Apex_plsql_job.submit_process job not showing up in apex_plsql_jobs table

Question

Hello ghurus,
I am running APEX 3.1 on Oracle 10g 10.2.0.1 and am trying to run a potentially long running procedure in the background so the user doesn't have to sit and watch the hourglass.
The button process has the following code:
DECLARE
return_code NUMBER;
exec_stg VARCHAR2(4000);
squote VARCHAR2(1) := chr(39);
edit_cnt NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT COUNT(*)
INTO edit_cnt
FROM edit_history eh
WHERE eh.rept_inst = :f104_curinst
AND eh.rept_time_frame = :f104_curterm
AND eh.submission = :f104_cursubm
AND eh.edit_complete_dtm IS NULL;
univdb.exception_logging.insert_log(0, 'NO SQL ERROR', 'apex_editsubm','count=' || to_char(edit_cnt));
IF edit_cnt = 0
THEN
INSERT INTO univdb.edit_history
(rept_inst,
rept_time_frame,
submission,
audit_id)
VALUES
(:f104_curinst,
:f104_curterm,
:f104_cursubm,
:app_user);
COMMIT;
univdb.exception_logging.insert_log(0, 'NO SQL ERROR', 'apex_editsubm',
'insert row successful');
exec_stg := 'univdb.edit_any_submission(' || squote || :f104_curinst ||
squote || ', ' || squote || :f104_curterm || squote || ', ' ||
squote || :f104_cursubm || squote || ', ' || squote ||
:app_user || squote || ');';
univdb.exception_logging.insert_log(0, 'NO SQL ERROR', 'apex_editsubm',exec_stg);
return_code := apex_plsql_job.submit_process(exec_stg);
univdb.exception_logging.insert_log(0, 'NO SQL ERROR', 'apex_editsubm','return_code=' || to_char(return_code));
commit;
END IF;
END;
The calls to exception_logging write a row to a table so I can see what's happening in the process and I get the following rows writte:
count=0
insert row successful
univdb.edit_any_submission('UNIV', '200701', 'TEF', 'ELSA_LESLIE');
return_code=103
The last message implies to me that the job was successfully submitted but when I query the apex_plsql_jobs table, job 103 does not exist and the procedure never gets executed. The procedure does work when tested outside of APEX.
I checked all of my grants according to the post in this thread and they are all there:
Re: Missing apex_plsql_job in 3.1
Does anyone have a suggestion?
...elsa

Answer 1

Hi Elsa
I am also having similar problems calling the APEX_PLSQL_JOB.SUBMIT_PROCESS as well where it doesn't insert into the APEX_PLSQL_JOBS table.
I also noticed that you used SCHEDULER. One of the challenges we are having is when the user presses the submit button, the browser hangs and doesn't return the result set until the process is complete. This process can take 20 mins before the screen loads saying the process was finished. I have tried used DBMS_JOB as we aren't on 10g and can not use SCHEDULER, but still having that issue where the user has to wait 20 mins before the process finishes.
Did you ever solve that problem where the user clicks the button and then a page is returned immediately while the job is firing away with scheduler
Any help would be great and much appreciated.
Thanks