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Assuming today is Monday, 10 July 2000, what is returned by this statement: SELECT to_char(NEXT_DAY(sysdate, 'MONDAY'), 'DD-MON-RR') FROM dual;

  1. 03-JUL-00

  2. 10-JUL-00

  3. 12-JUL-00

  4. 11-JUL-00

  5. 17-JUL-00
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Explanation

The NEXT_DAY function returns the first occurrence of a specified weekday that comes AFTER the current date. Since today is Monday, July 10, NEXT_DAY looks for the NEXT Monday, which is July 17. It doesn't return the current day, but the following instance of that weekday.

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