For getting the back date

Question

dear all,
i want to display 10 days back date from today date
like sysdate - 20 days back date.
please send me the query for getting the date of back
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Hi do you want all the dates from the back date to sysdate or only the particular back date
SQL> select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE
22-JUN-09
SQL> select sysdate-10 from dual;
SYSDATE-1
12-JUN-09or if you want all the back dates starting from one particular then
SQL> select sysdate-10+level from dual
  2  connect by level<=10;
SYSDATE-1
13-JUN-09
14-JUN-09
15-JUN-09
16-JUN-09
17-JUN-09
18-JUN-09
19-JUN-09
20-JUN-09
21-JUN-09
22-JUN-09
10 rows selected.Edited by: oracle_for_dude on Jun 22, 2009 12:11 PM