(Re-sending because I forgot to trim the message text) Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately it's not a standby database (and DocID 1290836.1 does not apply either) Regards Thomas Niall Litchfield, 16.12.2013 13:01: > If this is a snapshot standby database then 1551817.1 probably applies. > > > But when I try to create a job with that name using: > > execute DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job(job_name => 'MY_JOBNAME', job_type => > 'PLSQL_BLOCK', job_action => 'begin ... end;', enabled => TRUE); > > I get the following error: ORA-27477: "MY_USER.MY_JOBNAME" already exists > > If I use a different job name (e.g. MY_JOBNAMEX) I can create and drop > the job without problems. > > Does anyone have an idea on where else I could look for an object with > that name that prevents creating the job? > > I am using Oracle 11.2.0.3 on CentOS > > > Thanks in advance > Thomas -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l