Jobs は、parallel apache threads あるいはコマンドラインデーモンによって機能します。
"DESCRIBE mw_job" により、 MediaWiki 1.8 においては下記の内容を示します。:
+---------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| job_id | int(9) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| job_cmd | varchar(255) | NO | MUL | NULL | |
| job_namespace | int(11) | NO | | NULL | |
| job_title | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | |
| job_params | blob | NO | | NULL | |
+---------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
mysql> describe mw_job;
+---------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| job_id | int(9) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| job_cmd | varchar(255) | NO | MUL | NULL | |
| job_namespace | int(11) | NO | | NULL | |
| job_title | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | |
| job_params | blob | NO | | NULL | |
+---------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
5 rows in set (0.03 sec)
mysql> describe job;
+---------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| job_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| job_cmd | varbinary(60) | NO | MUL | | |
| job_namespace | int(11) | NO | | | |
| job_title | varchar(255) | NO | | | |
| job_params | blob | NO | | | |
+---------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
5 rows in set (1.03 sec)