When execute drop job, Oracle report ORA-27478
dbms_scheduler.drop_job(job_name => 'Test_job');
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-27478: job "ARBOR"."Test_job" is running
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_ISCHED", line 278
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SCHEDULER", line 751
ORA-06512: at line 8
The solution: set the force option to TRUE
dbms_scheduler.drop_job(job_name=> 'Test_job', force => TRUE);
Explaination: If a job is running at the time of the procedure call, the attempt to drop the job fails. You can modify this default behavior by setting either the force or defer option.
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