Direct Database Request Error: illegal number at oci

Hello, all.
In Oracle BI Answers i get an error by building an direct database request: illegal number at oci.....
The reason of error is in expression to_char((date_1-date_2)*24, '9990.99')
The error disappears if i write expression to_char((date_1-date_2)/*24*/, '9990.99')
BI doesn`t understand multiplying in SQl request?

Hi,
Couple of suggestions :
1) Run your direct database queries in a SQL editor (SQL Developer, TOAD, SQLplus) etc to confirm the query runs OK - be carefull with Toad or SQL Dev - you want to return the entire dataset, not just the first xxxxK rows these tools tend to bring back, they sometimes hide the problem 'row' which maybe is causing the error.
2) Once the error is returned via straight up SQL , maybe try the database / SQL forum as your problem I think lies there, not with the BI Server.
3) My one stop shop for Oracle date arithmetic : http://www.akadia.com/services/ora_date_time.html
4) assuming the SQL returns correctly, report back to us so we can help with OBIEE specific issues !
what time period are you trying to bring back between your date 1 and date 2 ?
Hope this helps a little,
Alastair

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