hi job_queue_interval is now an underscore parameter in 9i. Instance Parameter and Value Description Dflt? -------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----- _job_queue_interval = 5 Wakeup interval in TRUE seconds for job queue co-ordinator job_queue_processes = 1 number of job queue FALSE slave processes please see whether this would help. thanks sai Connie Zhang <connie.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I have orcl 9.2.0.4 on WIN2K platform According oracle documentation about DBMS_JOB in 9i JOB_QUEUE_INTERVAL is obsolete. If the JOB_QUEUE_PROCESS initialization is greater than 0, the CJQ0 process remains actives, scanning the job queue for available work, so the JOB_QUEUE_INTERVAL processes is no longer needed. When CJQ0 finds work waiting to be done, it starts more Jnnn processes automatically, up to the limit specified by the initialization parameter JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES. when a Jnnn process finishes execution of a job, it polls for another job to execute. If there are no jobs selected for execution, it enters an idle state, but wakes up periodically to poll again. If after a predetermined number of tries, it still finds no jobs to execute, it terminates. ******************************************************************** what is a predetermined number of tries here, can we change it? and how? ******************************************************************** I have job_queue_processes = 1 in the parameter level I have an auditing application which have a dbms_job which set interval as sysdate+1/24/60*1 When we want to shutdown database cleanly, it always have a child processes are named Jnnn where nnn starts at 000 and increments by 1 running... ******************************************************************** how can we terminate these Jnnn process? Can we change total time consuming for a predetermined number of tries? ******************************************************************** Wish any of one pls share your solution. Thanks! Connie ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------