Jan 28
extract with dates
Which year did we have 300 days ago?
select extract (year from sysdate-300) from dual;
What Month did we have 10 days ago?
select extract(month from sysdate-10) from dual;
What day is today?
select extract(day from sysdate) from dual;
extract with XML
extract(xml-type-instance, 'xpath-expression')
extract(xml-type-instance, 'xpath-expression', 'name-space')
extract is similar to existsNode()