How to call oracle package periodically (JOB)

Question

Hi All,
My requirement is that, I have created a package and i want to run the package periodically (job) every 5mins.
can any one help me in this?
Thanks,
SIvaprasad

Answer 1

I'm posting the first scenario,
You can check that ->
satyaki>
satyaki>select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.3.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>create table test_job_stat
  2      (
  3        cola   varchar2(30)
  4      );
Table created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.66
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>select * from test_job_stat;
no rows selected
Elapsed: 00:00:00.10
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>create or replace package test_sa
  2  is
  3    procedure test_a;
  4    procedure test_b;
  5  end;
  6  /
Package created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>create or replace package body test_sa
  2  is
  3    procedure test_a
  4    is
  5    begin
  6      insert into test_job_stat values('Inside A');
  7    end;
  8   
  9    procedure test_b
10    is
11    begin
12      insert into test_job_stat values('Inside B');
13    end;
14  end;
15  /
Package body created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.16
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>variable jobno number;
satyaki>
satyaki>begin
  2  dbms_job.submit(
  3                  :jobno,
  4                  'BEGIN test_sa.test_b; END;',
  5                  INTERVAL => 'SYSDATE + 2/86400'
  6                 );
  7  commit;
  8  end;
  9  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.05
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>select * from test_job_stat;
COLA
Inside B
Inside B
Elapsed: 00:00:00.07
satyaki>/
COLA
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Elapsed: 00:00:00.05
satyaki>/
COLA
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Elapsed: 00:00:00.08
satyaki>/
COLA
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Elapsed: 00:00:00.10
satyaki>
satyaki>print jobno
     JOBNO
        22
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>exec dbms_job.remove(22);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
satyaki>
satyaki>
satyaki>select * from test_job_stat;
COLA
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
9 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.13
satyaki>/
COLA
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
9 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.13
satyaki>/
COLA
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
Inside B
9 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.12
satyaki>Hope this will give you one basic idea.
Regards.
Satyaki De.