Using dbms_job package

1.I wanted to know if I can run a .sql file from the dbms_job package.
2. I also wanted to know the feature in oracle that I can use to send email to myself once the job is executed- showing successful execution or errors.
Thanks for your suggestions.

You cannot pass parameters back from a job-- Oracle spawns a separate session to run your job, so that session would receive any OUT parameters and end immediately after the job finishes. Even if Oracle let you do this, you would lose the OUT value as soon as the job ended.
If you want a job to return a status, you can-
1) Store the status in a table
2) Queue a status message in an Oracle Advanced Queue
3) Use dbms_alert to alert another process
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
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Had a bug, in that my autocommit was not being set!
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variable jobno number;
variable status number;
begin
dbms_job.submit(:jobno, 'x(:status);', trunc(sysdate)+8/24,
'trunc(sysdate)+1+8/24', null);
commit;
end;
It fails and returns the following error ...
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I have stored procedure called extract_every_day, I want this procedure to run automatically at 7:00 PM every day.
I used DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT to achieve this, below is pl/sql block
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v_jobno number ;
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DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT
(v_jobno,
' extract_every_day ',
TRUNC (SYSDATE) + 1 + 9/24,
'TRUNC (SYSDATE) + 1 + 9/24');
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When I run above pl/sql block is that mean procedure extract_every_day executes every day and what is the significance of job OUT parameter in DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT procedure. Also how can I see list of jobs submitted.
Any help is appreciated.
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The OUT parameter is the unique number of the job being executed. This is the Sequence generated from sequence sys.jobseq
Also, in the example you have provided, the Job will run at 9Am and not 7PM.
To make it run at 7PM every day change the following lines :
'TRUNC (SYSDATE) + 1 + 9/24'
'TRUNC (SYSDATE) + 1 + 9/24'
To ,
'TRUNC (SYSDATE) + 19/24' <-- Changed
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Also do remember to include the parameter "job_queue_processes" parameter within the init.ora file. This parameter is used to determine the max no
of concurrently running jobs (i.e. Set in Init.ora).
NOTE :- Job_queue_process cannot be set to 0. If set to 0, no jobs is run.
he view dba_jobs and dba_jobs_running should be used to view the jobs.
-- Shailender Mehta --

Issue in submitting job using dbms_job() package

Hello all,
I need a st procedure to run on every 06:00 AM of the morning , kindly give me the syntax for submitting this job
Also give me the syntax for submitting this job to run for every 10 minutes.
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Karthik Dinakaran

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Job 2 should start right after Job 1 , this is a dependency tree and dbms_job is not good at this.
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Hi, Krishna
Also, you may need to change some initialization parameters in your database.
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Hi,
For 10g and up you should be using dbms_scheduler for scheduling. Some examples are here
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28310/scheduse.htm#i1033533
and the homepage is at
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/scheduler/index.html
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Instead to use the old dbms_job package use the dbms_scheduler and raise / catch events.
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Scheduling job using DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT()

Hi people I hav esubmitted a job using DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT() package.I have set the time it should run after 5 minutes from the time i created.but now my question is how do we know the submitted job has been executed within specified interval?.am using oracle 9i.please suggest me.
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Using DBMS_JOB,SUBMIT

Hello,
I would like to find out how to use DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT to run a certain procedure evry morning at say 5:00 AM
Thanks
Doug

Hi,
This info. taken from oracle documentation............... For more info look in oracle Documentation. I hope this will help you.
DBMS_JOB subprograms schedule and manage jobs in the job queue.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
Requirements
Using the DBMS_JOB Package with Oracle Real Application Clusters
Summary of DBMS_JOB Subprograms
Requirements
There are no database privileges associated with jobs. DBMS_JOB does not allow a user to touch any jobs except their own.
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DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT
To submit a job to the job queue, use the following syntax:
DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT( JOB OUT BINARY_INTEGER,
WHAT IN VARCHAR2, NEXT_DATE IN DATE DEFAULTSYSDATE,
INTERVAL IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'NULL',
NO_PARSE IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
INSTANCE IN BINARY_INTEGER DEFAULT ANY_INSTANCE,
FORCE IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE)
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The FORCE parameter defaults to FALSE. If force is TRUE, any positive integer is acceptable as the job instance. If FORCE is FALSE, the specified instance must be running, or Oracle displays error number ORA-23428.
DBMS_JOB.INSTANCE
To assign a particular instance to execute a job, use the following syntax:
DBMS_JOB.INSTANCE( JOB IN BINARY_INTEGER,
INSTANCE IN BINARY_INTEGER,
FORCE IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE)
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If the FORCE parameter is TRUE, any positive integer is acceptable as the job instance and the job affinity is altered. Oracle displays error ORA-23319 if the INSTANCE value is negative or NULL.
DBMS_JOB.CHANGE
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DBMS_JOB.CHANGE( JOB IN BINARY_INTEGER,
WHAT IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
NEXT_DATE IN DATE DEFAULT NULL,
INTERVAL IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
INSTANCE IN BINARY_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
FORCE IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE )
Two parameters, INSTANCE and FORCE, appear in this example. The default value of INSTANCE is NULL indicating that job affinity will not change.
The default value of FORCE is FALSE. Oracle displays error ORA-23428 if the specified instance is not running and error ORA-23319 if the INSTANCE number is negative.
DBMS_JOB.RUN
The FORCE parameter for DBMS_JOB.RUN defaults to FALSE. If force is TRUE, instance affinity is irrelevant for running jobs in the foreground process. If force is FALSE, the job can run in the foreground only in the specified instance. Oracle displays error ORA-23428 if force is FALSE and the connected instance is the incorrect instance.
DBMS_JOB.RUN( JOB IN BINARY_INTEGER,
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DBMS_JOB PACKAGE

Hi,
I wrote the procedure which will check the status and end_date and updates the status to 'Inactive' when end_date is less than sysdate.
But I am not able to understand how to use the dbms_job package for this to execute the procedure every night when sysdate changes. And my procedure is
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE
auto_update is
old_status varchar2(25);
new_status varchar2(25);
begin
select status into old_status from membership where end_date<sysdate and status='Active';
new_status:='Inactive';
if old_status='Active' then
update membership set status= new_status where end_date<sysdate and status='Active';
end if;
end;
If any one knows please let me know. It will be very greatful.
Thanks
Srinivas

in sql*plus,The format will be:
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commit;
end;
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To submit a job in dbms_job package with specific durations

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but the error resulted is parameter value not appropriate.

Hi,
Obviously because you have two different interval strings 'sysdate+30/1440' and 'sysdate+1/24'.
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