DBMS_JOB runtime problem

[JMac]

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? */

[nagarjuna]

Originally posted by JMac

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.

Give commit

and check for last_date column of dba_jobs to check whether the job has run or not.

[bazza]

Check also whether the job has a 'broken' status or not.