Scheduler in Oracle Database 10g
Oracle 10g includes a comprehensive scheduler (DBMS_SCHEDULER) to replace and extend the functionality provided by the DBMS_JOB package. Jobs form the core of the functionality, but there are several other components available:
· Programs
· Jobs
· Windows
· Enable, Disable and Attributes
Programs
The scheduler allows you to optionally create programs which hold metadata about a task, but no schedule information. A program may related to a PL/SQL block, a stored procedure or an OS executable file. Programs are created using the CREATE_PROGRAM
procedure:
-- Create the test programs.
BEGIN
-- PL/SQL Block.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_program (
program_name => 'test_plsql_block_prog',
program_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
program_action => 'BEGIN DBMS_STATS.gather_schema_stats(''SCOTT''); END;',
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Program to gather SCOTT''s statistics using a PL/SQL block.');
-- Shell Script.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_program (
program_name => 'test_executable_prog',
program_type => 'EXECUTABLE',
program_action => '/u01/app/oracle/dba/gather_scott_stats.sh',
number_of_arguments => 0,
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Program to gather SCOTT''s statistics us a shell script.');
-- Stored Procedure with Arguments.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_program (
program_name => 'test_stored_procedure_prog',
program_type => 'STORED_PROCEDURE',
program_action => 'DBMS_STATS.gather_schema_stats',
number_of_arguments => 1,
enabled => FALSE,
comments => 'Program to gather SCOTT''s statistics using a stored procedure.');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.define_program_argument (
program_name => 'test_stored_procedure_prog',
argument_name => 'ownname',
argument_position => 1,
argument_type => 'VARCHAR2',
default_value => 'SCOTT');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.enable (name => 'test_stored_procedure_prog');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display the program details.
SELECT owner, program_name, enabled FROM dba_scheduler_programs;
OWNER PROGRAM_NAME ENABL
------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----
SYS PURGE_LOG_PROG TRUE
SYS GATHER_STATS_PROG TRUE
SYS TEST_PLSQL_BLOCK_PROG TRUE
SYS TEST_EXECUTABLE_PROG TRUE
SYS TEST_STORED_PROCEDURE_PROG TRUE
5 rows selected.
Notice how programs that accept arguments must have the arguments defined before they can be enabled.
Programs can be deleted using the DROP_PROGRAM
procedure:
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_program (program_name => 'test_plsql_block_prog');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_program (program_name => 'test_stored_procedure_prog');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_program (program_name => 'test_executable_prog');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display the program details.
SELECT owner, program_name, enabled FROM dba_scheduler_programs;
OWNER PROGRAM_NAME ENABL
------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----
SYS PURGE_LOG_PROG TRUE
SYS GATHER_STATS_PROG TRUE
2 rows selected.
Schedules
Schedules optionally define the start time, end time and interval related to a job. Schedules are created using the CREATE_SCHEDULE
procedure:
-- Create the schedule.
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_schedule (
schedule_name => 'test_hourly_schedule',
start_date => SYSTIMESTAMP,
repeat_interval => 'freq=hourly; byminute=0',
end_date => NULL,
comments => 'Repeats hourly, on the hour, for ever.');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display the schedule details.
SELECT owner, schedule_name FROM dba_scheduler_schedules;
OWNER SCHEDULE_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
SYS DAILY_PURGE_SCHEDULE
SYS TEST_HOURLY_SCHEDULE
2 rows selected.
Notice how the interval is defined using the calendaring syntax. A schedule can be dropped using the DROP_SCHEDULE
procedure:
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_schedule (schedule_name => 'TEST_HOURLY_SCHEDULE');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display the schedule details.
SELECT owner, schedule_name FROM dba_scheduler_schedules;
OWNER SCHEDULE_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
SYS DAILY_PURGE_SCHEDULE
1 row selected.
Jobs
Jobs are what the scheduler is all about. They can either be made up of predefined parts (programs and schedules) or completely self contained depending on which overload of the CREATE_JOB
procedure is used to create them:
-- Create jobs.
BEGIN
-- Job defined entirely by the CREATE JOB procedure.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job (
job_name => 'test_full_job_definition',
job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
job_action => 'BEGIN DBMS_STATS.gather_schema_stats(''SCOTT''); END;',
start_date => SYSTIMESTAMP,
repeat_interval => 'freq=hourly; byminute=0',
end_date => NULL,
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Job defined entirely by the CREATE JOB procedure.');
-- Job defined by an existing program and schedule.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job (
job_name => 'test_prog_sched_job_definition',
program_name => 'test_plsql_block_prog',
schedule_name => 'test_hourly_schedule',
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Job defined by an existing program and schedule.');
-- Job defined by existing program and inline schedule.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job (
job_name => 'test_prog_job_definition',
program_name => 'test_plsql_block_prog',
start_date => SYSTIMESTAMP,
repeat_interval => 'freq=hourly; byminute=0',
end_date => NULL,
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Job defined by existing program and inline schedule.');
-- Job defined by existing schedule and inline program.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job (
job_name => 'test_sched_job_definition',
schedule_name => 'test_hourly_schedule',
job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
job_action => 'BEGIN DBMS_STATS.gather_schema_stats(''SCOTT''); END;',
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Job defined by existing schedule and inline program.');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display job details.
SELECT owner, job_name, enabled FROM dba_scheduler_jobs;
OWNER JOB_NAME ENABL
------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----
SYS PURGE_LOG TRUE
SYS GATHER_STATS_JOB TRUE
SYS TEST_FULL_JOB_DEFINITION TRUE
SYS TEST_PROG_SCHED_JOB_DEFINITION TRUE
SYS TEST_PROG_JOB_DEFINITION TRUE
SYS TEST_SCHED_JOB_DEFINITION TRUE
6 rows selected.
Jobs are normally run asynchronously under the control of the job coordinator, but they can be controlled manually using the RUN_JOB
and STOP_JOB
procedures:
BEGIN
-- Run job synchronously.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.run_job (job_name => 'test_full_job_definition',
use_current_session => FALSE);
-- Stop jobs.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.stop_job (job_name => 'test_full_job_definition, test_prog_sched_job_definition');
END;
/
Jobs can be deleted using the DROP_JOB
procedure:
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_job (job_name => 'test_full_job_definition');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_job (job_name => 'test_prog_sched_job_definition');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_job (job_name => 'test_prog_job_definition');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_job (job_name => 'test_sched_job_definition');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display job details.
SELECT owner, job_name, enabled FROM dba_scheduler_jobs;
OWNER JOB_NAME ENABL
------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----
SYS PURGE_LOG TRUE
SYS GATHER_STATS_JOB TRUE
2 rows selected.
Job Classes
Job classes allow grouping of jobs with similar characteristics and resource requierments which eases administration. If the JOB_CLASS
parameter of the CREATE_JOB
procedure is undefined the job is assigned to the DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS
. A job class is created using the CREATE_JOB_CLASS
procedure:
-- Display the current resource consumer groups.
SELECT consumer_group FROM dba_rsrc_consumer_groups;
CONSUMER_GROUP
------------------------------
OTHER_GROUPS
DEFAULT_CONSUMER_GROUP
SYS_GROUP
LOW_GROUP
AUTO_TASK_CONSUMER_GROUP
5 rows selected.
-- Create a job class.
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job_class (
job_class_name => 'test_job_class',
resource_consumer_group => 'low_group');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display job class details.
SELECT job_class_name, resource_consumer_group FROM dba_scheduler_job_classes;
JOB_CLASS_NAME RESOURCE_CONSUMER_GROUP
------------------------------ ------------------------------
DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS
AUTO_TASKS_JOB_CLASS AUTO_TASK_CONSUMER_GROUP
TEST_JOB_CLASS LOW_GROUP
3 rows selected.
Jobs can be assigned to a job class either during or after creation using the SET_ATTRIBUTE
procedure:
BEGIN
-- Job defined by an existing program and schedule and assigned toa job class.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job (
job_name => 'test_prog_sched_class_job_def',
program_name => 'test_plsql_block_prog',
schedule_name => 'test_hourly_schedule',
job_class => 'test_job_class',
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Job defined by an existing program and schedule and assigned toa job class.');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.set_attribute (
name => 'test_prog_sched_job_definition',
attribute => 'job_class',
value => 'test_job_class');
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display job details.
SELECT owner, job_name, job_class, enabled FROM dba_scheduler_jobs;
OWNER JOB_NAME JOB_CLASS ENABL
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----
SYS PURGE_LOG DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS TRUE
SYS GATHER_STATS_JOB AUTO_TASKS_JOB_CLASS TRUE
SYS TEST_FULL_JOB_DEFINITION DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS TRUE
SYS TEST_PROG_SCHED_JOB_DEFINITION TEST_JOB_CLASS TRUE
SYS TEST_PROG_JOB_DEFINITION DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS TRUE
SYS TEST_SCHED_JOB_DEFINITION DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS TRUE
SYS TEST_PROG_SCHED_CLASS_JOB_DEF TEST_JOB_CLASS TRUE
7 rows selected.
Job classes can be dropped using DROP_JOB_CLASS
procedure:
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_job_class (
job_class_name => 'test_job_class',
force => TRUE);
END;
/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Display job class details.
SELECT job_class_name, resource_consumer_group FROM dba_scheduler_job_classes;
JOB_CLASS_NAME RESOURCE_CONSUMER_GROUP
------------------------------ ------------------------------
DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS
AUTO_TASKS_JOB_CLASS AUTO_TASK_CONSUMER_GROUP
2 rows selected.
The force option disables any dependent jobs and sets their job class to the default value. If the job class has no dependents the force option is not necessary.