--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/batchupdate.py	Fri Mar 23 14:54:04 2012 +0100
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.2
+
+import time
+
+from pgtoolkit import toolbase
+from pgtoolkit.highlight import highlight
+
+
+class BatchUpdateTool(toolbase.SimpleTool):
+    def __init__(self):
+        toolbase.SimpleTool.__init__(self, name='batchupdate', desc='Run an UPDATE query until it does not update any rows.')
+        self.parser.add_argument('--query', dest='query', type=str, help='Query to run. It should be constructed using subquery with LIMIT.')
+        self.parser.add_argument('--sleep', dest='sleep', default=0, type=int, help='Sleep SLEEP seconds between subsequent queries.')
+        self.init()
+
+    def main(self):
+        # connect DB
+        with self.pgm.cursor('target') as curs:
+            rowcount = 1
+            while rowcount > 0:
+                print('query:', self.args.query)
+                curs.execute(self.args.query, [])
+                rowcount = curs.rowcount
+                print('updated', rowcount)
+                curs.connection.commit()
+                print('sleep %s seconds' % self.args.sleep)
+                time.sleep(self.args.sleep)
+
+
+tool = BatchUpdateTool()
+tool.main()
+