Become the user that owns the job, then remove it. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Canaan Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 2:17 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Jobs Question This is Oracle 11.2.0.3 on Linux 6. I can see a job in dba_jobs that is throwing an error every day at around the same time. 1 4217 AXIS AXISPKG AXISPKG 4/5/2014 10:07:17 AM 10:07:17 0 N null 13 AXIS_JOB.RUN_QUEUED(4217); I've talked to the vendor and they've said go ahead delete it. When I try to delete it via dbms_job.remove, I get: SQL> exec dbms_job.remove(4217); BEGIN dbms_job.remove(4217); END; * ERROR at line 1: ORA-23421: job number 4217 is not a job in the job queue ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 86 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_IJOB", line 770 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_JOB", line 180 ORA-06512: at line 1 How do I get rid of this job? Scott Canaan '88 (srcdco@xxxxxxx<mailto:srcdco@xxxxxxx>) (585) 475-7886 - work (585) 339-8659 - cell "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer -- Joel Patterson Sr. Database Administrator | Enterprise Integration Phone: 904-928-2790 | Fax: 904-733-4916 www.entint.com<http://www.entint.com/> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/signaturev61.jpg]<http://www.entint.com/> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_FaceBook1.jpg]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Enterprise-Integration/212351215444231> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_Twitter1.jpg] <http://twitter.com/#!/entint> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_LinkedIn1.jpg] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/18276?trk=tyah> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_YouTube1.jpg] <http://www.youtube.com/user/ValueofIT> This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. [v.1.1]