TO_DSINTERVAL

Syntax

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sql_format::=

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ds_iso_format::=

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Purpose

TO_DSINTERVAL converts a character string of CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, or NVARCHAR2 datatype to an INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND type.

TO_DSINTERVAL accepts argument in one of the two formats:

• SQL interval format compatible with the SQL standard (ISO/IEC 9075:2003)

• ISO duration format compatible with the ISO 8601:2004 standard

In the SQL format, days is an integer between 0 and 999999999, hours is an integer between 0 and 23, and minutes and seconds are integers between 0 and 59. frac_secs is the fractional part of seconds between .0 and .999999999. One or more blanks separate days from hours. Additional blanks are allowed between format elements.

In the ISO format, days, hours, minutes and seconds are integers between 0 and 999999999. frac_secs is the fractional part of seconds between .0 and .999999999. No blanks are allowed in the value.

Examples

The following example selects from the hr.employees table the employees who had worked for the company for at least 100 days on January 1, 1990:

SELECT employee_id, last_name FROM employees
   WHERE hire_date + TO_DSINTERVAL('100 00:00:00')
   <= DATE '1990-01-01'
   ORDER BY employee_id;

EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME
----------- ---------------
        100 King
        101 Kochhar
        200 Whalen