pg_dbms_job v2.0 released

Antananarivo, Madagascar - April 19, 2026

## PostgreSQL DBMS_JOB compatibility extension

pg_dbms_job is a new PostgreSQL extension to create, manage and use Oracle-style DBMS_JOB scheduled job. The use and behavior is just like with the DBMS_JOB Oracle package.

This PostgreSQL extension allows to manage scheduled jobs from a job queue or to execute immediately jobs asynchronously. A job definition consist on a code to execute, the next date of execution and how often the job is to be run. A job runs a SQL command, plpgsql code or an existing stored procedure.

This major release is a rewrite of the Perl scheduler into a PostgreSQL background worker written in C with some other improvements.

- Rewrite scheduler Perl external daemon into a background worker in C.
- Add `pg_dbms_job.naptime` configuration parameter to change default value of 100 ms.
- Ability to set decimal value for GUC `pg_dbms_job.job_queue_interval`.
- Use interval unit for run_duration column intead of integer for more precise value.
- Set `$pg_dbms_job$` as a block for job execution to avoid conflict with the code executed.

Complete list of changes is available [here](https://github.com/HexaCluster/pg_dbms_job/blob/v2.0/ChangeLog)

## Links & Credits

pg_dbms_job is an open project under the PostgreSQL license created by Gilles Darold at [Hexacluster Corp.](https://hexacluster.ai/)
as part of the improvement of Ora2Pg. Any contribution to build a better tool is welcome. You can
send your ideas, features requests or patches using the GitHub tools.

**Links :**

* Download: [https://github.com/HexaCluster/pg_dbms_job/releases/](https://github.com/HexaCluster/pg_dbms_job/releases/)
* Support: use GitHub report tool at [https://github.com/HexaCluster/pg_dbms_job/issues](https://github.com/HexaCluster/pg_dbms_job/issues)

## About pg_dbms_job

The pg_dbms_job extension is an original work of [Hexacluster Corp.](https://hexacluster.ai/), a canadian company specialized in migration to PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL support. If you need more information please [contact us](https://hexacluster.ai/contact-us/)

Documentation at [https://github.com/HexaCluster/pg_dbms_job#readme](https://github.com/HexaCluster/pg_dbms_job#readme)