Thanks Robert, I like this. Simplified and still easy to read.
Jared "Robert Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/21/2003 08:39 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: dbms_job - running jobs every 15 minutes How about this... this will start the job at the top of the following hour and then schedule it every 15 minutes... dbms_job.submit(:jobno, 'statspack.snap;',to_date(to_char(sysdate+60/1440,'mm/dd/yyyy hh24'), 'mm/dd/yyyy hh24') ,'to_date(to_char(sysdate+60/1440,''mm/dd/yyyy hh24''), ''mm/dd/yyyy hh24'') + 15/1440' ); -----Original Message----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Feeling particularly anal the other day, I used the following specification to run statspack at the top of the hour, 15, 30 and 45 minutes after the hour. variable jobno number; variable instno number; begin select instance_number into :instno from v$instance; dbms_job.submit( :jobno , 'statspack.snap;' -- every 15 minutes at 00,15,30 and 45 , trunc(sysdate,'hh24') + ( ( 15 + ( 15 * floor(to_number(to_char(sysdate,'mi')) / 15))) / ( 24 * 60 )) , 'trunc(sysdate,''hh24'') + ( ( 15 + ( 15 * floor(to_number(to_char(sysdate,''mi'')) / 15))) / ( 24 * 60 ))' ); commit; end; / Seems to me that the time specs could be simplified a bit. Anyone care to give it a go? :) Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Robert Freeman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).