Re: Asynchronous Procedure Calls

Doesn't sound too scalable, and you had to write your own queue. :)

Jared

On Monday 01 July 2002 14:38, Scott Canaan wrote:
> That is true, I have figured it out. dbms_job will allow the asynchronous
> execution of procedures and dbms_pipe allows the communication between the
> processes to occur. It works. I'm doing it now. The jobs are being
> kicked off in groups of 10 and they are sending a message back to the
> calling program via pipes. Each job has it's own pipe, so the main program
> can keep track of who is done. Currently, I am waiting for all 10 to
> complete before starting the next 10, but I may work on a way to start the
> eleventh job when the first one finishes. I'm just glad that I got
> something to work.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Jared.Still_at_radisys.com wrote:
> > DBMS_JOB will not solve the problem of
> > async communications.
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > "Khedr, Waleed" <Waleed.Khedr_at_FMR.COM>
> > Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> > 07/01/2002 12:23 PM
> > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> cc:
> > Subject: RE: Asynchronous Procedure Calls
> >
> > You need dbms_job(s)
> > Also make sure you have enough background job processes to handle the
> > expected maximum number of concurrent procedure calls.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Waleed
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:20 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> > Advanced Queuing will do what you need.
> >
> > There are examples at otn.oracle.com
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_ritvax.rit.edu>
> > Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> > 06/28/2002 01:23 PM
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> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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> > Subject: Asynchronous Procedure Calls
> >
> > I have a need to call a procedure repeatedly and asynchronously. I
> > am using dbms_pipe for the communication between the calling procedure
> > and the called procedure and that seems to be working. What I want to
> > do is call the procedure multiple times, asynchronously, from the main
> > procedure. The problem is that Oracle waits for each call to complete
> > before continuing processing. Is there any way to do this in PL/SQL?
> > My environment is: Oracle 8.1.7.0.0, Sun Solaris 2.8. I need to do
> > this in PL/SQL because it has to run through Oracle Warehouse Builder.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
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