Error due to ORDER BY clause

Hi gurus
I have this formula for a Formula Column
function CF_PREVIOUS_QUANTITY return Number is
quantity number;
begin
SELECT QUANTITY_REMAINING INTO quantity
FROM
SELECT
QUANTITY_REMAINING
FROM ...
WHERE ....
----ORDER BY trx_date DESC
WHERE rownum=1;
return quantity;
end;
This code compiles only if ORDER BY line is commented, otherwise I get this:
Encountered the symbol ORDER when expecting....
The code compiles ok in SQLDeveloper. I just want to get the first record in a recordset.
What's wrong here?
I'm using Reports 6
Thanks in advance
Oscar

You encounter a M-to-1 issue.
try either:
... (-- preferred)
for c in ( SELECT
QUANTITY_REMAINING
FROM ...
WHERE ....
ORDER BY trx_date DESC) loop
return c.QUANTITY_REMAINING ;
end loop;
... (--awkwardly)
SELECT QUANTITY_REMAINING INTO quantity
FROM
( SELECT QUANTITY_REMAINING
SELECT
QUANTITY_REMAINING
FROM ...
WHERE ....
ORDER BY trx_date DESC
WHERE rownum=1
);

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vojtech Novacek:
Hello,
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        Exception [TOPLINK-8024] (Oracle TopLink Essentials - 2.0.1 (Build b04-fcs (04/11/2008))): oracle.toplink.essentials.excepti
ons.EJBQLException
Exception Description: Syntax error parsing the query [MyObject.findAll: SELECT a FROM MyObject a WHERE ORDER BY UPPER(a.myString), a.Id], line 1, column 81: syntax error at [UPPER].
Internal Exception: line 1:81: expecting IDENT, found 'UPPER'
(Stack-Trace Included)
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Post Author: krypton
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Thanks Lynn
I tried your suggestion. But there is one probelm.
When i sort the data in descending order using the count(calls) field, the data is returned but the customer's name appears multiple times along with their calls raised.
E.g, if customer Mark raised multiple calls i.e. 2, 5, and 10 calls, then the report will show
Mark   2
Mark 5
Mark 10
But is there a way to aggregate all the calls for mark and show them only once:
such as Mark   17
Thanks

Error due to ORDER BY clause

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