Inconsistent datatypes: expected TIMESTAMP got TIMESTAMP

Yes, that's the error message when I do:
select from_tz(systimestamp,'US/Pacific') from dual;
I get a rather funny error message:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected TIMESTAMP got TIMESTAMP
What gives?

Check this
hr@XE> create table sun_tz_test(col1 TIMESTAMP, col2 TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE);
Table created.
1* insert into sun_tz_test values(TIMESTAMP '2006-12-13 18:30:39', current_timestamp)
hr@XE> /
1 row created.
hr@XE> select * from sun_tz_test;
COL1 COL2
13-DEC-06 06.30.39.000000 PM 13-DEC-06
06.16.32.081000 PM -05:00

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DEAR JDEV TEAM,
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I am facing the following error while querying a form.
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected %s got %s
Can anyone please help me with this.
Regards,
Shruti

user11272043 wrote:
Hi All,
I am facing the following error while querying a form.You can query a table, Not sure how you query a form. What do you mean by form?
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected %s got %sSomewhere (As you dint give us much to work with) you are using a incorrect datatype. For example Something that expects date and you pass number you will get this error.
Can anyone please help me with this.No, with what ever you have supplied its hard to help. Give us more details.

ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected UDT got NUMBER

Hello Friends...
i got this error while inserting record ..
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected UDT got NUMBER
wht is that UDT ??
Thanks..

You cannot insert into your table STUDENT using the COURSE_TAB collection, since the column SUB is defined as a single object type.
So either you have to modify your insert into two inserts as follows;
INSERT INTO STUDENT VALUES(1,COURSE('1','ORACLE') )
INSERT INTO STUDENT VALUES(1,COURSE('2','JAVA') )
/or you have to modify your table structure so you can store a nested table, which will allow you to have a single insert
something like this:
drop table s
drop type course_tab
create or replace type course_type as object (
CNO CHAR(1),
C_CNAME VARCHAR2(10)
CREATE or replace TYPE course_tab AS TABLE OF course_type;
create table s ( c course_tab )
nested table c store as course_list
-- You can now have a single insert as follows:
1* insert into s (c) values ( course_tab ( course_type('1','Java'), course_type('2','Oracle')) )
SQL> /
1 row created.Be careful of using nested tables though. asktom reckons one should not use them.
P;

ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got LONG

Hi,
I am facing problem while issuing the command:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got LONG
SELECT TEXT FROM USER_VIEWS WHERE TEXT LIKE '%ASCII%'
Any help will be needful for me
Thanks and Regards

Please go through this
If you try to search a LONG column, this is what will happen:
SQL> select record_no, comments
2 from long_demo
3 where
4 comments like '%LONG%';
comments like '%LONG%'
ERROR at line 4:
ORA-00932: inconsistent data types
That's right; you can't search the contents of a LONG column. Here's what happens if you try to apply a function to a LONG column.
SQL> select record_no, substr(comments,1,5)
2 from long_demo;
select record_no, substr(comments,1,5)
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent data types
Again, Oracle won't enable you to apply a function to a LONG column. In a sense, you can think of a LONG column as a large container into which you can store or retrieve data--;but not manipulate it.
I have taken this content from
http://docs.rinet.ru/Oru7na95/ch10.html
which I refer to when I get stuck up. Hope this helps you.

Ora-00932 inconsistent datatypes expected udt got char

I am getting the beloe exception while insert:
ora-00932 inconsistent datatypes expected udt got char
How to overcome this issue?
Query:
INSERT INTO syncdiffassociatedobject
            (syncdiffassociatedobjectid,
             sdao2syncdiff,
             sdao2dimobject,
             sdao2object,
             sdao2upk,
             sdao2udmclass,
             NAME, nestedlevel, behaviour
     VALUES (seq_sas.NEXTVAL,
             TREAT (:b1 AS o_sync_differenceobject).sdo2syncdiff,
             NVL (TREAT (:b2 AS o_sync_differenceobject).dimobjectid,
                  (SELECT udmclass2dimobject
                     FROM udmclass
                    WHERE udmclassid =
                             TREAT (:b8 AS o_sync_differenceobject).udmclassid)
             TREAT (:b3 AS o_sync_differenceobject).objectid,
             TREAT (:b4 AS o_sync_differenceobject).upk,
             TREAT (:b5 AS o_sync_differenceobject).udmclassid,
             TREAT (:b6 AS o_sync_differenceobject).NAME, 0, :b7

desc syncdiffassociatedobject;
Column Name
ID
Pk
Null?
Data Type
Default
Histogram
Encryption Alg
Salt
SYNCDIFFASSOCIATEDOBJECTID
1
1
N
NUMBER
Yes
SDAO2SYNCDIFF
2
N
NUMBER
Yes
SDAO2DIMOBJECT
3
N
NUMBER
Yes
SDAO2OBJECT
4
Y
NUMBER
Yes
SDAO2UPK
5
Y
VARCHAR2 (240 Char)
Yes
SDAO2UDMCLASS
6
Y
NUMBER
Yes
NAME
7
Y
VARCHAR2 (240 Char)
Yes
OBJECTCONTEXT
8
Y
VARCHAR2 (2000 Char)
Yes
NESTEDLEVEL
9
N
NUMBER
Yes
BEHAVIOUR
10
N
NUMBER
Yes

ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected DATE got NUMBER at OCI call OCIStmtExecute in OBIEE 11g

Hi Friends,
I am getting this error : ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected DATE got NUMBER at OCI call OCIStmtExecute when I am trying to put the filter condition on the date column.
"Dim-Time"."Day" <= cast(MAX("Dim-Time"."Day") as date) and "Dim-Time"."Day" >= TIMESTAMPADD(SQL_TSI_MONTH, -1,cast(MAX("Dim-Time"."Day") as date).
I have casted the max date but though I am getting the above error. I am thinking max(date) is creating the problem.
Please suggest your on opinion this.
Thanks.

Not sure why you need cast in your statement if at all it is required then you need to do as below
cast("Dim-Time"."Day" as date)<= cast(MAX("Dim-Time"."Day") as date) and cast("Dim-Time"."Day" as date) >= TIMESTAMPADD(SQL_TSI_MONTH, -1,cast(MAX("Dim-Time"."Day") as date).
~ http://cool-bi.com

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Hello,
I get this error:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got LABEL
During an export of a rather large database. I've seen some threads that are similar to this issue but never one relating to doing a table export to .dmp file.
Can anyone help me understand it?

Forgot to mention...
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