How to schedule a stored procedure in MySQL

You can use mysql scheduler to run it each 5 seconds. You can find samples at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/create-event.html

Never used it but I hope this would work:

CREATE EVENT myevent
    ON SCHEDULE EVERY 5 SECOND
    DO
      CALL delete_rows_links();

I used this query and it worked for me:

CREATE EVENT `exec`
  ON SCHEDULE EVERY 5 SECOND
  STARTS '2013-02-10 00:00:00'
  ENDS '2015-02-28 00:00:00'
  ON COMPLETION NOT PRESERVE ENABLE
DO 
  call delete_rows_links();

In order to create a cronjob, follow these steps:

1. run this command : SET GLOBAL event_scheduler = ON;

2. If ERROR 1229 (HY000): Variable 'event_scheduler' is a GLOBAL variable and should be set with SET GLOBAL: mportant

It is possible to set the Event Scheduler to DISABLED only at server startup. If event_scheduler is ON or OFF, you cannot set it to DISABLED at runtime. Also, if the Event Scheduler is set to DISABLED at startup, you cannot change the value of event_scheduler at runtime.

To disable the event scheduler, use one of the following two methods:

1. As a command-line option when starting the server:

   --event-scheduler=DISABLED
   

2. In the server configuration file (my.cnf, or my.ini on Windows systems): include the line where it will be read by the server (for example, in a [mysqld] section):

   event_scheduler=DISABLED
   

   Read MySQL documentation for more information.

    DROP EVENT IF EXISTS EVENT_NAME;
     CREATE EVENT EVENT_NAME
    ON SCHEDULE EVERY 10 SECOND/minute/hour
    DO
    CALL PROCEDURE_NAME();