An interval of trunc(sysdate)+(trunc(to_char(sysdate,'sssss')/900)+1)*5/24/60
ought to give you every 5 minutes. Courtesy of Tom... On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 10:29, Gene Sais wrote: > It's called cron :). Or you could run a shell script that executes > then sleeps for 5 mins. > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/23/03 10:09AM >>> > im trying to submit a job that runs every 5 minuts. Only way I can get > the submit to work is as follows... > > variable jobno number; > variable instno number; > begin > select instance_number into :instno from v$instance; > dbms_job.submit(:jobno, 'statspack.snap;', trunc(sysdate+1/24,'HH'), > 'trunc(SYSDATE+1/24,''HH'')', TRUE, :instno); > commit; > end; > > i then do: > > dbms_job.interval(:jobno,'trunc(sysdate+1/96)'; > > commit; > > my next_date column in dba_jobs is set to 15 minutes in the future, > HOWEVER, it doesnt actually run. The time passes, the next_date does > not get set again to nother 15 minutes in the future and the job > doesnt run. > > Ive read the manual. Read metalink. read asktom and Im obvious too > stupid to figure this one out. > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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). Richard Quintin, DBA Information Systems & Computing, DBMS Virginia Tech -- "Magnificent promises are always to be suspected." -- Theodore Parker -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Quintin, Richard 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).
