Generate a range of dates using SQL

Question

I have a SQL query that takes a date parameter (if I were to throw it into a function) and I need to run it on every day of the last year.

How to generate a list of

Answer 1

Recently I had a similar problem and solved it with this easy query:

SELECT
  (to_date(:p_to_date,'DD-MM-YYYY') - level + 1) AS day
FROM
  dual
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= (to_date(:p_to_date,'DD-MM-YYYY') - to_date(:p_from_date,'DD-MM-YYYY') + 1);

Example

SELECT
  (to_date('01-05-2015','DD-MM-YYYY') - level + 1) AS day
FROM
  dual
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= (to_date('01-05-2015','DD-MM-YYYY') - to_date('01-04-2015','DD-MM-YYYY') + 1);

Result

01-05-2015 00:00:00
30-04-2015 00:00:00
29-04-2015 00:00:00
28-04-2015 00:00:00
27-04-2015 00:00:00
26-04-2015 00:00:00
25-04-2015 00:00:00
24-04-2015 00:00:00
23-04-2015 00:00:00
22-04-2015 00:00:00
21-04-2015 00:00:00
20-04-2015 00:00:00
19-04-2015 00:00:00
18-04-2015 00:00:00
17-04-2015 00:00:00
16-04-2015 00:00:00
15-04-2015 00:00:00
14-04-2015 00:00:00
13-04-2015 00:00:00
12-04-2015 00:00:00
11-04-2015 00:00:00
10-04-2015 00:00:00
09-04-2015 00:00:00
08-04-2015 00:00:00
07-04-2015 00:00:00
06-04-2015 00:00:00
05-04-2015 00:00:00
04-04-2015 00:00:00
03-04-2015 00:00:00
02-04-2015 00:00:00
01-04-2015 00:00:00