Re: Help with SQL

Lyall,
The problem is that CURRENT is an oracle reserved word. You can use it as a literal (like "Current" for a column heading), but you cannot use it within a statement where it is referenced. 


SQL> select sysdate "Current" from dual;

Current
---------
30-JUN-08
SQL> select sysdate current from dual;
select sysdate current from dual
              *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

Just give it a slightly different name and it will work

SQL> edit
Wrote file afiedt.buf

 1* select sysdate current_date from dual
SQL> /

CURRENT_D
---------
30-JUN-08

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Lyall Barbour wrote:

Sorry all,
  Been awhile since i've coded.  Hopefully, someone will see my error right 
away, or, maybe, just know a better way to do this.
  I want to calculate up the monies for monthly "buckets" and i am getting it 
with the SQL below, but the column names in the view are giving me problem

Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  Select blah.vendor
  2  from (
  3  select ph.vndr_name Vendor,  <------------------------------------------ 
WORKS GOOD
  4         decode(to_char(pl.curr_prom_dt,'mm/yyyy'),
  5                    to_char(sysdate, 'mm/yyyy'), 
to_char(pl.qty_ord*iim.ex_whse_cost),
  6                    '0') "Current",



SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  Select blah.vendor, blah.current
  2  from (
  3  select ph.vndr_name Vendor,
  4         decode(to_char(pl.curr_prom_dt,'mm/yyyy'),
  5                    to_char(sysdate, 'mm/yyyy'), 
to_char(pl.qty_ord*iim.ex_whse_cost),
  6                    '0') "Current",  <-- CAN'T SELECT THIS COLUMN
SQL> /
Select blah.vendor, blah.current
                         *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01747: invalid user.table.column, table.column, or column specification

SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  Select blah.vendor, blah.current
  2  from (
  3  select ph.vndr_name Vendor,
  4         decode(to_char(pl.curr_prom_dt,'mm/yyyy'),
  5                    to_char(sysdate, 'mm/yyyy'), 
to_char(pl.qty_ord*iim.ex_whse_cost),
  6                    '0') Current,  <-- TRY TO MAKE IT LIKE vendor ABOVE AND 
IT'S ... WELL ... GAY FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION IN MY FRUSTRATED STATE.
SQL> /
Select blah.vendor, blah.current
                         *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01747: invalid user.table.column, table.column, or column specification
SQL> 
Thanks in advance for your help.

Lyall


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