It can be done with SQL by using analytical functions.
*Update 1: * Answer updated with parser functionality, missed in previous version.
*Update 2: * Added final string composition
with p as ( -- Parameter string
select replace('2000,2001,2002,2005,2006,2007 and 2010',' and ',',') s from dual
),
ex as ( -- Parse string to sequence
select
to_number(
substr(
s,
decode( level, 1, 1, instr(s,',',1,level-1)+1 ),
decode( instr(s,',',1,level), 0, length(s)+1, instr(s,',',1,level) )
-
decode( level, 1, 1, instr(s,',',1,level-1)+1 )
)
) as y
from p
connect by instr(s,',',1,level-1) > 0
),
period_set as (
select -- Make final string for each interval start
y,
lag(y) over (order by y) prior_y,
max(y) over (partition by 1) max_y,
y || (case when is_end > 1 then null else '-' ||end_y end) as interval_string
from
( -- For each start find interval end
select
y,
is_start,
is_end,
lead(y) over (order by y) end_y
from
( -- Find if previous/next value differs more then by one.
-- If so, mark as start/end
select
y,
nvl(y - prev_y, 100) is_start,
nvl(next_y - y, 100) is_end
from
( -- Find previous/next value in sequence
select
y,
lag(y) over (order by y) prev_y,
lead(y) over (order by y) next_y
from ex
)
)
where
is_start > 1 or is_end > 1
)
where is_start > 1
)
select
replace(
substr(
sys_connect_by_path(
decode(y,max_y,'m', null) || interval_string,
','
),2
),
',m',
' and '
) result_str
from
period_set
where
connect_by_isleaf = 1
start with
prior_y is null
connect by
prior y = prior_y
SQL Fiddle can be found here.