View the Exhibit and examine the description of the EMPLOYEES table.
Evaluate the following SQL statement:
SELECTfirst_name, employee_id, NEXr_DAY(ADD_MONTHS(hire_date, 6), 1) “Review” FROM
employees;
The query was written to retrieve the FIRST_NAME, EMPLOYEE_ID, and review date for
employees.
The review date is the first Monday after the completion of six months of the hiring. The
NLS_TERRITORY parameter is set to AMERICA in the session.
Which statement is true regarding this query?
A.
The query would execute to give the desired output.
B.
The query would not execute because date functions cannot be nested.
C.
The query would execute but the output would give review dates that are Sundays.
D.
The query would not execute because the NEXT_DAY function accepts a string as argument.
next_day(sysdate,1) – shows next sunday
next_day(sysdate,2) – shows next monday
like wise
next_day(sysdate,7) – shows next saturday
next_day(sysdate,8) – throws error as ‘not a valid day of the week’