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2003-07-24 Thread Garry Gillies
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DBMS_JOB scheduling

2003-07-23 Thread Garry Gillies
Any Interest? The DBMS_JOB package is supplied by Oracle to allow the running of procedures at regular intervals. Unfortunately the INTERVAL parameter is limited to 128 characters, which prevents you from getting very complex (user defined functions [in the interval parameter] do not work well

RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling

2003-07-23 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling Garry, 1. have you tried select to_char(sysdate,'D') from dual ?? This is really nice, but my only gripe with dbms-job is that is isn't reliable ... it wasn't in 9ir1 on aix and we didn't even look at it in 9ir2. in 9ir1 dbms_job used to _forget_ to run jobs

RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling

2003-07-23 Thread Igor Neyman
Title: RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling Raj, You must be speaking from UNIX heights -J Under Windows I find dbms_job much more reliable than windows at scheduling. Actually, never had problems with dbms_job forgetting to run a job. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling

2003-07-23 Thread Garry Gillies
PROTECTED] Jamadagni, Rajendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/07/03 15:24 Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling Garry, 1. have you tried select to_char

RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling

2003-07-23 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling Igor, you are right ... as a unwritten policy we don't allow windows databases ... even for crash test dummies ... Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views

RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling

2003-07-23 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: DBMS_JOB scheduling nope ... at-least not yet. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having