fitzjarrell_at_cox.net wrote:
> On Jun 20, 8:41 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>> Charles Hooper wrote:
>>> On Jun 20, 5:41 pm, jobs <j..._at_webdos.com> wrote:
>>>> Is there an oracle function that would return the lesser of two dates?
>>>> Thanks for any help or information.
>>> A quick setup:
>>> CREATE TABLE T1(
>>> C1 DATE,
>>> C2 DATE);
>>> Create 12 rows in the table with random dates in the two date columns:
>>> INSERT INTO T1
>>> SELECT
>>> TRUNC(SYSDATE)+TRUNC(DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE(1,100))-49,
>>> TRUNC(SYSDATE)+TRUNC(DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE(1,100))-49
>>> FROM
>>> DUAL
>>> CONNECT BY
>>> LEVEL<=12;
>>> Two methods, using DECODE with SIGN, and using LEAST:
>>> SELECT
>>> C1,
>>> C2,
>>> DECODE(SIGN(C1-C2),1,C2,C1) L1,
>>> LEAST(C1,C2) L2
>>> FROM
>>> T1;
>>> C1 C2 L1 L2
>>> --------- --------- --------- ---------
>>> 25-JUL-07 17-MAY-07 17-MAY-07 17-MAY-07
>>> 02-JUN-07 21-MAY-07 21-MAY-07 21-MAY-07
>>> 31-JUL-07 28-JUL-07 28-JUL-07 28-JUL-07
>>> 17-JUN-07 10-MAY-07 10-MAY-07 10-MAY-07
>>> 05-JUL-07 03-AUG-07 05-JUL-07 05-JUL-07
>>> 28-JUL-07 23-MAY-07 23-MAY-07 23-MAY-07
>>> 01-AUG-07 17-JUN-07 17-JUN-07 17-JUN-07
>>> 28-JUN-07 28-MAY-07 28-MAY-07 28-MAY-07
>>> 20-MAY-07 11-JUN-07 20-MAY-07 20-MAY-07
>>> 21-JUN-07 09-JUN-07 09-JUN-07 09-JUN-07
>>> 26-JUL-07 24-JUL-07 24-JUL-07 24-JUL-07
>>> 22-JUL-07 06-JUN-07 06-JUN-07 06-JUN-07
>>> Charles Hooper
>>> IT Manager/Oracle DBA
>>> K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.
>> Or with far less complexity:
>>
>> SELECT LEAST(C1,C2) FROM T1;
>>
>> Demo at:http://www.psoug.org/reference/number_func.html#nlst
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> All of that to answer a question which hasn't yet been asked.
>
>
> David Fitzjarrell
No we can tell people it has already been answered here if they'd
searched the archives on many more topics.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Thu Jun 21 2007 - 18:50:55 CDT
