Re: Writing a delay in PL/SQL?

Hi

try DBMS_LOCK.SLEEP (seconds IN NUMBER);

      /peter

Jonathan Gennick wrote:

>I know this is going to sound rather crazy, but I want to
>write an INSERT trigger that imposes an arbitrary delay, say
>a half second, or maybe a full second, on each and every
>insert operation. Does anyone know offhand whether there's a
>built-in PL/SQL procedure to just wait for a specified
>period of time? Any suggestions on how I can go about
>implementing this trigger?
>
>Best regards,
>
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