Put DBMS_SCHEDULER to the test

Imagine you have a job that should run every third minute, monday to friday and sunday, but only between 18.00 and midnight. How would you do that with DBMS_JOB ? The short answer is: You wouldn’t! The longer answer would be to have a chain of jobs enabling, disabling and redefining eachothers.

With DBMS_SCHEDULER however, this is just a walk in the park, and can be achieved with one single statement in a block:

BEGIN
dbms_scheduler.create_schedule (
schedule_name => ‘WOW_SCHEDULE’,
repeat_interval => ‘FREQ=DAILY; BYDAY=1,2,3,5,7; BYHOUR=18,19,20,21,22,23; BYMINUTE=0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,45,48,51,54,57; BYSECOND=0′,
comments => ‘Every third minut between 18.00 and midnight monday to friday and sundays’);
END;
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