Re: Date math

I might be missing something in your post but wouldn't this work:

SELECT *
  FROM MR_PURCHASED_ITEMS
 WHERE PI_ORDER_DATE < TRUNC(SYSDATE)-7;

Hth, Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Hagedorn <Linda_at_pets.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 5:42 PM
Subject: Date math

>The following SQL is selecting data older than one month ago. I need to
>change it to select data older than 7 days ago. Does anyone know the
>TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(SYSDATE etc. syntax to calculate a date of seven days
>ago?
>
> SELECT * FROM MR_PURCHASED_ITEMS
> WHERE PI_ORDER_DATE <= ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-1) ;
>
>Any information is appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Linda
>
>
>
>
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>Author: Linda Hagedorn
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Received on Tue Jul 25 2000 - 19:48:35 CDT