Oracle dbms_job with invalid owner

Question

Ok, database at a clients site that has dbms_job entries where the schema_user is invalid. (It appears to be the effect of bringing over a schema from another machine using exp/imp.)

I would like to get rid of these jobs, but standard operating procedure says that you must connect as the owner of the jobs to dbms_job.remove() it.

I thought a workaround might be, to create the user in this instance, and then use it to remove the job.

Thoughts?

Edit: Or even alternatively making direct edits to the sys.job$ table instead of going through the dbms_job interface?

Answer 1

There's a package owned by SYS called DBMS_IJOB. This offers pretty much the same functionality as DBMS_JOB but it allows us to manipulate jobs owned by other users.

If your rogue job is number 23 then this command should kill it:

SQL>  exec dbms_ijob.remove(23)

By default privileges on this package are not granted to other users, so you need to connect as SYS in order to execute it. And remember to commit the change!