But my version was so much more obtuse1  :)

Jared



                                                                                       
                               
                    "Nicoll, Iain                                                      
                               
                    (Calanais)"            To:     Multiple recipients of list 
ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>        
                    <iain.nicoll@cal       cc:                                         
                               
                    anais.com>             Subject:     RE: Last day of the month unix 
                               
                    Sent by:                                                           
                               
                    [EMAIL PROTECTED]                                                   
                               
                                                                                       
                               
                                                                                       
                               
                    10/29/01 09:25                                                     
                               
                    AM                                                                 
                               
                    Please respond                                                     
                               
                    to ORACLE-L                                                        
                               
                                                                                       
                               
                                                                                       
                               




Not sure if you want this from sql or unix

but there is the last_day function

eg select last_day(sysdate) from dual

to get the last date

or

select to_char(last_day(sysdate),'dd') from dual

to get the day portion only.


-----Original Message-----
Sent: 29 October 2001 15:55
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L



Try this:

select trunc(add_months(sysdate,1),'MM')-1
from dual;

Jared


On Monday 29 October 2001 00:00, Sinard Xing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any function that can display out "last day of the month" for
> example
>          lastday(Oct,2001) return me 31
> Or a variable that store this value.
>
> Is Date an object in unix ?
>
>
>
>
> Sinardy
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: Jared Still
  INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: Nicoll, Iain (Calanais)
  INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).




-- 
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
-- 
Author: 
  INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).

Reply via email to