Procedure runs in SQL Plus, but not when called from my Oracle Form

Question

Hi. I have this code to send an email alert as the user updates a record on my base table from my Oracle Form. I use dbms_scheduler so that it's submitted as a background job and so the email processing does not delay my Oracle Form from saving quickly. If I submit this code in SQL Plus it executes and I receive the email as expected.
begin
dbms_scheduler.create_job ( 
     job_name            => 'IMMEDIATE_JOB', 
     job_type            => 'PLSQL_BLOCK', 
     job_action          => 'begin TTMS.dropperVacationConflict_Notify (62547, ''01-SEP-11'', ''02-SEP-11''); end;', 
     number_of_arguments => 0, 
     start_date          => sysdate +1/24/59, -- sysdate + 1 minute 
     enabled             => TRUE, 
     auto_drop           => TRUE, 
     comments            => 'Immediate, one-time run');
end;However if I submit this code from a Post-Update trigger in my form the code runs without error, but my email is never received (the same parameter values would be passed to this trigger):
begin
-- Submit the email notification in the background so as to not slow down the screen while saving.   
dbms_scheduler.create_job ( 
     job_name            => 'IMMEDIATE_JOB', 
     job_type            => 'PLSQL_BLOCK', 
     job_action          => 'begin TTMS.dropperVacationConflict_Notify (:dropper_vacations.dropper_id, :dropper_vacations.begin_dt, :dropper_vacations.end_dt); end;', 
     number_of_arguments => 0, 
     start_date          => sysdate +1/24/59, -- sysdate + 1 minute 
     enabled             => TRUE, 
     auto_drop           => TRUE, 
     comments            => 'Immediate, one-time run');
end;     Any ideas why this might be happening?

Answer 1

Wow, so I changed the two procedures so that I'm only passing in one number parameter and one char parameter...
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure TTMS.job_vacationconflict_notify (p_dropper_id number, p_other char) IS
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TTMS.dropperVacationEmailURL_new (in_dropper_id number, in_other char) ISIf I execute it like this it works and I get the email:
TTMS.job_vacationconflict_notify(62547, 99999);or like this it works and I get the email:
TTMS.job_vacationconflict_notify(62547, '99999');But if I execute it like this (I get no errors) the email is not sent:
TTMS.job_vacationconflict_notify(62547, 'ababa');So this problem really has nothing to do with date formats. It seems to have to do with whether parameter two has characters in it!!! What the heck.
Any ideas on this?
Here is the procedure I'm calling:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure TTMS.job_vacationconflict_notify (p_dropper_id number, p_other char) IS
begin
  dbms_scheduler.create_job ( 
     job_name            => 'IMMEDIATE_JOB', 
     job_type            => 'PLSQL_BLOCK', 
     job_action          => 'begin TTMS.dropperVacationemailurl_new ('||p_dropper_id||','||p_other||'); end;', 
     number_of_arguments => 0, 
     start_date          => sysdate +1/24/59, -- sysdate + 1 minute 
     enabled             => TRUE, 
     auto_drop           => TRUE, 
     comments            => 'Immediate, one-time run');
end;
/And the above procedure is calling this procedure which should be sending the email alert:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TTMS.dropperVacationEmailURL_new (in_dropper_id number, in_other char) IS
      myguid varchar2(15):=null;
      pcm_contact varchar2(3):=null;
      guid_contact varchar2(15):=null;
      conflict_cnt number(8):=0;
      -- Various declarations
      PSENDER VARCHAR2(200);            --  From
      PRECIPIENT VARCHAR2(200);         --  To
      P_CC_RECIPIENT VARCHAR2(200);     --  CC
      P_BCC_RECIPIENT VARCHAR2(200);    --  BCC
      PSUBJECT VARCHAR2(200);           --  Subject
      PMESSAGE VARCHAR2(6000);          --  Message Body
      PPARAMETER NUMBER;                --  Parameter Value
      guid_valid varchar2(15);          --  Used to grab the validation value of
      -- Grab name details of e-mail targets
      cursor targets is
      select guid, initcap(first_name) first_name, initcap(first_name)||' '||initcap(last_name) fullname
      from pwc_employee
      where upper(guid) = upper(guid_contact);
BEGIN
        select count(*)
        into conflict_cnt
        from dropper_bundle_assign
        where
            dropper_sched = in_dropper_id and
            trunc(sched) <> '31-DEC-29' AND        
            trunc(sched) between '01-SEP-11' and '02-SEP-11' and
            trunc(sched) > trunc(sysdate);
        select distinct pcm
        into pcm_contact
        from dropper_bundle_assign
        where
              dropper_sched = in_dropper_id and
              trunc(sched) <> '31-DEC-29' AND        
              trunc(sched) between '01-SEP-11' and '02-SEP-11' and
              trunc(sched) > trunc(sysdate);
        select guid
        into guid_contact
        from pwc_employee
        where initials = pcm_contact;
    -- Ensure required parameters have been passed
    if guid_contact is not null
       and in_dropper_id is not null then
           Begin
                select guid
                into guid_valid
                from pwc_employee
                where upper(guid) = upper(guid_contact);
           Exception
                when no_data_found then
                raise_application_error(-20000,'Invalid Recipient.  Please check the employee table.  Please try again.');
           End;
           -- In the event there are multiple targets then we will loop thru and send individual emails
           for thisone in targets loop
                PSENDER := lower(user)||'@us.ibm.com';
                PRECIPIENT := lower(thisone.guid)||'@us.ibm.com';
                P_CC_RECIPIENT := lower(thisone.guid)||'@us.ibm.com';
                P_BCC_RECIPIENT := 'ssbuechl'||'@us.ibm.com';
                PPARAMETER := TO_NUMBER(lower(in_dropper_id));
                PSUBJECT := 'TEST: Dropper Vacation '||in_other||' Conflict Notification for dropper '||in_dropper_id||' - Action Required';
                PMESSAGE := thisone.first_name||'-<br><br>There is an induction conflict due to a new or updated dropper vacation.<br><br>Click here to the dropper''s vacation conflicts: <u><a href="http://9.35.32.205:7777/forms/frmservlet?config=TTMSMENU&form=dropper_vacations&otherparams=p_dropper='||PPARAMETER||'">Dropper Id: '||PPARAMETER||'</a></u> (note: use your Oracle credentials when prompted for log-on information).<br><br>Thanks.';
                SEND_MAIL ( PSENDER, PRECIPIENT, P_CC_RECIPIENT, P_BCC_RECIPIENT, PSUBJECT, PMESSAGE );  -- Procedure to physically send the e-mail notification
           end loop;
    else
          raise_application_error(-20001,'Recipient and Parameter Value are required. Please try again.');
    end if;
exception
    when no_data_found then
         raise_application_error(-20002,'Note: Email will not be sent because no PCM was identified as the manager or the PCM does not have a record in the Employee table.  See ITS for assistance.');
     when too_many_rows then
         raise_application_error(-20003,'Note: Email will not be sent because multiple PCMs manage this dropper. Please notify each PCM manually.');
END dropperVacationEmailURL_new;
/Edited by: sharpe on Aug 17, 2011 4:38 PM
Edited by: sharpe on Aug 17, 2011 5:03 PM