NUMTODSINTERVAL converts n to an INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND literal. The argument number can be any NUMBER value or an expression that can be implicitly converted to a NUMBER value. The argument expression can be of CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, or NVARCHAR2 datatype.
The syntax for the numtodsinterval function is:
numtodsinterval( number, expression )
number is the number to convert to an interval.
expression is the unit. It must be one of the following values: DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, or SECOND.
Applies To:
· Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g
For example:
numtodsinterval(150, 'DAY') | would return '+000000150' |
numtodsinterval(1500, 'HOUR') | would return '+000000062' |
numtodsinterval(15000, 'MINUTE') | would return '+000000010' |
numtodsinterval(150000, 'SECOND') | would return '+000000001' |

