SQL syntax error...

Question

SQL Syntax:
select ename||'-'||job from emp
Initially, I was using the .Net Framework Data Provider for Oracle and had no problem bringing up the Query Builder in VS 2008. However, when I use the ODP .Net from Oracle, I get an error when bringing up the Query Builder:
Error in SELECT clause: expression near '|'.
Unable to parse query text.
It seems like when uing ODP .Net, it does not like the concatenation in the Select statment.
Any clue why?

Answer 1

Is this consistently reproducible for you? Is it query builder specific? What version of ODP are you using? I just tried this with 11.1.6.20 ODP and it worked fine..
Cheers
Greg
using System;
using System.Data;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
class Program
    static void Main(string[] args)
        using (OracleConnection con = new OracleConnection("data source=orcl;user id=scott;password=tiger"))
            con.Open();
            using (OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand("select ename||'-'||job from emp", con))
                Console.WriteLine(cmd.ExecuteScalar().ToString());
}