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This statement create a simple time dimension without any cursor only in native oracle sql.

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SQL> CREATE TABLE d_date AS
  2  SELECT
  3     n AS Date_ID,
  4     TO_DATE('31/12/2007','DD/MM/YYYY') + NUMTODSINTERVAL(n,'day') AS Full_Date,
  5     TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('31/12/2007','DD/MM/YYYY') + NUMTODSINTERVAL(n,'day'),'DD') AS Days,
  6     TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('31/12/2007','DD/MM/YYYY') + NUMTODSINTERVAL(n,'day'),'Mon') AS Month_Short,
  7     TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('31/12/2007','DD/MM/YYYY') + NUMTODSINTERVAL(n,'day'),'MM') AS Month_Num,
  8     TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('31/12/2007','DD/MM/YYYY') + NUMTODSINTERVAL(n,'day'),'Month') AS Month_Long,
  9     TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('31/12/2007','DD/MM/YYYY') + NUMTODSINTERVAL(n,'day'),'YYYY') AS Year
 10  FROM (
 11  select level n
 12  from dual
 13  connect by level <= 2000
 14  );

Table created.

Reference

• Let’s create a date dimension with pure Oracle SQL