Used to change the data type of existing column
Syntax:
Alter table <table_name> modify <col datatype>;
Example:
ALTER TABLE student MODIFY name VARCHAR2(50);
ALTER TABLE student MODIFY (name VARCHAR2(100),
email VARCHAR2(100));
Note: To reduce the data
type size, it will support only on empty table
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I am facing the below issue(Screen shot) with CREATE_JOB procedure. The issue is with CREDENTIAL_NAME attribute.
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I tried to create the job for one of the predefined chain.
why I am using CREDENTIAL_NAME attribute is, in one of the chain step I am calling LINUX script.
I read multiple articles and watched many videos about how to use this tool - and was still confused! Your instructions were easy to understand and made the process simple.
Many Thanks,
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Currently I'm trying to make a test using create job as a way to have multiple process on database starting in a loop.
Basically I'm getting different behaviors when testing on
different database machines. I'll define the machine names are A and B.
If I started running the anonymous block below in the machine A for a loop to create 3 multiple jobs, is working fine, i.e, the create job using enabled parameter, created the job and automatically start:
DECLARE
L_job_name VARCHAR2(100);
L_comments VARCHAR2(240);
L_pls_block VARCHAR2(32000);
L_thread NUMBER := 1; -- count of jobs
L_max_threads NUMBER := 3; -- max number of jobs to be started
L_lot_id NUMBER := 1234; -- add any number just to represent a lot
BEGIN
while L_thread <= L_max_threads loop
---
L_job_name := 'job_' || L_lot_id || L_thread;
L_comments := 'Job test ' || L_lot_id || ' and thread ' || L_thread;
L_pls_block := 'BEGIN logger.log(''job running of thread' || L_thread || '''); END;';
---
dbms_scheduler.create_job(job_name => L_job_name,
job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
job_action => L_pls_block,
start_date => SYSTIMESTAMP,
comments => L_comments,
enabled => true);
--DBMS_SCHEDULER.RUN_JOB(L_job_name, TRUE);
L_thread := L_thread + 1;
end loop;
END;
/
but if I start the same code in the machine B, nothing is happening and I need to uncomment the line about DBMS_SCHEDULER.RUN_JOB(L_job_name, TRUE);
I did another test in the same machine B using enabled FALSE when creating the job and during the call from DBMS_SCHEDULER.RUN_JOB changed to false in the user_credentials but only one job runned, i.e, the result was logged from just one job, instead of the 3 jobs that had most be created.
Do you have an idea about what I need to look? Is there something related about database setup, credentials that I need to take a look?
It was cool to see your article pop up in my google search for the process yesterday. Great Guide.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you,
Ajeeth