Question

I developed an application where the user can create tasks (like a an agenda, ERP or CRM)
So, the user creates a task and that task has an expiration date. The idea is to erase the entry when the task expires.

I’ve been thinking solutions, like having a timer and so, but:

There is any method or way to create data that expires?? I mean, does MySQL, MSSQL (or any DB Manager) support something like this natively?

I would be great to have something like this:

CREATE TABLE [MyTASK] (expires on mydate action = DELETE){
     mydate,
     mysomething,
     myagain
}

And then, the FakeSQL erases the data when the field “mydate” expires.

Answer 1

Data won’t expire itself. You’ll have to run something to find and remove it.

MS SQL Server supports the concept of scheduled jobs. So you can specify a stored proc that erases anything over (say) a week old, and configure that job to run every night.