https://www.oraclescripts.com/tags/create_job/Recent content in CREATE_JOB on Oracle ScriptsHugo -- gohugo.ioenOracleScripts.comMon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/oracle-dbms-scheduler-create-manage-jobs/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/oracle-dbms-scheduler-create-manage-jobs/ <h2 id="oracle-dbms_scheduler-create-and-manage-jobs-with-plsql">Oracle DBMS_SCHEDULER: Create and Manage Jobs with PL/SQL</h2> <h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2> <p>Automating a recurring task — a nightly statistics gather, a log purge, an end-of-month rollup — is a standard part of running an Oracle database. <code>DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_JOB</code> is the procedure that registers that task with the database so it runs on a calendar schedule without an external cron entry. The job, its action, and its schedule all live inside the database, which means they are backed up, replicated to a standby, and visible in the data dictionary.</p>