Comments on: Creating a query that will return specific days http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-a-query-that-will-return-specific-days/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: mcp111 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-a-query-that-will-return-specific-days/#comment-44732 mcp111 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:20:29 +0000 #comment-44732 Note that the NEXT_DAY function is specific to Oracle.

]]> By: mwphdata http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-a-query-that-will-return-specific-days/#comment-44733 mwphdata Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:16:34 +0000 #comment-44733 Fantastic, thanks for the quick responses. I will try them out…

Regards
Lou

]]> By: stevewaltz http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-a-query-that-will-return-specific-days/#comment-44734 stevewaltz Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:59:34 +0000 #comment-44734 The NEXT_DAY date function should allow you to determine the dates for the calendar and fiscal years. A little adjustment is required because NEXT_DAY will not return the argument date specified, even if it is the day of the week argument provided (tuesday, in this case). This SQL subtracts 1 to go back to the last day of the previous month. I could have specified ’20031231′ and ’20040531′ in determining the calendar year and fiscal year dates respectively and would not have had to subtract 1 within the NEXT_DAY date argument.

SELECT NEXT_DAY(TO_DATE(’20040101′,’YYYYMMDD’) – 1,’TUESDAY’) + 7 “Calendar Year”
FROM DUAL;

SELECT NEXT_DAY(TO_DATE(’20040601′,’YYYYMMDD’) – 1,’TUESDAY’) + 28 “Fiscal Year”
FROM DUAL;

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