jcs.job_statuscode_wait

on-site-related topic PL/SQL API jcs.job_statuscode_wait

Summary

Wait until the indicated job is in a finished state and return the job's statuscode.

Until that time, if this is called from a job, the calling job gets status WAITING (W).

A job is in a finished state when its status level is equal or greater than 4; this means A, U, E, C, K or L.

The following exceptions can occur when you wait for a job:

  • JCS-02191 - when the timeout has expired.
  • JCS-02041 - when the job does not exist yet/anymore.

Specification

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function job_statuscode_wait(job_id in number,
timeout in number default null)
    return varchar2

Parameters

  • job_id - the ID of the job to wait for
  • timeout - number of seconds to wait
  • returns varchar2 - the 1 character statuscode of the job

Transaction keyword

The transaction keyword defines how and/or when the changes are committed to the database. A definition of the various transaction keywords can be found on the jcs package summary page.

autonomous

Examples

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Using jcs.job_statuscode_wait

       ...
       jcs.submit(...);
       commit;
       if jcs.job_statuscode_wait(jcs.last_job_id) = 'C'
       then
         ...
       end if;

Using jcs.job_statuscode_wait

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