On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 09:04 -0500, Jan Wieck wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > Add FUNCTION generate_sync_event () - to try to add SYNCs even if
> slon isn't running
> 
> But what calls this function? We can't unload that burden to the 
> application.

I rather like the idea of having alternative ways of creating SYNC
events. Perhaps cron it once a minute and run the slon daemon. If either
one fails, then you don't end up with a large batch of items.
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