Using cron-job to call the PL/SQL procedure for every 5 min

Question

Hi All,
i wrote one procedure. using cron-job to call this PL/SQL procedure for every 5 min. i don't have any idea about cron job & what is thescript file formate .where can i place that script file. what are the details we placed in that script

Answer 1

Really appreciate you. I like this approach .
please give me advice for the below thing
job_action =>an i give my procedure name under this?
BEGIN
-- Job defined entirely by the CREATE JOB procedure.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job (
job_name => 'Job_schedule_update',
job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
job_action => 'BEGIN Schedule_update; END;',
start_date => SYSTIMESTAMP,
repeat_interval => 'FREQ=HOURLY;BYMINUTE=5',
end_date => NULL,
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Job defined entirely by the CREATE JOB procedure.');
END;