From: Jim Winstead
Date: July 31 2006 4:49am
Subject: Re: new customized mysql thread
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On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 11:47:40PM -0500, Md Lazreg wrote:
> I wanted to add an additional thread to the mysql process. The goal of this
> thread is to do some cron jobs like database backups...
> 
> Basically I do not want to have my cron jobs as separate processes but as
> part of the mysql process itself...
> 
> I know that mysql already has some threads implemented :
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-threads.html
> 
> what I want is to add a customized one...
> 
> Can you please guide me or comment on this before I dive in mysql source
> code?

This is already implemented in MySQL 5.1.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/events.html

Jim Winstead
MySQL Inc.