Re: PL/SQL Question

Dennis,

How about dbms_lock.sleep(<seconds>) ?

Jared

On Friday 11 May 2001 08:20, dmeng_at_focal.com wrote:
> I need to whip out a PL/SQL procedure real quick today and have a quick
> question for fellow-listers ( since today is Friday, hopefully I don't get
> RTFMed on this one :) )
> The purpose of my procedure is to collect stats from v$session_wait
> periodically ( every second for example) and pump the data into a stats
> table.
> But how to make the procedure to wait for a specified time? I know of the
> option of using dbms_jobs to handle this. But I am wondering if there is a
> similar
> function in PL/SQL similar as the Unix 'sleep' command.
>
> TIA
>
> Dennis Meng
> Database Administrator
> Focal Communications
> 847-954-8328

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