How to execute a procedure with DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_JOB procedure - oracle

Question

I want to create a job that would drop a database object at a given date. The job created all right but the procedure is not executed. Tried executing the procedure alone and it works.
Here's the code for the create job
v_jobnam := v_objnam;
v_jobnam := DBMS_SCHEDULER.generate_job_name (v_jobnam);
v_startdate := to_timestamp(v_startdate);
select sysdate + (v_delhrs/1440)
into v_startdate
from dual;
DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_JOB(job_name => v_jobnam, job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK', JOB_ACTION => 'BEGIN DROP_OBJ1(' || v_objnam|| ', ' || v_objtyp || ', '|| v_schema || ',' || v_objid ||'); END;', start_date => SYSTIMESTAMP, repeat_interval => 'freq=secondly; bysecond=0', end_date => NULL, enabled => TRUE, comments => 'Calls PLSQL once');
where v_delhrs is a number.
Here's the code for the procedure:
PROCEDURE DROP_OBJ1
(
p_objnam IN CHAR,
p_objtyp IN CHAR,
p_copyto IN ALL_OBJECTS.OWNER%TYPE,
p_objid IN NUMBER
)
IS
v_objnam VARCHAR2 (30);
v_objtyp VARCHAR2 (30);
v_copyto VARCHAR2 (30);
v_objid NUMBER (3);
BEGIN
v_objnam := UPPER (p_objnam);
v_objtyp := UPPER (p_objtyp);
v_copyto := UPPER (p_copyto);
v_objid := p_objid;
--v_copyby := UPPER (p_copyby);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ( ' DROP '
|| v_objtyp
|| ' '
|| v_copyto
|| '.'
|| v_objnam
);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ( ' DELETE FROM COPY_OBJ_DET WHERE OBJ_ID = '
|| v_objid
);
COMMIT;
END;
I know its a very minor problem.
Thanks in advance gurus.
Cheers!

Answer 1

It apears to me that you have missed some quote marks in the DBMS_JOBS setup call.
Try this:
DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_JOB(job_name => v_jobnam,
job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
JOB_ACTION => 'BEGIN DROP_OBJ1(''' || v_objnam
|| ''', ''' || v_objtyp || ''', '''
|| v_schema || ''',' || v_objid
|| '); END;',
start_date => SYSTIMESTAMP,
repeat_interval => 'freq=secondly; bysecond=0',
end_date => NULL,
enabled => TRUE,
comments => 'Calls PLSQL once');
If this is not the solution I will setup your code on a database and try it myself.