I'm (obviously) new to DBMS_JOB. The apps we run never used it, preferring OS scheduling.
Anyway - I'm trying to get a job to run and it appears not to work, although to my untrained eye it should.
Here's the SQL trail with my comments in /* QUOTES */
SQL >
SQL >
SQL >exec say_hello;
Hello World .....
25-Apr-2003 01:21:37
/* THE PROCEDURE say_hello USES DBMS_OUITPUT.PUT_LINE to Say 'Hello' AND SHOW THE DATE TIME */
/* CREATE JOB TO RUN THE PROCEDURE IN A FEW MINUTES TIME */
SQL > DECLARE
2 l_job NUMBER;
3 BEGIN
4 DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT(job=> l_job,
5 what=> 'say_hello;',
6 next_date => SYSDATE+(1/24/20) );
7* END;
SQL >/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
/* CHECK WHEN IT SHOULD RUN ... Note: Its about 01:26 now */
SQL >SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE+(1/24/20),'dd mon yy hh:mi') from dual;
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE
---------------
25 apr 03 01:30
SQL >
SQL >SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'dd mon yy hh:mi') from dual;
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE
---------------
25 apr 03 01:31
/* DEADLINE EXPIRES AND JOB APPEARS NOT TO HAVE RUN */
/* SO CHECK THE JOB ID */
SQL >SELECT job FROM user_jobs;
JOB
----------
41
/* AND MANUALLY RUN ... */
SQL >BEGIN
2 DBMS_JOB.RUN(41);
3 END;
4 /
Hello World .....
25-Apr-2003 01:32:14
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
/* WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG? */
