Using a database table as a queue

Question

I want to use a database table as a queue. I want to insert in it and take elements from it in the inserted order (FIFO). My main consideration is performance because I have

Answer 1

Everything depends on your database engine/implementation.

For me simple queues on tables with following columns:

id / task / priority / date_added

usually works.

I used priority and task to group tasks and in case of doubled task i choosed the one with bigger priority.

And don't worry - for modern databases "thousands" is nothing special.