Having problems with date difference

Question

Hello People...
Im having a problem.
I have this cursor :
select request_id,
batch_id,
message_id,
date
from tb_message_pi_new
where datediff(minute, date, getdate()) > 5 --*****this line
and status = 1
in the where clause, there is a function datediff (this a sybase's function, that returns the minute subtracting the field Date - sysdate) and returns the minutes....
How can i do this cursor on Oracle???
thank you!!!

Answer 1

Assuming that getdate() is a function that you've written that returns a date, you can do it like this
select request_id,
batch_id,
message_id,
date
from tb_message_pi_new
where (sysdate/1640) - (getdate()/1640) > 5
and status = 1
This works because there are 1640 minutes in a day; for hours the test would be where (sysdate/24) - (getdate()/24) > 5
HTH, APC