Re: Schroedingers Job - a job exists but doesn't at the same time.

Thanks for the pointer.

Unfortunately it's not a standby database (and DocID 1290836.1 does not apply either)

Regards
Thomas  

Niall Litchfield, 16.12.2013 13:01:
> If this is a snapshot standby database then 1551817.1 probably applies.
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>
> But when I try to create a job with that name using:
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> execute DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job(job_name => 'MY_JOBNAME', job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK', job_action => 'begin ... end;', enabled => TRUE);
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> I get the following error: ORA-27477: "MY_USER.MY_JOBNAME" already exists
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> If I use a different job name (e.g. MY_JOBNAMEX) I can create and drop the job without problems.
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> Does anyone have an idea on where else I could look for an object with that name that prevents creating the job?
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> I am using Oracle 11.2.0.3 on CentOS
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>
> Thanks in advance
> Thomas

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