Error in 'between' statement

Question

hi,
I faced the following problem in sql query.
SQL> SELECT B.NAME, C.FST_NAME, C.LAST_NAME FROM SIEBEL.S_PARTY_PER A, SIEBEL.S_ORG_EXT B, SIEBEL.S_CONTACT C WHERE (B.ROW_ID = A.PARTY_ID AND C.ROW_ID = A.PERSON_ID AND A.PERSON_ID IN (select D.NEW_VAL from SIEBEL.S_AUDIT_ITEM D where D.OPERATION_CD = 'Associate' and (trunc(OPERATION_DT) Between TRUNC (&from) AND TRUNC (&to))));
Enter value for from: 10/8/2008
Enter value for to: 10/10/2008
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected DATE got NUMBER
plz help me...

Answer 1

Hi,
OPERATION_DT seems a date type column and the values that you are passing "(&from) AND TRUNC (&to))" are of number types as there is no single quotes like '&from'. So there is a mismatch of datatypes.
Then you are trucating the column Operation_DT, you should also specify any date format like To_Date(Operation_Dt,'DD/MM/YYYY') and then eneter the values in the same format.
SQL> select * from emp;
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-80 800 20
7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 1600 300 30
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-81 2975 20
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-81 1250 1400 30
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-81 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-81 2450 10
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 19-APR-87 3000 20
7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10
7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-81 1500 0 30
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 23-MAY-87 1100 20
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 03-DEC-81 950 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-81 3000 20
7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 23-JAN-82 1300 10
14 rows selected.
SQL> select * from emp where hiredate=&a;
Enter value for a: 17-DEC-80
old 1: select * from emp where hiredate=&a
new 1: select * from emp where hiredate=17-DEC-80
select * from emp where hiredate=17-DEC-80
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: "DEC": invalid identifier
SQL> select * from emp where hiredate='&a';
Enter value for a: 17-DEC-80
old 1: select * from emp where hiredate='&a'
new 1: select * from emp where hiredate='17-DEC-80'
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-80 800 20
Regards,
Navneet
Edited by: Navneet on Oct 10, 2008 12:07 AM