I have a requisite on which I need to convert a RFC 2445
Recurrence Pattern to Dates
using PLSQL.
Example:
RRULE = FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=5;COUNT=10
From that rule, I need to write a table with the next 10 occurrences of that pattern. Something like the image bellow, considering start date as 1/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
:
Does Oracle provides any PLSQL Package that allows me to do this? If doesn't, does anybody knows any PLSQL project initiative for this?
Ps: this is the same exactly pattern that Oracle uses on Job Schedules.
DBMS_SCHEDULER.EVALUATE_CALENDAR_STRING
might be able to do this.
The syntax supported by the package seems similar to RFC 2445, but not identical. The below PL/SQL block prints out the dates based on a calendar string. There are some complications, such as parsing out the COUNT=10
to determine how many times to repeat the calculation.
declare
--Test different calendar strings and start dates.
--p_calendar_string varchar2(4000) := 'FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=5;';
p_calendar_string varchar2(4000) := 'FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=5;COUNT=10';
p_start_date date := timestamp '2019-01-01 00:00:00';
v_next_run_date date;
v_count number;
--Find the COUNT and remove it rom the calendar string, if it exists.
procedure get_and_remove_count(p_calendar_string in out varchar2, p_count out number) is
begin
if lower(p_calendar_string) like '%count%' then
p_count := to_number(regexp_substr(p_calendar_string, 'COUNT=([0-9]+)', 1, 1, null, 1));
p_calendar_string := regexp_replace(p_calendar_string, 'COUNT=[0-9]+;?');
else
p_count := 1;
end if;
end;
begin
get_and_remove_count(p_calendar_string, v_count);
--TEST
--dbms_output.put_line('String: '||p_calendar_string||', count: '||v_count);
--Start with the original date.
v_next_run_date := p_start_date-1/24/60/60;
--Loop through the COUNT and display all dates.
for i in 1 .. v_count loop
dbms_scheduler.evaluate_calendar_string
(
calendar_string => p_calendar_string,
start_date => p_start_date,
return_date_after => v_next_run_date,
next_run_date => v_next_run_date
);
dbms_output.put_line(to_char(v_next_run_date, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi:ss am'));
end loop;
end;
/
Output:
01/01/2019 12:00:00 am
01/06/2019 12:00:00 am
01/11/2019 12:00:00 am
01/16/2019 12:00:00 am
01/21/2019 12:00:00 am
01/26/2019 12:00:00 am
01/31/2019 12:00:00 am
02/05/2019 12:00:00 am
02/10/2019 12:00:00 am
02/15/2019 12:00:00 am