How to drop a DBMS_SCHEDULER job created in lowercase name (Doc ID 1944504.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 06, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 10.1 to 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

SQL> exec DBMS_SCHEDULER.DROP_JOB( job_name => 'job1', force => TRUE );
BEGIN DBMS_SCHEDULER.DROP_JOB( job_name => 'job1', force => TRUE ); END;

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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-27475: "DEV.JOB1" must be a job
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_ISCHED", line 178
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SCHEDULER", line 544
ORA-06512: at line 1


SQL>select job_name from dba_scheduler_jobs where job_name ='job1';

JOB_NAME
——————————
job1

Solution

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