I need to write a C program that will require libpq and ecpg. I'm hoping someone can point me to an example. I'm not a C programmer, so I need a crash course or jump start. The original program has existed as an Informix 4GL program for many years. We have lately been converting our application to PostgreSQL. All the user interfaces have been written with a rather obscure set of tools to be run on Windows clients. This particular program needs to be run with cron on the server. Essentially, it will scan a relatively short list of records, compare values with records or tuples from a relatively large table then insert into and or update other tables. Interestingly enough, the first table's name is trigger. As most of the actions required are time delayed (days or weeks), triggers are not a viable option for this. Does anyone have a suggestion for an existing program or code I can study to give myself a leg up on this? Thanks, Scott ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly