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Re: Time based triggers?

From: Gerard M. Averill <gaverill_at_chsra.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 98 16:48:53 GMT
Message-ID: <6gli4j$e36$1@news.doit.wisc.edu>


>In article <6fspcn$ijo$1_at_juliana.sprynet.com>,
> "S Green" <twogreens_at_sprynet.com> wrote:
>>
>> I want to schedule PL/SQL modules to run periodically. Can this be done via
>> a trigger? What other options exist. I suppose that I could call the
>> routines from a cron job, but this does not seem very elagant.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Scott Green
>> twogreens_at_sprynet.com
>>
>>

Check out the DBMS_JOB package. This will accomplish what you want and keep the entire solution within Oracle.

G.



Gerard M. Averill, Associate Researcher CHSRA, University of Wisconsin - Madison GAverill_at_chsra.wisc.edu Received on Fri Apr 10 1998 - 11:48:53 CDT

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