Tom Kyte suggests使用EXTRACT来获得区别:

extract( day from (x-y) )*24*60*60+
extract( hour from (x-y) )*60*60+
...


这似乎比这更难读,也更慢,例如:

( CAST( x AS DATE ) - CAST( y AS DATE ) ) * 86400




那么,如何获得以秒为单位的两个时间戳之间的差异?谢谢!

最佳答案

“最佳实践”

无论您做什么,都将其包装在一个函数中,例如seconds_between (from_date, to_date)-不管它如何执行(选择最有效的方法)-这样,您的代码在做什么就将非常明显。

性能

我使用以下测试用例在笔记本电脑(WinXP)上的11gR1上测试了这两种方法。看来CAST选项是最快的。 (t1是基线,t2使用extract方法,t3使用cast方法)

t1 (nothing) 3
t2 (extract) 338
t3 (cast)    101

t1 (nothing) 3
t2 (extract) 336
t3 (cast)    100


测试脚本

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;

09-04 02:00