On Apr 30, 9:49=A0am, deepakp <deepak10...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have an Oracle table that has 2 Date fields..i.e. the data type -
> DATE
>
> Field 1: =A0START_DATE sample value =A0"2008-04-04 12:00:00";
> Field 2: =A0END_DATE =A0sample value =A0"2008-04-07 05:46:07";
>
> If I subtract one date from another, I can get the time difference.
>
> Round((END_DATE - START_DATE), 4) AS TOTAL_DAYS
>
> The above results in 3.7404
>
> Between 2008-04-04 and 2008-04-07, there is Saturday and Sunday which
> are 2008-04-05 and 2008-04-06.
> I would like them to be excluded.
>
> Hence, the resultant that I'm looking for should be 1.7404 =A0-- not
> 3.7404
>
> Is there a simple way to get the desired solution?
>
> Thanks,
> Deepak
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Charles Hooper
IT Manager/Oracle DBA
K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.
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