Rachel, Yeah, Sept 3 is the first Wednesday of September (the next month). You gotta read the memos.... :)
Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 4:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L don't rush off to use it..... I tried it, substituting August 1 and got September. 1* select next_day(last_day(to_date('08/01/2003','MM/DD/YYYY')),'WED') from dual SQL> / NEXT_DAY( --------- 03-SEP-03 --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmm... much more elegant than mine, and everyone elses. > > Guess I better RTFM the next_day function. > > > > > > > "Mercadante, Thomas F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 07/22/2003 12:34 PM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: Job to run first Wednesday > > > Josh, > > With the following functions, you could probably get it to work: > > select next_day(last_Day(sysdate),'WED') from dual > > This (today) returns Wed, August 6th. > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 3:14 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Greetings, > > How can I set the interval in my dbms job to have it run on the first > Wednesday of every month? Is this even possible? I have been trying > to > noodle it thru for a week to no avail. > > tia, > > Josh > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Josh Collier > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mercadante, Thomas F > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).