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Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493624] Wed, 09 February 2011 02:29 Go to next message
Sarlula
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I got 4 fields:
event_date (01/01/1900 hh:mm:ss)
team_count (number)
interview_count (number)
duration (01/01/1900 hh:mm:ss) - duration of each interview


The calculation is:
(interview_count * team_count * duration(hh:mm)) + event_date
i.e.:
(3 * 2 * 02:30) + 01/01/1900 08:00:00

= 15:00:00 + 01/01/1900 08:00:00

= 01/01/1900 23:00:00.


all I care about is the hh:mm in the result.
How can I preform this calculation in pl/sql?
I tried all possible ways I could think of..

Re: Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493631 is a reply to message #493624] Wed, 09 February 2011 02:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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What are the type of the columns?

Post a working Test case: create table and insert statements along with the result you want with these data then we will be able work with your table and data.

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Re: Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493633 is a reply to message #493631] Wed, 09 February 2011 03:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarlula
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the types are:
event_date DATE
team_count NUMBER
interview_count NUMBER
duration DATE
Re: Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493639 is a reply to message #493633] Wed, 09 February 2011 03:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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How a duration could a date? It should be an INTERVAL (or a NUMBER).

Please post the test case I requested.

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Michel
Re: Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493648 is a reply to message #493639] Wed, 09 February 2011 04:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarlula
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The duration is a date (its an old DB).

the test-code is:
create table testme
(
       event_date DATE,
       team_count NUMBER,
       interview_count NUMBER,
       duration DATE
);



insert into testme (event_date, team_count, interview_count, duration) 
       VALUES ('01-jan-1900 08:00:00', 2, 3, '01-jan-1900 02:30:00');




select extract(hour FROM
        to_timestamp(to_char(to_date(
         (
          (e.duration * e.team_count * e.summonscount) + e.event_date),
           'dd-mon-yyyy HH24:MI:SS'),
           'dd-mon-yyyy HH24:MI:SS')))
  from testme;



I want the output to be: 23.
Re: Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493651 is a reply to message #493648] Wed, 09 February 2011 04:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ThomasG
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If you subtract two dates you get the difference in days. When you multiply that difference in days with 24 you get the difference in hours.

Example:

SELECT (duration   - Trunc(duration))   * 24,  
       (event_date - Trunc(event_date)) * 24 
  FROM testme 


Then you can multiply/add those numbers at will.
Re: Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493652 is a reply to message #493648] Wed, 09 February 2011 04:23 Go to previous message
Michel Cadot
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SQL> select event_date +
  2         (team_count * interview_count * to_number(to_char(duration,'SSSSS')))
  3         / 86400
  4  from testme
  5  /
EVENT_DATE+(TEAM_COU
--------------------
01-jan-1900 23:00:00

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Michel
Re: Preform math calculation upon dates [message #493653 is a reply to message #493648] Wed, 09 February 2011 04:23 Go to previous message
cookiemonster
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SQL> select to_number(to_char(new_date, 'HH24')) new_date
  2  FROM (select event_date 
  3               + (team_count * interview_count * (duration - trunc(duration))) AS new_date
  4        from testme);

  NEW_DATE
----------
        23

SQL> 

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