Need to get available working day

Question

Hi All,
I'm using oracle 9i version.
i have a procedure which will take 1 in parameter and 1 out parameter.
we will pass one inputdate
now the date which i passed is sunday or holiday then we have to return the next working day that holiday list i'm getting form holiday_list table.
now the problem is suppose i passed a date which is sunday so now i have to return like the inputdate+1 so that it will be monday . but now i need to check weather that monday also holiday or not in the holiday list
if it is then i have to go for next like INputdate+2 again there also i have to check the same for this till i get a available date .
can some suggest how to handle this problem.
Thanks in advance
-RG

Answer 1

SQL> select * from holidays;
DT
01-JUL-07
11-JUL-07
02-JUL-07
07-JUL-07
SQL> exec :your_date := '07-jul-2007';
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>  select min(dt) dt
  2   from(
  3     select trunc(to_date(:your_date,'dd/mm/yyyy')) + level - 1 dt
  4     from (select case when count(*) <= 8 then 9 else count(*) end cnt
  5         from holidays
  6         where dt >= trunc(to_date(:your_date,'dd/mm/yyyy')))
  7     connect by level <= cnt
  8     )
  9   where to_char(dt,'fmday') != 'sunday'
10   and dt not in(select dt
11                 from holidays
12                 where dt >= trunc(to_date(:your_date,'dd/mm/yyyy')))
13   /
DT
09-JUL-07
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        jeneesh
curved path......