run PL/SQL in background

From: John Dunn <john.dunn_at_sefas.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 02:13:33 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0043C785.20020405021333@fatcity.com>

We have a package that we want to run effectively in the background/batch mode, i.e detached from the pl/sql that initates it. Basically the package would run continually until a table value tells it to stop. Is there an alternative to using dbms_job?

John  

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