(Urgent) Sysdate issue in Oracle applications scheduler.

Question

Hi All
I have used the query 'SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL' for a parameter in concurrent request. If I execute this concurrent as a single request, then it returns exact sysdate (current date) in a parameter.
If i schedule this program for daily execution using scheduler, then the sysdate is always giving value of the date when i have configured the scheduler.
For example,
My Requirement :The scheduler configured such a way that it should run everyday.Whenever it runs my query has to return the current date.
Current Issue: I schedule the scheduler on 23-Dec-2008. If it runs on 24-DEC-2008,it returns as '23-DEC-2008', If it runs on 28-DEC-2008 also,it returns as '23-DEC-2008.However If I execute this as a single request, it works fine.
Can anyone help me please,,It is very urgent.
Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Hi,
I can confirm that this does work properly on 11.1.0.6 . Here is the code I used
-- create a table for output
create table job_output (log_date timestamp with time zone,
        output varchar2(4000));
begin
  dbms_scheduler.create_job (
    job_name => 'myjob',job_type => 'plsql_block',
    job_action =>
  'insert into job_output values(systimestamp, ''myjob runs'');',
    repeat_interval=>'freq=minutely',
    number_of_arguments => 0, enabled => true);
end;
exec dbms_lock.sleep(130);
select * from job_output order by log_date ;The table job_output clearly shows dates increasing by one minute every run. If you use "freq=daily" instead then the job will run once a day instead of once a minute.
Does this example work for you ? If not could you post output from the job_output table and tell us what version database you are using.
Thanks,
Ravi.