclusivamente al destinatario sopra indicato, il quale è l'unico autorizzato a trattarlo in osservanza delle norme del Regolamento UE 2016/679 (RGPD). Chiunque ricevesse questo messaggio per errore di evitare di copiarlo, divulgarlo, distribuirlo a terzi e di dare notizia al mittente dell’errato invio, distruggendo poi l'eventuale copia cartacea e la copia in formato elettronico.