[11] Parallel launch of same concurrent program

Question

Hi,
I have contracts grouped by regions.
I also have a concurrent program that modifiies the status of these contracts by calling the standard package OKC_STATUS_CHANGE_PVT.
I would like to launch the pl/sql program in parallel for all regions at the same time, because the standard package deals with all possible contract status and it uses one hour for 3000 contracts.
Is there a way to enter the different regions in a list under the concurrent program manager menu?
Many thanks.

Answer 1

There are two methods in Oracle. DBMS_JOB and DBMS_SCHEDULER. These are APIs that allows you to create background PL/SQL processes.
Details on both APIs are in the [url http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14258/toc.htm]Oracle® Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference guide.
Example (using DBMS_JOB):
declare
jobID number; -- job ID returned by DBMS_JOB for scheduled job
begin
-- schedule 3 jobs for starting at SYSDATE, as once off jobs as we
-- do not specify any interval
DBMS_JOB.Submit( jobID, 'prog1 1 1000;,' SYSDATE );
DBMS_JOB.Submit( jobID, 'prog1 1001 2000;,' SYSDATE );
DBMS_JOB.Submit( jobID, 'prog1 2000 3000;,' SYSDATE );
-- only when these job submissions are committed, will the job queue
-- processing pool see these jobs
commit;
end;