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Asked: 2026-05-27T04:12:44+00:00

I’m using Microsoft SQL server, and I would like to know if it is

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I’m using Microsoft SQL server, and I would like to know if it is possible to somehow add a row to a table which will delete itself after a while, unless “updated” or “pinged”.

I am programming a game from where I would like to have some kind of match-spectation system. If you go to http://ingamable.com, you should be able to see what I mean.

So every time I (from a game) start a match, the game sends a request to my webserver to create that match in the database. Now, while the match is running (every 10 minutes or so), I want the game to send yet another request, confirming that the game is in fact still open.

If no ping has been received, that match record is removed.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can add a SQL Server agent Job that will check a date stamp of a row and delete it if it is “stale”.

    This would require you to have a DateUpdated and/or DatePinged column on the table which would be updated every time it is updated/pinged (whatever you mean by pinged).

    If you don’t have SQL Server agent available, one alternative is to use the task scheduler, possibly with sqlcmd.

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