Explain Plan Error

Question

Hi All,
I am using oracle 10g and running in sql*plus.
I am getting one error when running explain plan for one query, if I am running the query in sql*plus then it is working fine.
Query:- SELECT sp.store_cd wr_store_cd, l.store_cd, l.loc_cd, l.loc_tp_cd,
sp.pd_cd, MIN(sp.priority), MIN(sp.ck_showroom)
FROM store$pri sp, loc l
WHERE l.store_cd BETWEEN NVL(sp.beg_store_cd,' ') AND sp.end_store_cd
AND l.loc_cd BETWEEN NVL(sp.beg_loc_cd,' ') AND sp.end_loc_cd
AND l.pick = 'Y'
GROUP BY sp.store_cd, sp.pd_cd, l.store_cd, l.loc_cd, l.loc_tp_cd
ORDER BY wr_store_cd, pd_cd, MIN(priority), l.store_cd;
Syntax:- Explain plan for (SELECT sp.store_cd wr_store_cd, l.store_cd, l.loc_cd, l.loc_tp_cd,
sp.pd_cd, MIN(sp.priority), MIN(sp.ck_showroom)
FROM store$pri sp, loc l
WHERE l.store_cd BETWEEN NVL(sp.beg_store_cd,' ') AND sp.end_store_cd
AND l.loc_cd BETWEEN NVL(sp.beg_loc_cd,' ') AND sp.end_loc_cd
AND l.pick = 'Y'
GROUP BY sp.store_cd, sp.pd_cd, l.store_cd, l.loc_cd, l.loc_tp_cd
ORDER BY wr_store_cd, pd_cd, MIN(priority), l.store_cd);
I am getting the error :-
ORDER BY wr_store_cd, pd_cd, MIN(priority), l.store_cd)
ERROR at line 8:
ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis;
Any Idea.
Regards
SUN

Answer 1

I'm able to reproduce your situation like this:
SQL> explain plan
  2  for
  3  ( select d.deptno
  4         , d.dname
  5         , count(e.empno)
  6      from emp e
  7         , dept d
  8     where e.deptno (+) = d.deptno
  9     group by d.deptno
10         , d.dname
11     order by count(e.empno) desc
12  )
13  /
   order by count(e.empno) desc
FOUT in regel 11:
.ORA-00907: missing right parenthesisAnd it seems to be because of the brackets inside the order by clause:
SQL> explain plan
  2  for
  3  ( select d.deptno
  4         , d.dname
  5         , count(e.empno)
  6      from emp e
  7         , dept d
  8     where e.deptno (+) = d.deptno
  9     group by d.deptno
10         , d.dname
11  --   order by count(e.empno) desc
12  )
13  /
Uitleg is gegeven.But you really do not need the brackets around your SQL statement in an explain plan. So I would just remove these:
SQL> explain plan
  2  for
  3  select d.deptno
  4       , d.dname
  5       , count(e.empno)
  6    from emp e
  7       , dept d
  8   where e.deptno (+) = d.deptno
  9   group by d.deptno
10       , d.dname
11   order by count(e.empno) desc
12  /
Uitleg is gegeven.Although normally speaking, brackets don't impose problems:
SQL> explain plan for select * from emp
  2  /
Uitleg is gegeven.
SQL> explain plan for (select * from emp)
  2  /
Uitleg is gegeven.Hope this helps.
Regards,
Rob.