pg_task

pg_task : execute any sql command at any specific time at background

Overview

ID	Extension	Package	Version	Category	License	Language
1080	pg_task	pg_task	`1.0.0`	TIME	MIT	C

Attribute	Has Binary	Has Library	Need Load	Has DDL	Relocatable	Trusted
--sL---	No	Yes	Yes	No	no	no

Relationships
See Also	timescaledb pg_cron pg_later pg_background pg_partman timescaledb_toolkit timeseries periods

breaks on many systems

Packages

Type	Repo	Version	PG Major Compatibility	Package Pattern	Dependencies
EXT	PGDG	`1.0.0`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`pg_task`	-
RPM	PGDG	`2.1.7`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`pg_task_$v*`	-
DEB	PIGSTY	`2.1.12`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`postgresql-$v-pg-task`	-

Linux / PG	PG18	PG17	PG16	PG15	PG14	PG13
el8.x86_64	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7
el8.aarch64	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7
el9.x86_64	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7
el9.aarch64	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7
el10.x86_64	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7
el10.aarch64	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7	PGDG 2.1.7
d12.x86_64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12
d12.aarch64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12
d13.x86_64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12
d13.aarch64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12
u22.x86_64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12
u22.aarch64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12
u24.x86_64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12
u24.aarch64	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12	PIGSTY 2.1.12

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_task_18`	`2.1.7`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	72.4 KiB	pg_task_18-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_18`	`2.1.7`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.3 KiB	pg_task_18-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_18`	`2.1.7`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	63.5 KiB	pg_task_18-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_18`	`2.1.7`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	54.5 KiB	pg_task_18-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_18`	`2.1.7`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	59.7 KiB	pg_task_18-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_18`	`2.1.7`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	56.3 KiB	pg_task_18-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	192.2 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	182.8 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	191.6 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	184.7 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	201.0 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	190.4 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	193.1 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	183.7 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_task_17`	`2.1.7`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	72.5 KiB	pg_task_17-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_17`	`2.1.7`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.4 KiB	pg_task_17-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_17`	`2.1.7`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	63.3 KiB	pg_task_17-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_17`	`2.1.7`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	54.4 KiB	pg_task_17-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_17`	`2.1.7`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	59.6 KiB	pg_task_17-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_17`	`2.1.7`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	56.2 KiB	pg_task_17-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	192.8 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	183.6 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	192.0 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	185.4 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	229.8 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	219.4 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	193.9 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	184.0 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.7`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	72.3 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.5`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	72.2 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.7`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.1 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.5`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.0 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.7`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	62.8 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.5`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	62.8 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.7`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	53.8 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.5`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	53.7 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.7`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	58.8 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_16`	`2.1.7`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	55.0 KiB	pg_task_16-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	192.4 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	183.5 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	191.6 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	184.8 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	226.9 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	216.6 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	193.1 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	183.2 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.7`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	73.3 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.5`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	73.2 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.7`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	64.0 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.5`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.9 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.7`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	75.3 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.5`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	75.2 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.7`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	68.3 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.5`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	68.2 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.7`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	72.3 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_15`	`2.1.7`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	69.5 KiB	pg_task_15-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	193.0 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	183.3 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	192.1 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	184.7 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	236.4 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	229.2 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	202.5 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	195.6 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.7`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	73.0 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.5`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	72.9 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.7`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.8 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.5`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.7 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.7`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	74.9 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.5`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	74.9 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.7`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	68.2 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.5`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	68.1 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.7`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	72.1 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_14`	`2.1.7`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	69.4 KiB	pg_task_14-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	192.6 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	182.7 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	191.8 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	183.9 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	232.1 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	224.7 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	201.8 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	195.2 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.7`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	71.7 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.5`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	71.6 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.7`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.0 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.5`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	63.0 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.7`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	74.6 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.5`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	74.5 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.7`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	67.7 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.7-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.5`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	67.7 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.7`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	71.4 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_task_13`	`2.1.7`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	69.0 KiB	pg_task_13-2.1.7-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	191.3 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	180.9 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	190.2 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	182.5 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	229.1 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	221.5 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	200.1 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-task`	`2.1.12`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	192.9 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-task_2.1.12-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Source

Repository

github.com/RekGRpth/pg_task

Source Tarball

pg_task-2.1.12.tar.gz

pig build pkg pg_task;		# build spec not ready

Install

Make sure PGDG repo available:

pig repo add pgdg -u    # add pgdg repo and update cache

Install this extension with pig:

pig install pg_task;		# install via package name, for the active PG version

pig install pg_task -v 18;   # install for PG 18
pig install pg_task -v 17;   # install for PG 17
pig install pg_task -v 16;   # install for PG 16
pig install pg_task -v 15;   # install for PG 15
pig install pg_task -v 14;   # install for PG 14
pig install pg_task -v 13;   # install for PG 13

Config this extension to shared_preload_libraries:

shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_task';

This extension does not need CREATE EXTENSION DDL command

Last updated on 2025-11-10

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