ORACLE JOB

Question

Hi
A small help..!!
I have a table with two columns.
col1        char(2)   ... values   y or n
col2        number(2); values   1 or 0
Now I have to create a job on these columns..the job executes on every day midnight 2 a.m. In this job
I have to update col1 values as 'N' wherever 'Y' occurs. and I have to update col2 as 0 whereever 1 occurs. Please give me sample code on this...!! it is very nice of you..
thanks in adv.
Sa

Answer 1

What version of Oracle are you using?
What does "every day midnight 2 a.m." mean? Midnight and 2 AM are different times. Do you want it to run at twice a day?
I'm guessing that you want something like
CREATE PROCEDURE update_your_table
AS
BEGIN
  UPDATE your_table
     SET col1 = 'N'
   WHERE col1 = 'Y';
  UPDATE your_table
     SET col2 = 0
   WHERE col2 = 1;
END;
DECLARE
  l_jobno pls_integer;
BEGIN
  dbms_job.submit(
    l_jobno,
    'BEGIN update_your_table; END;',
    trunc(sysdate+1),
    'trunc(sysdate+1)'
  commit;
END;Depending on the Oracle version, you may want to use the more powerful DBMS_SCHEDULER package rather than the old DBMS_JOB package.
Justin