DBMS_JOB PACKAGE

Question

Hi,
I wrote the procedure which will check the status and end_date and updates the status to 'Inactive' when end_date is less than sysdate.
But I am not able to understand how to use the dbms_job package for this to execute the procedure every night when sysdate changes. And my procedure is
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE
auto_update is
old_status varchar2(25);
new_status varchar2(25);
begin
select status into old_status from membership where end_date<sysdate and status='Active';
new_status:='Inactive';
if old_status='Active' then
update membership set status= new_status where end_date<sysdate and status='Active';
end if;
end;
If any one knows please let me know. It will be very greatful.
Thanks
Srinivas

Answer 1

in sql*plus,The format will be:
variable jobno number;
begin
dbms_job.submit(:jobno, 'auto_update;', sysdate, 'sysdate+1');
commit;
end;
u can get the jobno by command:
print jobno