Does job in DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS run on the weekend?

Question

I scheduled a job for 2am everyday but it ran only during the weekdays (from the EM Job History). While in dbms_scheduler.create_schedule I specifiied that
BYDAY=SAT,SUN,MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI;
Not
BYDAY=MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN;
Don't know if this will make a difference. Thanks.
for example:
dbms_scheduler.create_schedule(
schedule_name => p_sched
, start_date => trunc(sysdate)+2/24
, repeat_interval => 'FREQ=DAILY; BYDAY=SAT,SUN,MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI; BYHOUR=2;'
, comments => 'Run, Forest, Run!');
- Zac

Answer 1

Hi,
I have a couple comments.
- If you want the job to run every day you don't need to list all the days, just freq=daily defaults to every day
- you can use the dbms_scheduler.evaluate_calendar_string to test your repeat_interval. I tested this on your repeat interval and it ran fine. So there may be some other problem, you should take a look at the job_log etc . Below I give the code I used to verify your repeat interval
- for further dbms_scheduler question there is a dedicated forum at
Scheduler
I used the following code to confirm that the repeat_interval of 'FREQ=DAILY; BYDAY=SAT,SUN,MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI; BYHOUR=2;' works as it should
create or replace procedure print_dates
cal_string in varchar2,
start_date in timestamp with time zone,
nr_of_dates in pls_integer
is
date_after timestamp with time zone := start_date - interval '1' second;
next_execution_date timestamp with time zone;
begin
for i in 1 .. nr_of_dates
loop
dbms_scheduler.evaluate_calendar_string
(cal_string, start_date, date_after, next_execution_date);
dbms_output.put_line(to_char(next_execution_date,
'DY DD-MON-YYYY (DDD-IW) HH24:MI:SS TZH:TZM TZR'));
date_after := next_execution_date;
end loop;
end;
begin
print_dates(
'FREQ=DAILY; BYDAY=SAT,SUN,MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI; BYHOUR=2;',
sysdate,30);
end;
-- this also returns the same dates
begin
print_dates(
'FREQ=DAILY; BYHOUR=2;',
sysdate,30);
end;
Hope this helps,
Ravi.