dbms_scheduler.run_job('jobName) fails to run

Question

I'm trying to run a scheduled job manually, the job looksa like this

  DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_JOB (
   job_name           =>  'UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES',
   job_type           =>  'STORED_PROCEDURE',
   job_action         =>  'PLAYER_STATE_UPDATER',
   repeat_interval    =>  'FREQ=DAILY;BYHOUR=0', /* every day at Midnight */
   job_class          =>  'DEFAULT_JOB_CLASS',
   enabled            =>  true,
   auto_drop          =>  false);

Now when I run the procedure using execute PLAYER_STATE_UPDATER I can see the desired result , but the job is failing to execute as shown by

select log_date, job_name, status, run_duration
from dba_scheduler_job_run_details where job_name='UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES' or status='FAILED';


    LOG_DATE                    JOB_NAME        STATUS   RUN_DURATION 
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
23-AUG-11 00.20.24.288887000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
22-AUG-11 10.27.24.537659000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
22-AUG-11 10.28.50.447042000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
22-AUG-11 10.30.30.018891000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
25-AUG-11 10.59.02.332579000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
25-AUG-11 10.59.15.980730000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
25-AUG-11 10.59.27.823131000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
25-AUG-11 11.01.04.798364000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
24-AUG-11 00.20.24.419251000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
25-AUG-11 00.20.24.299180000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    
25-AUG-11 09.35.24.798535000 +01:00 UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES    FAILED    0 0:0:0.0    

And executing the job manually is failing too dbms_scheduler.run_job('UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES'); with the error

Error starting at line 1 in command:
dbms_scheduler.run_job('UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES')
Error report:
Unknown Command

What am I missing.

Answer 1

When you're trying to run the job manually, it looks like you are simply not using the correct syntax in SQL Developer. You need to use execute dbms_scheduler.run_job('UPDATE_PLAYER_STATES'). Of course that doesn't explain why the job is failing.

My guess is there's something wrong with the job configuration such that it can't even start; but I don't see what it is. You might try including the schema name in the job_action to make sure it is not looking in the wrong schema.

Is there anything of interest in the other columns of dba_scheduler_job_run_details -- particularly error# or additional_info?