As an aside, if you want something to run twice a day at the same time (in my case 11:50 AM/PM), this seems to work well for an interval:
trunc(sysdate) + (decode(to_char(sysdate,'AM'),'AM',1,2)*12+(11+(50/60)))/24 Enjoy! :) Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:24 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: dbms_job - running jobs every 15 minutes > > > Feeling particularly anal the other day, I used the following > specification to > run statspack at the top of the hour, 15, 30 and 45 minutes after the > hour. > > variable jobno number; > variable instno number; > begin > select instance_number into :instno from v$instance; > dbms_job.submit( > :jobno > , 'statspack.snap;' > -- every 15 minutes at 00,15,30 and 45 > , trunc(sysdate,'hh24') + ( ( 15 + ( 15 * > floor(to_number(to_char(sysdate,'mi')) / 15))) / ( 24 * 60 )) > , 'trunc(sysdate,''hh24'') + ( ( 15 + ( 15 * > floor(to_number(to_char(sysdate,''mi'')) / 15))) / ( 24 * 60 ))' > ); > commit; > end; > / > > > Seems to me that the time specs could be simplified a bit. > > Anyone care to give it a go? :) > > Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
