"Bedste praksis"
Uanset hvad du gør, så pak den ind i en funktion, f.eks. seconds_between (from_date, to_date)
- lige meget hvordan det gør det (vælg den mest effektive metode) - så vil det være helt indlysende, hvad din kode gør.
Ydeevne
Jeg testede de to metoder på 11gR1 på min bærbare computer (WinXP) med nedenstående testcase. Det ser ud til, at CAST-indstillingen er den hurtigste. (t1 er baseline, t2 brugte extract
metode, brugte t3 cast
metode)
t1 (nothing) 3
t2 (extract) 338
t3 (cast) 101
t1 (nothing) 3
t2 (extract) 336
t3 (cast) 100
Testscript
declare
x TIMESTAMP := SYSTIMESTAMP;
y TIMESTAMP := TRUNC(SYSDATE);
n PLS_INTEGER;
lc CONSTANT PLS_INTEGER := 1000000;
t1 PLS_INTEGER;
t2 PLS_INTEGER;
t3 PLS_INTEGER;
begin
t1 := DBMS_UTILITY.get_time;
for i in 1..lc loop
n := i;
end loop;
t1 := DBMS_UTILITY.get_time - t1;
t2 := DBMS_UTILITY.get_time;
for i in 1..lc loop
n := extract(day from (x-y))*24*60*60
+ extract(hour from (x-y))*60*60
+ extract(minute from (x-y))*60
+ extract(second from (x-y));
end loop;
t2 := DBMS_UTILITY.get_time - t2;
t3 := DBMS_UTILITY.get_time;
for i in 1..lc loop
n := ( CAST( x AS DATE ) - CAST( y AS DATE ) ) * 86400;
end loop;
t3 := DBMS_UTILITY.get_time - t3;
dbms_output.put_line('t1 (nothing) ' || t1);
dbms_output.put_line('t2 (extract) ' || t2);
dbms_output.put_line('t3 (cast) ' || t3);
end;