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    Oracle Scheduled Job

    Hi All,

    I have a table with a Status field, a Start Date and a End Date field.

    I need the Status field to be updated to "Active" as soon as the Start Date is equal to today's date. Also, I want the Status to be updated to "InActive" as soon as the End Date is less than today's date.

    The first thing that came to my mind was to schedule a job to run at 12am daily to update the Status field in the records of the table.

    However, I am not sure how to do this. Also, if it is the best approach.

    I'd appreciate if anyone could tell me how to go about this.

    Thanks,
    Berry

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    Don't do that.

    If you are on 11g make Status a virtual column and derive the value as you wish.
    If you are not on 11g expose your table thru a view and show Status on the view as you wish.
    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

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