Re: Can't get Oracle job to start running.

I had the same problem once. There is a parameter in init.ora that controls dba_jobs.
I can't remember which one it is but you may be able to figure it out by looking at v$parameter.
Actually, it may be two parameters, one to set the number of processes and one to set the
time at which the processes check for jobs (every 5 minutes, for example).

Richard

RastM wrote:
>
> SCO OpenServer 5.0.2
> Oracle Workgroup Server 7.3.2.2.0
>
> I cannot get a PL/SQL procedure to run as a job. It just sits there in
> USER_JOBS with a NEXT_DATE of the time it was supposed to have run, and no
> LAST_DATE but it will not start executing. I can force it to run with the
> DBMS_JOB.RUN procedure, but otherwise, it will not start up by itself.
> The job never shows up in DBA_JOBS and, of course, DBA_JOBS_RUNNING.
>
> I set the JOB* parameters in init.ora as
>
> job_queue_processes = 1
> job_queue_interval = 60
>
> The *SNP* process appears to be running.
>
> The procecure I am trying to call has been declared as
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE
> PROCEDURE sleeptwo AS
> start_date DATE;
> i NUMBER;
> BEGIN
> INSERT INTO timings_tmp VALUES ('sleeptwo START', sysdate);
>
> start_date := sysdate;
>
> WHILE sysdate - (30/86400) < start_date
> LOOP
> i := i + 1;
> END LOOP;
>
> INSERT INTO timings_tmp VALUES ('sleeptwo END', sysdate);
> END sleeptwo;
>
> This works just fine if executed with
>
> BEGIN sleeptwo; END;
>
> but if I try submitting it as a job with
>
> VARIABLE jobno number;
> begin
> DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT (:jobno, 'sleeptwo;', SYSDATE + (60/86400), NULL);
> end;
>
> it doesn't want to start up.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> tkupp at pacifier dot com
  Received on Sun Sep 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT