RE: dbms_lock.sleep irregularities

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:29:31 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004F9963.20021101052931@fatcity.com>

Jared,

remove the to_date ... that is causing the problem ...

• DOESN'T WORK ============================= oraclei_at_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_at_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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Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com
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