Stored proc as cron job

I have a stored procedure that does updates. Is is possible to call this procedure at a specific time everyday like cron jobs are done? If so how can we set this up.
Thanks
srividya

Yes, use Oracle's internal job scheduler.
look into the dbms_job package.

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I am having problem while compiling stored proc.It gives the following error
"Error while trying to retrieve text for error - ORA-03113"
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null

Hi Minish,
Whatever you wrote in crontab is fine. But we can call a stored procedure from Shell Script provide the shell script must have a sql file which contain the procedure to be excuted.
Follow the things...
Assume that,
1. you have file called load.sql
it contains...
load_data;
2. your shell script must have this code
. /home/nimish/.profile
sqlplus scott/tiger@orcl_bk load.sql
*** make sure that sql file should have executable permissions
Good Luck
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nimish Buch:
I want to run a stored procedure as an end of day process. I wrote a small unix shell script to run the procedure from a sql session, similar to following.
. /home/nimish/.profile
sqlplus scott/tiger@orcl_bk < execute load_data;
If I run this script manually, it runs fine. I get the following errors when I attempt to run it as a cron job.
Message file sp1.msb not found
I have checked sp1us.msb does exist in ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/mesg directory. I even tried giving it's path in PATH variable.
Any help with this will be appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Nimish<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
null

Stored Procs problems

Hi EveryBody,
I might sound silly with my problems but please reply me with best possible solutions.
Let me clear the scenario first
I am having Oracle 8.1.7.2 on sunsparc solaris machines as production system and oracle 8.1.7.5 on intel server with windows as testing machine.
I have written some stored procs that get executed very finely on my testing machine but they take ten times more time on my production server even after we bring down the application and only database is kept up.
We looked up for few things here and there and these are our findings
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2)There are a few cron jobs executing that are used for analyze of the tables that we fire our procs upon. Could this also hamper performance of stored procs.
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hi kamal
data volume on both servers is same as first i took backup of production server by exporting it to dmp and then imported it to test server.
the scripts of procs are same for both infact scripts were first developed on test server and after testing there only we put those scripts in production
i dont have any idea about tkproof (completely new term for me or if u r using it as an abbreviation)
moreover the tables have been analyaed on both servers.

Stored Proc running twice using DBMS_Scheduler

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Exhibit A
begin
dbms_scheduler.create_job (job_name =>'TESTER'
                               ,job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK'
                               ,job_action => 'declare test1 integer := 1; begin test1 := test1 + 5; end;'
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Exhibit B
begin
dbms_scheduler.create_job (job_name =>'TESTER'
                               ,job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK'
                               ,job_action => 'declare test1 integer := 1; begin test1 := test1 + 5; end;'
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                                        ,job_class => 'UCLASS_1'
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--set parameters
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dbms_scheduler.set_job_argument_value(v_job_name,2, v_2);
dbms_scheduler.set_job_argument_value(v_job_name,3, v_3);
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dbms_scheduler.set_job_argument_value(v_job_name,5, v_5);
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Business Objects XI R2
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Oracle Data Pump (expdp) credentials via cron job

I have Oracle 10.2 on Linux Red Hat Server. In additions to performing appropriate backups of my database I also have a cron job I use to performa full logical export using expdp every night to export user objects in the event that a singleobjects needs recovered. This is an extra safeguard for object recovery.
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does anyone have experience performng an expdp as sys without specifying the password... essentially being able to do "/ as sysdba"?
Hope that makes sense.
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If statement in stored proc

hi
i have stored proc like this
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@Type varchar(20) = NULL
AS
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Hi friends,
I use ABAP-XSL mapping to insert records in Oracle table. My Sender is File and receiver is JDBC. We use Oracle 10g database. All fields in table are VARCHAR2 except one field; this is having type 'DATE'.
I use Stored procedure to update the records in table. I have converted my string into date using the Oracle TO_DATE function. But, when I use this format, it throws an error in the Receiver CC. (But, the message is processed successfully in SXMB_MONI).
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Thanks for your reply.
I used the syntax
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I want to create a stored procedure with OPTIONAL prompts. When user does not pass a value for that parameter, I want to set the value for that parameter by selecting from a column in table then I WANT to use that paramvalue in sql within cursor of stored proc. How do I do that?
In short, I want to do the following Here is the psuedocode:
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As
var_param varchar(20);
select param into var_param from dual;
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OPen ref_cursor for
Select xyz from table2
where fyy = var_para
Can someone let me know the syntax on how to do this in stored proc?
Regards,
hena
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Hi,
Merry Christmas, and welcome to the forum!
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(    param     IN     VARCHAR2     DEFAULT     NULL
AS
    ref_cursor     SYS_REFCURSOR;
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    THEN
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As stated all works find when run from the command line. But when I setup a cron job to run this file (exact same line I run from the command line) it does not execute. Actually, it does run, as I have an email notifiction which sends to me. It is just the rsync/ssh part that does not run.
I have spent days and days trying to figure it out. No error messages occur, nothing. Took me a while to find out cron is emailing the user account on Lion the messages (not to a proper email address).
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Cron is running the script as my user, the same I use on the command line. I even tried copying the id_rsa to the root user .ssh folder in case cron is running as root but that does not work either.
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YES! Got it working, finally!
So the issue is indeed cron/launchd not being able to access the ssh-agent which holds the key.
So this is the solution...
Download keychain for Mac:
http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Keychain
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eval `keychain --noask --eval id_rsa` || exit 1
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How to generate a report in pdf from a stored proc

Hi, i need guidance on how to generate a report in pdf from an oracle stored proc.
The environment is oracle 10gas + 10gdb.
On a specific event, a PL/SQL stored procedure is called to do some processing and at the end of the processing to generate report which has to be sent to the printer (and optionally previewed by the user).
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Hi ,
One 'simple' way is by using the DBMS_SCHEDULER db package and the procedure CREATE_JOB(....) using as job_type the value 'EXECUTABLE'...
Read for further info in 'PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference'.
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My greetings,
Sim

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PACKAGE BODY MY_TEST
AS
PROCEDURE getrecordset
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IS
BEGIN
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SELECT
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END;
END MY_TEST;

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This connects to an Oracle database, executing a PL/SQL procedure returning ref cursor.
I have created a WebI report using this Universe, which works fine and functions as expected.
So there are no problems with either my Oracle stored proc or the Universe.
However, I would like to create a Crystal report (2008) using the same Universe.
I can create the report ok - using the SP Universe.
When I attempt to refresh the data I get an error:
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Details: ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
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IS
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Stored Proc and dates

Hi All,
Fairly new at this, and a little confused with dates and date formats.
I run the following:
alter session set nls_date_format = 'dd/mm/yyyy'
If I select sysdate from dual:
02/11/2008 --> so this is correct.
Now what I can't figure out is why I get different results if I use an sql statement VS a stored proc.
If I run this sql update statement:
UPDATE MAPPER.CONV_CNSTNTS
SET CN_VALUE = TO_DATE('12/05/2007','MM/DD/YYYY')
WHERE CN_TYPE = 'CONV'
AND CN_REFRNCE = 'CONVDATE';
When I select this data it shows: 12/05/2007
This works perfect.
Now if I take the exact same statement and put it in a stored proc i get a different result:
create or replace procedure proc_test_date as
begin
UPDATE MAPPER.CONV_CNSTNTS
SET CN_VALUE = TO_DATE('12/05/2007','MM/DD/YYYY')
WHERE CN_TYPE = 'CONV'
AND CN_REFRNCE = 'CONVDATE';
COMMIT;
end;
When I select this data it shows: 05-DEC-07
Why is there a difference here? Is there a difference in the NLS settings that are used when you run an sql statement vs a stored proc?
Thanks for your help in advance.

Thank you for the quick response.
Glad I am on the right track ... NLS settings are painful :)
So I ran: alter session set nls_date_format = 'Month DD, YYYY';
Ran my proc and then the select.
Still the date shows up as: 05-DEC-07
I looked at the nls_parameters
select * from v$nls_parameters
NLS_CALENDAR GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT Month DD, YYYY
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE ENGLISH
I am using Oracle SQL Developer. I made sure these were set as well:
Tool >> Preferences >> Database >> NLS Parameters
Date Format --> MM/DD/YYYY
Seems that I am missing something ...

Session id and Stored Proc

How to store session id in a variable and use that in a stored proc as input param.
I have a Stored proc in oracle which uses one input param, i want to pass session id to this proc..
I have created a procedure from odi, and called SP from it..placed this ODI proc in a package...bt dnt knw how to pass session id as input param..

Hi Andy,
You can create a varaible using substitution API for this,
select <%=odiRef.getSession("SESS_NO")%> from dual
And in the successive call SP pass the variable like #VAR_NAME
Thanks,
G

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