Oracle dbms_scheduler.create_job Error - sql

Question

I am trying to create a simple scheduled event in an oracle 10g database. I have been trying to use dbms_scheduler.create_job. Here is the script I wrote:
begin dbms_scheduler.create_job (
job_name => 'disengagementChecker',
job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
job_action => 'INSERT INTO
PatientClassRelObs(patientClassID,observationTypeID) VALUES (1, 11)',
start_date => SYSDATE,
repeat_interval => 'FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=1',
comments => 'Iam tesing scheduler'); end;
When I run this, oracle throws these errors
ORA-06550: line 15, column 3:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol
"end-of-file" when expecting one of the following:
; The symbol
";" was substituted for "end-of-file" to continue.
I don't understand whats causes this error. Do you know what causes this error? Or why this is happening?
Thank you in advance!
-David

Answer 1

JOB_ACTION must be a valid PL/SQL block, not just a valid SQL statement. Use this:
job_action => '
BEGIN
INSERT INTO PatientClassRelObs(patientClassID,observationTypeID)
VALUES (1, 11);
END;',
UPDATE
Maybe this is a problem with a specific environment or some code not posted. To troubleshoot, start with something that's known to work, and add one small change at a time until something breaks.
Start with this code, using SQL*Plus.
SQL> begin
2 dbms_scheduler.create_job(
3 job_name => 'TEST_JOB',
4 job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
5 job_action => 'BEGIN NULL; END;',
6 start_date => systimestamp,
7 enabled => true);
8 end;
9 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select status, log_date from dba_scheduler_job_run_details where job_name = 'TEST_JOB';
STATUS LOG_DATE
------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUCCEEDED 26-MAR-14 11.37.59.533000 PM -05:00