Don't understand why the below query does not give me the next 10 days instead get past 10 days. ( also noticed without the cast it does not work at all) SQL> select * from v$version 2 ; BANNER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production CORE 11.2.0.2.0 Production TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production SQL> with t(d,n) as 2 ( 3 select cast ( sysdate as date) , 1 4 from dual 5 union all 6 select t.d + 1, t.n +1 7 from t 8 where t.n < 10 9 ) 10 select * from t 11 ; D N ------------------- ---------- 2012-01-06 20:35:28 1 2012-01-05 20:35:28 2 2012-01-04 20:35:28 3 2012-01-03 20:35:28 4 2012-01-02 20:35:28 5 2012-01-01 20:35:28 6 2011-12-31 20:35:28 7 2011-12-30 20:35:28 8 2011-12-29 20:35:28 9 2011-12-28 20:35:28 10 10 rows selected. Denis -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l