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PostgreSQL · Command

NOTIFY

NOTIFY sends an optional payload event to clients listening on a channel in the current database. Delivery waits for transaction boundaries: the sender must commit, and the listener must finish its current transaction.

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Syntax

NOTIFY channel [ , payload ]

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Source: PostgreSQL: Documentation: 18: NOTIFY. Checked 2026-11-03.