Having trouble getting a job to run using job scheduler

Question

I am using Oracle 11g. I run a sql script that schedules a job:
exec sys.dbms_scheduler.create_job( job_name => '"SYSTEM"."UCR"', job_type => 'EXECUTABLE', job_action => 'D:\UserCountReport\bin\ucr.bat', repeat_interval => 'FREQ=HOURLY;BYHOUR=3;BYMINUTE=0;BYSECOND=0',start_date => to_timestamp_tz('2011-07-21 US/Eastern', 'YYYY-MM-DD TZR'), job_class => 'DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS', auto_drop => FALSE,enabled => FALSE);
exec sys.dbms_scheduler.set_attribute( name => '"SYSTEM"."UCR"',  attribute => 'job_weight',  value => 1);
exec sys.dbms_scheduler.enable( '"SYSTEM"."UCR"' );
commit;
exit;When I am connected to the database, I run these commands:
SQL> SELECT JOB_NAME, STATE, job_action, repeat_interval FROM DBA_SCHEDULER_JOBS
where job_name='UCR';
JOB_NAME
STATE
JOB_ACTION
REPEAT_INTERVAL
UCR
SCHEDULED
C:\UserCountReport\bin\ucr.bat
FREQ=HOURLY;BYHOUR=9;BYMINUTE=0;BYSECOND=0
SQL> SELECT JOB_NAME, status FROM DBA_SCHEDULER_JOB_LOG where job_name = 'UCR';
JOB_NAME
STATUS
UCR
SUCCEEDED
UCR
SUCCEEDED
UCR
SUCCEEDEDHowever, I don't get any signs that the job has run even though Oracle says all the runs have succeeded. The batch file that the job is supposed to execute creates a file and writes stuff to it. However, the file is not written. When I run the batch file from command prompt, it executes correctly.
I have tried following instructions here:
Answers to "Why are my jobs not running?"
However, all three of these commands return errors:
SQL> select value from v$parameter where name='job_queue_processes';
select value from v$parameter where name='job_queue_processes'
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SQL> select count(*) from dba_scheduler_running_jobs;
select count(*) from dba_scheduler_running_jobs
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SQL> select count(*) from dba_jobs_running;
select count(*) from dba_jobs_running
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not existI've tried various other commands from that list and I get errors as well.
I'm not quite sure where to go from here to troubleshoot this problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Edited by: 874375 on Jul 22, 2011 9:14 AM
Edited by: 874375 on Jul 22, 2011 9:18 AM

Answer 1

So I changed my script to this:
exec sys.dbms_scheduler.create_job( job_name => '"SYSTEM"."UCR"', job_type => 'EXECUTABLE', job_action => '%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /C D:\UserCountReport\bin\ucr.bat', ....I now have this:
SQL> SELECT JOB_NAME, status FROM DBA_SCHEDULER_JOB_LOG where job_name='BOXTONE_
MONTHLY_UCR';
JOB_NAME
STATUS
BOXTONE_MONTHLY_UCR
FAILED
BOXTONE_MONTHLY_UCR
SUCCEEDED
BOXTONE_MONTHLY_UCR
SUCCEEDED
JOB_NAME
STATUS
BOXTONE_MONTHLY_UCR
SUCCEEDEDIs there a place with log files that will tell me why the job failed? If so where are the log files located?