Jared,
remove the to_date ... that is causing the problem ...
=============== DOESN'T WORK =============================
oraclei@pallas-ACPT2> sys
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Nov 1 07:51:00 2002
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected.
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> @r2
SYSTIMESTAMP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
01-NOV-02 07.51.06.277290 AM -05:00
-28266
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SYSTIMESTAMP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
01-NOV-02 07.51.06.347844 AM -05:00
SQL> get r2
1 select systimestamp from dual
2 /
3 declare
4 seconds integer;
5 begin
6 -- seconds from now til 08:00 AM
7 select (to_date(trunc(sysdate)+(8/24)) - sysdate ) * ( 24*60*60)
8 into seconds
9 from dual;
10 dbms_output.put_line(seconds);
11 dbms_lock.sleep(seconds);
12 end;
13 /
14* select systimestamp from dual
SQL> exit
================== END =================================
and
=============== WORKS FINE ===============================
oraclei@rhea-ACPT1> sys
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Nov 1 07:50:24 2002
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected.
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> @r1
SYSTIMESTAMP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
01-NOV-02 07.50.36.239584 AM -05:00
564
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SYSTIMESTAMP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
01-NOV-02 08.00.13.854655 AM -05:00
SQL> get r1.sql
1 select systimestamp from dual
2 /
3 declare
4 seconds integer;
5 begin
6 -- seconds from now til 08:00 AM
7 select ((trunc(sysdate)+(8/24)) - sysdate ) * ( 24*60*60)
8 into seconds
9 from dual;
10 dbms_output.put_line(seconds);
11 dbms_lock.sleep(seconds);
12 end;
13 /
14* select systimestamp from dual
================== END =================================
Raj
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