Doesn't sound too scalable, and you had to write your own queue. :)
Jared On Monday 01 July 2002 14:38, Scott Canaan wrote: > That is true, I have figured it out. dbms_job will allow the asynchronous > execution of procedures and dbms_pipe allows the communication between the > processes to occur. It works. I'm doing it now. The jobs are being > kicked off in groups of 10 and they are sending a message back to the > calling program via pipes. Each job has it's own pipe, so the main program > can keep track of who is done. Currently, I am waiting for all 10 to > complete before starting the next 10, but I may work on a way to start the > eleventh job when the first one finishes. I'm just glad that I got > something to work. > > Thank you for your help. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > DBMS_JOB will not solve the problem of > > async communications. > > > > Jared > > > > "Khedr, Waleed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 07/01/2002 12:23 PM > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: > > Subject: RE: Asynchronous Procedure Calls > > > > You need dbms_job(s) > > Also make sure you have enough background job processes to handle the > > expected maximum number of concurrent procedure calls. > > > > Regards, > > > > Waleed > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:20 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Advanced Queuing will do what you need. > > > > There are examples at otn.oracle.com > > > > Jared > > > > Scott Canaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 06/28/2002 01:23 PM > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > Subject: Asynchronous Procedure Calls > > > > I have a need to call a procedure repeatedly and asynchronously. I > > am using dbms_pipe for the communication between the calling procedure > > and the called procedure and that seems to be working. What I want to > > do is call the procedure multiple times, asynchronously, from the main > > procedure. The problem is that Oracle waits for each call to complete > > before continuing processing. Is there any way to do this in PL/SQL? > > My environment is: Oracle 8.1.7.0.0, Sun Solaris 2.8. I need to do > > this in PL/SQL because it has to run through Oracle Warehouse Builder. > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > Scott Canaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > (585) 475-7886 > > "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put > > into it" - Tom Lehrer > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Scott Canaan > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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