RE: date question ?

From: Brian McGraw <brian.mcgraw_at_infinity-insurance.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:08:21 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004CFC27.20020913110821@fatcity.com>

Simple:

select to_char(sysdate,'DAY') from dual;

TO_CHAR(S

FRIDAY

| Brian McGraw /* DBA */ Infinity Insurance | | mailto:Brian.McGraw_at_Infinity-Insurance.com |

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Hi all,

Thank you for answering my sysdate question yesterday. Here is another one, is there a function that can return a day of week for a given date?

ef: function_name(sysdate) returns Friday.

Thank you!

Leslie

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