PLSQL DBMS JOB - how to schedule ?

Hi, I came across the process type "PLSQL DBMS JOB" - how can I schedule it within APEX?
I understood using PLSQL DBMS JOB it just executes once and thats it.
I like to use the process PLSQL DBMS JOB to execute once a day and call a procedure I have defined already. A code example wud be v.m. appreciated.
TIA
Bernhard

First you need to make sure your init.ora has the following things defined 
job_queue_processes=2 
job_queue_interval=10 
 the value above are recommended by Oracle when I did this and restarted the database with the new init.ora (or pfile) it said something was no longer used so what I am suggesting above may not be entirely required but it seems to have worked for me...
 
then its just a case of executing the following 
declare 
jobno number; 
BEGIN 
dbms_job.submit(JobNo, 'begin my_thing_to_execute; end;', SYSDATE,
'SYSDATE + 1/24'); 
COMMIT; 
dbms_output.put_line(jobno); 
END; 
 
the first sysdate is when to run next, the second sysdate+1/24 is how often to run so this is saying run hourly. if you want daily then it would be just +1. that should get ya going to start with anyway. it can pay to put a little insert into a dummy table in your code that you want the dbmsjob to execute so then you know for sure that its working. if you are talking about a dbms job thing in APEX then this is probably irrelevant as this is a dbmsjob in the database, not through APEX

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>
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