SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP

Question

Hi,
in 10g R2 , how can I use SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP to have a timestape for a given SCN (without using it in a select ) ?
Suppose I have just SCN which is 234567 and I want to know to which timestamp it correspond. How do I use SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP ?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Thank you.
But nothing is displayed :
SQL> DECLARE
  2             v_timestamp     TIMESTAMP;
  3              v_scn           NUMBER;
  4      BEGIN
  5              /* Setup */
  6              v_scn := DBMS_FLASHBACK.GET_SYSTEM_CHANGE_NUMBER;
  7
  8              v_timestamp := SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP(245044501);
  9
10             DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_timestamp);
11     END;
12     /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2             v_timestamp     TIMESTAMP;
  3              v_scn           NUMBER;
  4      BEGIN
  5              /* Setup */
  6              v_scn := DBMS_FLASHBACK.GET_SYSTEM_CHANGE_NUMBER;
  7
  8              v_timestamp := SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP(v_scn);
  9
10             DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_timestamp);
11     END;
12     /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.