Using Oracle SQL, how does one output day number of week and day of week?
select level as dow,
to_char(level+trunc(sysdate,'D'),'Day') as day
from dual
connect by level <= 7;
Florin's answer is how I'd do it, but you need to be a little careful about NLS settings. The day of the week is affected by the NLS territory, so if I run this as if I'm in the US it works:
alter session set nls_territory = 'AMERICA';
select to_char(sysdate, 'D') as d, to_char(sysdate, 'Day') as day from dual;
D DAY
- ------------------------------------
6 Friday
select level as dow,
to_char(trunc(sysdate ,'D') + level, 'Day') as day
from dual
connect by level <= 7;
DOW DAY
--- ------------------------------------
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday
7 Sunday
But the same query run in the UK is a day off:
alter session set nls_territory = 'UNITED KINGDOM';
select to_char(sysdate, 'D') as d, to_char(sysdate, 'Day') as day from dual;
D DAY
- ------------------------------------
5 Friday
select level as dow,
to_char(trunc(sysdate ,'D') + level, 'Day') as day
from dual
connect by level <= 7;
DOW DAY
--- ------------------------------------
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday
6 Sunday
7 Monday
... and I need to adjust the calculation to correct for that:
select level as dow,
to_char(trunc(sysdate ,'D') + level - 1, 'Day') as day
from dual
connect by level <= 7;
DOW DAY
--- ------------------------------------
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday
7 Sunday
You can also specify the language used for the day names separately if you want:
select level as dow,
to_char(trunc(sysdate ,'day') + level - 1, 'Day',
'NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE=FRENCH') as day
from dual
connect by level <= 7;
DOW DAY
--- --------------------------------
1 Lundi
2 Mardi
3 Mercredi
4 Jeudi
5 Vendredi
6 Samedi
7 Dimanche
Documentation for to_char()
with nls_date_language
and day of the week, and more in the globalisation support guide.