27 Scheduling Jobs with Oracle Scheduler

Oracle Database provides database job capabilities through Oracle Scheduler (the Scheduler). This chapter explains how to use the various Scheduler components, and discusses the following topics:

Scheduler Objects and Their Naming
UsingJobs
UsingPrograms
Using Schedules
Using Job Classes
Using Windows
Using Window Groups
Using Events
Using Chains
Allocating Resources Among Jobs

Note:

This chapter describes how to use the DBMS_SCHEDULER package to work with Scheduler components. You can accomplish the same tasks using Oracle Enterprise Manager.