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# 1  
Old 06-10-2011
How to put variable date from SQL Script
Hi Guys,

Can someone please help me on adding/inserting a variable to an sql scipt? Basically I want to assign today's date. As shown below..

Code:
set head off;
set linesize 300;
set pagesize 200;
spool /opt/oracle/temp/output.txt
select value,count(*) as totalcount from pmowner.pinpebasev where availableat between '${date} 12.00.00 AM' and '${date} 11.59.59 PM' group by value;
spool off
quit


I want to use this variable...
Code:
date= `date '+%d-%b-%y' | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`

It should show like this...
Code:
set head off;
set linesize 300;
set pagesize 200;
spool /opt/oracle/temp/output.txt
select value,count(*) as totalcount from pmowner.pinpebasev where availableat between '09-JUN-11 12.00.00 AM' and '09-JUN-11 11.59.59 PM' group by value;
spool off
quit


Thanks in advance.


Br,
Pinpe
# 2  
Old 06-10-2011
If I understand correctly, you don't need the external date command:


Code:
[...]
where 
  availableat 
between 
  trunc(sysdate)
and
  trunc(sysdate) + 1 - 1/24/60/60
;

# 3  
Old 06-10-2011
Hi,

Oracle offers the sysdate function that returns the current date. If the datatype of "availableat" is date you can rewrite your query:
Code:
select value,count(*) as totalcount from pmowner.pinpebasev where trunc(availableat) = trunc(sysdate)  group by value;

# 4  
Old 06-10-2011
Hi radoulov & cero,

Thanks for your prompt response. But I want to have a date range (i.e. between 0000H to 2000H of today's date).

Br,
Pinpe
# 5  
Old 06-10-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by pinpe
But I want to have a date range (i.e. between 0000H to 2000H of today's date).
? What 0000H to 2000H means?

Code:
SQL> alter session set nls_date_format='DD-MON-RRRR HH:MI:SS AM';

Session altered.

SQL> select trunc(sysdate), trunc(sysdate) + 1 - 1/24/60/60 from dual;

TRUNC(SYSDATE)          TRUNC(SYSDATE)+1-1/24/6
----------------------- -----------------------
10-JUN-2011 12:00:00 AM 10-JUN-2011 11:59:59 PM

Last edited by radoulov; 06-10-2011 at 10:57 AM..
# 6  
Old 06-10-2011
Shifting to uppercase
I believe the point is moot since the other posters pointed out the sysdate command, but if you are using ksh, instead of doing this to make a variable uppercase:
Code:
date= `date '+%d-%b-%y' | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`

do this:

Code:
typeset -u date=`date '+%d-%b-%y'`

which does the same thing but saves some resources since a pipe and an external program
do not have to be used. typeset -u changes the variable's
value to uppercase.
# 7  
Old 06-10-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by cero
Hi,

Oracle offers the sysdate function that returns the current date. If the datatype of "availableat" is date you can rewrite your query:
Code:
select value,count(*) as totalcount from pmowner.pinpebasev where trunc(availableat) = trunc(sysdate)  group by value;

Consider that if the column availableat is indexed (with a single column index or is in the leading part of a multi-column index) and there's no FBI on it, using the same function (trunc), your version of the query will perform a full table scan of the mowner.pinpebasev table (or underlying table, if mowner.pinpebasev is a view).
Last edited by radoulov; 06-10-2011 at 11:02 AM..
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