DROP_JOB v18

Use the DROP_JOB procedure to drop a job, drop any arguments that belong to the job, and eliminate any future job executions. The signature of the procedure is:

DROP_JOB(
  <job_name> IN VARCHAR2,
  <force> IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
  <defer> IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
  <commit_semantics> IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'STOP_ON_FIRST_ERROR')

Parameters

job_name

job_name specifies the name of the job that's being dropped.

force

force is accepted for compatibility and ignored.

defer

defer is accepted for compatibility and ignored.

commit_semantics

commit_semantics tells the server how to handle an error encountered while dropping a program or job. By default, commit_semantics is set to STOP_ON_FIRST_ERROR, which means to stop when an error is encountered.

The TRANSACTIONAL and ABSORB_ERRORS keywords are accepted for compatibility and ignored.

Example

The following call to DROP_JOB drops a job named update_log:

DBMS_SCHEDULER.DROP_JOB('update_log');