MySQL create event

Is it possible to create events?
I really need this feature, it appears it is not possible

 

...Hopefully one of the DASP crew will reply soon.
Most of us have never messed with MySQL.

 

Hopefully it could be allowed to be used then. Its really just a scheduler for sql queries.. cant be bad.

 

I'll ask the DBA, but I'm pretty sure we are not running the MySQL event scheduler. I just checked in with a couple people I know at *nix hosts, and they don't run it either. Apparently there are resource issues around it when it's used on a shared server.

 

Well ive tried to find something about some special performance issues with mysql event scheduler and failed, of course running another process on a system can be seen as a performance issue but I believe there are ways to create more real performance issues (like constant update requests ) that also exist current and arent denied.. I hope this answer isnt final and there will be a way to run this cheduler. I have asked about application warmup in IIS - that clearly is a performance issue on shared server and I can see why its not present, but this appears very innocent to me.. Thanks guys.

also when i purchased MySQL hosting on DASP I kinda had this feature in mind and it was nowhere said its not allowed, its not some special addon feature like IIS warmup , its a part of MYSQL language. CREATE EVENT is part of current mysql SQL language , its not like one can expect this to be absent. This is kinda like hmm , " oops triggers are not allowed, they create performance issues"?

 

There are a lot of things that don't create problems when you're running one or two (or 20) databases on a server, but when you run hundreds - as every shared host does - everything changes, and you have to account for things that wouldn't be a problem on private servers. The resource and security concerns are very different.