RE: Execute a procedure depending upon time or at a regular inter

If you are running an Oracle procedure, why wouldn't you just want to use the Oracle job queue? Why go outside to the OS level if you can handle it all throught Oracle? Use DBMS_JOB.

>From: "Smith, Ron L." <rlsmith_at_kmg.com>
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>Subject: RE: Execute a procedure depending upon time or at a regular inter
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 07:18:33 -0800
>
>The NT "AT" command won't work? I use it all the time.
>Ron Smith
>Database Administration
>rlsmith_at_kmg.com
>
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>interval
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>Hi Swajit,
>Consult the Oracle documentation about the DBMS_JOB package which works
>just like Unix cron. The good part is that it is internal to Oracle and
>the database.
>
>HTH,
>
>--- Swajit Satam <swajit_at_mahindrabt.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Can I Execute a procedure depending upon time or
> > say at a regular interval (like Triggers but triggers are
> > event driven ).
> > If it's a Unix box then I can write a cron job but if it's a NT Box then
> > it cannot be achived so can it be done inside Oracle itself so that i
> > dont have to depend no O/S. or is there any work around for the same.
> >
> >
> > TIA
> > Swajit
> >
> >
> >
> >
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