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Re: Time difference between records

From: Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_yahoo.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:12:14 GMT
Message-ID: <iTD1d.25738$XP3.5894@edtnps84>


Scott Johnson wrote:

> I need to find a method (sql, plsql) to find the time difference between
> records
>
> Example,
> Ticket# Operation Time
> A1 Modify 1000
> A1 Modify 1100
> A1 Modify 1300
> A2 Modify 0900
> A2 Modify 0930
>
> Should produce something like:
>
> A1 1 hour
> A1 2 hours
> A2 30 minutes
>
> Has anyone done this before?

  1. Ain't going nowhere if you don't capture a 'modified date/time' stamp.
  2. Different database version provide different capabilities to help here.
  3. In 10g look up the time interval datatype, otherwise look up date arithmetic, both in the SQL Reference manual.
Received on Tue Sep 14 2004 - 10:12:14 CDT

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