I need to write a server-side program that lives on the server, and is checking a database consistently for new entries.
When a new entry shows up in the database, the program should process the data and put the results somewhere else.
It is important to hi-light that the process isn't instigated by new entries showing up, but by the program checking for new entries on its own.
Some people I've spoken to brought up cron jobs, I was curious what if this is the solution for me? I see that it has limitations, it won't run less than every minute. I was hoping for the program to run every 5 seconds, would I be better off writing a shell script or is that a bootleg fix?
