NUMTODSINTERVAL
Syntax
Purpose
NUMTODSINTERVAL converts n to an INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND literal. The argument n can be any NUMBER value or an expression that can be implicitly converted to a NUMBER value. The argument interval_unit can be of CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, or NVARCHAR2 data type. The value for interval_unit specifies the unit of n and must resolve to one of the following string values:
-
'
DAY' -
'
HOUR' -
'
MINUTE' -
'
SECOND'
interval_unit is case insensitive. Leading and trailing values within the parentheses are ignored. By default, the precision of the return is 9.
See Also:
Table 2-8 for more information on implicit conversion
Examples
The following example uses NUMTODSINTERVAL in a COUNT analytic function to calculate, for each employee, the number of employees hired by the same manager within the past 100 days from his or her hire date. Refer to "Analytic Functions" for more information on the syntax of the analytic functions.
SELECT manager_id, last_name, hire_date,
COUNT(*) OVER (PARTITION BY manager_id ORDER BY hire_date
RANGE NUMTODSINTERVAL(100, 'day') PRECEDING) AS t_count
FROM employees
ORDER BY last_name, hire_date;
MANAGER_ID LAST_NAME HIRE_DATE T_COUNT
---------- ------------------------- --------- ----------
149 Abel 11-MAY-04 1
147 Ande 24-MAR-08 3
121 Atkinson 30-OCT-05 2
103 Austin 25-JUN-05 1
. . .
124 Walsh 24-APR-06 2
100 Weiss 18-JUL-04 1
101 Whalen 17-SEP-03 1
100 Zlotkey 29-JAN-08 2