Inconsistent Datatypes in comples insert statement

I am modifying a script to be able to do sql queries on Oracle database,
I am having some problems with this statement.
My YiderResult table is as follows:
DROP TABLE YIDERRESULT CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;
CREATE TABLE YIDERRESULT
MKEY NUMBER(22) NOT NULL,
KEYYIDER NUMBER(22) NULL,
PAGERANK NUMBER(15,2) NULL
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX INDEX_ECEA5508_3A2A_4BF7 ON YIDERRESULT (MKEY);
CREATE INDEX KEYMATCHTYE ON YIDERRESULT (PAGERANK);
CREATE INDEX KEYYIDERINDEX ON YIDERRESULT (KEYYIDER);
My statement is as follows:
insert into YiderResult (keyYider, pageRank) select mkey, 0 from YIDER where mtext like '%evnt%' or title like '%evnt%'
Is this a valid statement in Oracle8i?

If any present in YIDER table which satisfy where clause
condition then the statement will run. Otherwise it will give error becaz of Not null constraint in MKEY column.

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Inconsistent datatypes error when inserting into a object

I am trying to insert some test data into the table emp.I have managed to succesfully create the objects and types but when I try to insert into the emp table I get a inconsistent datatypes error however I have checked the datatypes and they all seem fine. Can anyone help me.
thanks
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE Address_T AS object
(ADDR1                VC2_40,
ADDR2               VC2_40,
CITY_TX          VC2_40,
COUNTY_CD          VC2_40,
POST_CD          VC2_40);
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE PERSON_T AS OBJECT (
LNAME_TX           NAME_T,
FNAME_TX           NAME_T,
BIRTH_DATE          DATE,
TELEPHONE          VC2_20,
EMAIL               VC2_40);
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE EMP_T AS OBJECT (
EMP_ID     NUMBER (10),
PERSON     PERSON_T,
ADDRESS ADDRESS_T,
HIRE_DATE DATE)
CREATE TABLE EMP OF EMP_T
(EMP_ID NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (1,
PERSON_T('PETCH',
'GAVIN',
'23-JAN-80',
'(01964)550700',
'[email protected]'),
ADDRESS_T('67 CANADA',
'WALKINGTON',
'BEVERLEY',
'EAST YORKSHIRE',
'HU17 7RL'),
'11-FEB-02'
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes

Gavin,
What is your VC2_40 and NAME_T type definition? Your insert used these as varchar2, which is a built-in type not a user-defined type. If you explicitly define these to be varchar2's, the insert statement works fine.
Regards,
Geoff
I am trying to insert some test data into the table emp.I have managed to succesfully create the objects and types but when I try to insert into the emp table I get a inconsistent datatypes error however I have checked the datatypes and they all seem fine. Can anyone help me.
thanks
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE Address_T AS object
(ADDR1                VC2_40,
ADDR2               VC2_40,
CITY_TX          VC2_40,
COUNTY_CD          VC2_40,
POST_CD          VC2_40);
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE PERSON_T AS OBJECT (
LNAME_TX           NAME_T,
FNAME_TX           NAME_T,
BIRTH_DATE          DATE,
TELEPHONE          VC2_20,
EMAIL               VC2_40);
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE EMP_T AS OBJECT (
EMP_ID     NUMBER (10),
PERSON     PERSON_T,
ADDRESS ADDRESS_T,
HIRE_DATE DATE)
CREATE TABLE EMP OF EMP_T
(EMP_ID NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (1,
PERSON_T('PETCH',
'GAVIN',
'23-JAN-80',
'(01964)550700',
'[email protected]'),
ADDRESS_T('67 CANADA',
'WALKINGTON',
'BEVERLEY',
'EAST YORKSHIRE',
'HU17 7RL'),
'11-FEB-02'
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes

[8i] Case statement generates ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes

Note: I am working with an 8i database (yes, it is quite old), and in this situation, I have to deal with the datatypes (i.e. CHAR), I am given to work with.
I am attempting to calculate the amount of time product waits between manufacturing steps. As I've discovered though, sometimes I get a negative value when subtracting the date the previous step completes from the date the current step starts. As it is generally impossible to start a later step before an earlier step (imagine trying to screw a cap onto a bottle that doesn't have threads cut yet--it just can't happen), what I've found is that sometimes two steps are started on the same day and finished on the same day (though not necessarily the day they started). This situation CAN happen when one person did both steps and logged on to both steps at the same time, rather than logging on to one, then the other. So, what I need to do in these situations is replace the negative number with a zero (I'll treat the later step as having no wait time).
Here is some sample data:
(Note: the real data set is the result of a query, and has around 200K rows and more columns, but this should be representative enough to find a solution that works on my actual application.)
CREATE TABLE steps
( item_id CHAR(25)
, ord_nbr CHAR(10)
, sub_nbr CHAR(3)
, step_nbr CHAR(4)
, start_date DATE
, finish_date DATE
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('A','0000000001','001','0010',TO_DATE('01/01/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/02/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('A','0000000001','001','0020',TO_DATE('01/01/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/02/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('A','0000000001','001','0030',TO_DATE('01/05/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/06/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('A','0000000001','002','0010',TO_DATE('01/01/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/02/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('A','0000000001','002','0020',TO_DATE('01/04/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/04/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('A','0000000001','002','0030',TO_DATE('01/06/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/07/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('B','0000000002','001','0005',TO_DATE('01/10/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/12/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO steps
VALUES ('B','0000000002','001','0025',TO_DATE('01/10/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'),TO_DATE('01/12/2011','mm/dd/yyyy'));Here is the query I use that returns negative values sometimes:
SELECT item_id
, ord_nbr
, sub_nbr
, step_nbr
, start_date - last_step_finished
FROM (
 SELECT s.*
 , LAG (s.finish_date) OVER (
 PARTITION BY s.item_id
 , s.ord_nbr
 , s.sub_nbr
 ORDER BY s.step_nbr
 ) AS last_step_finished
 FROM steps s
Returns:
ITEM_ID ORD_NBR SUB STEP START_DATE-LAST_STEP_FINISHED
A 0000000001 001 0010
A 0000000001 001 0020 -1.000
A 0000000001 001 0030 3.000
A 0000000001 002 0010
A 0000000001 002 0020 2.000
A 0000000001 002 0030 2.000
B 0000000002 001 0005
B 0000000002 001 0025 -2.000These are the results I want to see:
ITEM_ID ORD_NBR SUB STEP START_DATE-LAST_STEP_FINISHED
A 0000000001 001 0010
A 0000000001 001 0020 0.000
A 0000000001 001 0030 3.000
A 0000000001 002 0010
A 0000000001 002 0020 2.000
A 0000000001 002 0030 2.000
B 0000000002 001 0005
B 0000000002 001 0025 0.000And this is what I tried to do to get those results (comment notes what line generated the error):
SELECT item_id
, ord_nbr
, sub_nbr
, step_nbr
, CASE
 WHEN start_dt - last_step_finished < 0
 THEN 0
 ELSE start_dt - last_step_finished -- THIS LINE GENERATES THE ORA-00932 ERROR
 END AS days_in_queue
FROM (
 SELECT s.*
 , LAG (s.finish_date) OVER ( PARTITION BY s.item_id
 , s.ord_nbr
 , s.sub_nbr
 ORDER BY s.step_nbr
 ) AS last_step_finished
 FROM steps s
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, CASE
 WHEN start_dt - last_step_finished < 0
 THEN NULL
 ELSE start_dt - last_step_finished -- THIS LINE GENERATES THE ORA-00932 ERROR
 END the query runs just fine. But, I don't want NULL, I want 0. In the next level of this query, I will be taking averages by item_id/step_nbr, and I want the 0's to be included in the average. (NULL values, as far as I can tell, would be excluded. AVG(NULL, 1, 2) =AVG (1,2) = 1.5 NOT AVG(0,1,2) = 1).
Thanks in advance!

Thanks, TO_NUMBER did the trick. Since you didn't state in your post where to use TO_NUMBER, here is my final solution, in case anyone in the future looks through this thread to find an answer to their question:
SELECT item_id
, ord_nbr
, sub_nbr
, step_nbr
, CASE
 WHEN start_dt - last_step_finished < 0
 THEN 0
 ELSE TO_NUMBER(start_dt - last_step_finished)
 END AS days_in_queue
FROM (
 SELECT s.*
 , LAG (s.finish_date) OVER ( PARTITION BY s.item_id
 , s.ord_nbr
 , s.sub_nbr
 ORDER BY s.step_nbr
 ) AS last_step_finished
 FROM steps s
 );Edited by: user11033437 on Jun 27, 2011 11:17 AM
I see you edited your post to add TO_NUMBER to it.

Help with error select case statement (ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes)

Hi,
I'm struggling to get my sql query work on Oracle..
I have a table MyTable with 5 columns ( Column1, Column2, Column3, Column4, Column5 ) all are of type NVARCHAR2.
I need to check whether Column 3, Column 4 are empty or not in that order..and if they values then I wanna append it to Column2.
For example
If a row contains the following values,
Column 2 = a.b
Column 3 = 123
Column 4 = xyz
then column CA = a.b/123/xyz where column CA = temp column
If either Column 3 or Column 4 is empty/null, then I don't need to append value for that column..
For example
Column 2 = a.b
Column 3 = either NULL or ''
Column 4 = xyz
then CA = a.b/xyz where column CA = temp column
similarly..
Column 2 = a.b
Column 3 = 123
Column 4 = either NULL or ''
then CA = a.b/123 where column CA = temp column
Here is my query..
select MyTable.Column1 as CA0,
MyTable.Column2 as CA1,
MyTable.Column3 as CA2,
MyTable.Column4 as CA3,
MyTable.Column5 as CA4,
MyTable.Column2 + CASE WHEN MyTable.Column3 > '' THEN '/' + MyTable.Column3 ELSE '' END + CASE WHEN MyTable.Column4 > '' THEN '/' + MyTable.Column4 ELSE '' END CA
from MyTable;
This query works just fine against SQL Server db, but gainst Oracle I'm getting
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got CHAR
00932. 00000 - "inconsistent datatypes: expected %s got %s"
Could you please let me know what I'm doing wrong. I need to get this query working on both SQL Server and Oracle..
Please let me know your suggestions and thoughts..
Cheers,

I need to check whether Column 3, Column 4 are empty or not in that order..and if they values then I wanna append it to Column2. In Oracle, you can do it this way - no need to do all kinds of difficult things:
select col2||col3||col4
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PL/SQL: ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected REF got CHAR

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Name Null? Type
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DESIGNROOT NOT NULL NUMBER(6)
REL_COMPOSITEPARTS REL_COMPOSITEPART_TAB
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BUILDDATE NUMBER(4)
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10 /
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Can you please tell me where needs correction.

801556 wrote:
Can you please tell me where needs correction.Just a fix would be:
create or replace procedure rel_module_p
as
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begin
FOR i in c
LOOP
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values (i.ID,REL_CompositePart_TAB(REL_COMPOSITEPART(i.type,i.builddate)), i.designroot);
END LOOP;
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/However, I'd assume what you want is:
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as
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from rel_module
group by id,DESIGNROOT;
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Inconsistent datatypes:expected - got - error in handling xml

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i tried a lot and landed in confused state..
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warning number;
ex number;
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v_cast :=xmltype(dest_clob);
--dbms_output.put_line(v_cast);
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i tried a lot and landed in confused state..
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dest_clob CLOB;
src_clob BFILE := BFILENAME('DOC_PATH', 'tester.xml');
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src_offset number := 1 ;
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ex number;
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Hi, I would very much appreciate advice on the following problem, its a tricky one, here are the full details....
A) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY....
I have created an oracle object type by wrapping a SQLData java object with the Oracle Create type statement. I am using Oracle 9i on NT4. However despite following the very few Oracle examples I could find, I get the following error....
select value(aaa).testint() from dealsobjtab aaa
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes
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2) Load the Java source to Oracle 9i
3) Run the Oracle Create Type statement to wrap the java class
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import oracle.jdbc.OracleTypes;
import java.sql.*;
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int tmp = 0;
tmp = 88;
return tmp;
2, 3, 4) Here is how I wrap the uploaded SQLJ object, create a table using it, and put a row in it....
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LANGUAGE JAVA USING SQLData (
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STARTDATE DATE external name 'startdate',
DEALTYPE VARCHAR2 (50) external name 'dealtype',
FACEVALUE FLOAT (49) external name 'facevalue',
MEMBER FUNCTION testme RETURN VARCHAR2
     EXTERNAL NAME 'testme() return java.lang.String',
MEMBER FUNCTION testint RETURN NUMBER
     EXTERNAL NAME 'testint() return int'
) not final
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COMMIT
5) Here I select attributes from the object table, and select using the two member methods, note that my member methods fail miserably, and advice on fixing this would be much appreciated....
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DEALID STARTDATE DEALTYPE FACEVALUE
1 01/01/1968 NZD/NZD 500
1 row selected
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VALUE(AAA).DEALID
1
1 row selected
select value(aaa).testint() from dealsobjtab aaa
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select value(aaa).testme() from dealsobjtab aaa
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes
Phew, that was a long email, I hope you are still awake after all that. I have no idea how to solve this, and would really appreciate some advice to get me going.
Yours Sincerely,
Michael Cato

But, i am receiving the error i have mentioned. is it depends on the java version also?
Please suggest..

PL/SQL: ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected UDT got NUMBER

Hi all,
Wondering if you could assist? I'm exploring User Types and having a small problem. I'm getting the above error for a user type I have created which I'm calling in a function. Here's what my code looks like which I'm running the 'scott' schema for testing purposes
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2 /
Type created.
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2 (
3 NUM_ID IN NUMBER
4 ) RETURN NUMBER IS
5 v_num NBR_COLL;
6 BEGIN
7 select deptno into v_num from dept;
8 RETURN v_num(v_num.FIRST);
9 END first_rec_only;
10 /
Warning: Function created with compilation errors.
SQL> show errors
Errors for FUNCTION FIRST_REC_ONLY:
LINE/COL ERROR
7/4 PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
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NUMBER
SQL>
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Something like:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION first_rec_only (NUM_ID IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS
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   SELECT nbr_coll(deptno) INTO v_num from dept;
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John

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 into v_geometry
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end;
/basically, it takes a list of coordinates, in the following format:
with t as (select '130.88214073599997,-12.377589935499998,0 130.88189276799997,-12.378437734999997,0 130.88164895999998,-12.379271400499997,0 ' coords from dual)replaces the spaces with commas and splits the resultant string by comma, then removes the third coordinate in each set (sets delimited by spaces in above example) and converts the result to sdo_geometry type.
This logic is not where my problem is occurring
If I run the query found in the package separately, it works fine:
SQL> with t as (select '130.88214073599997,-12.377589935499998,0 130.88189276799997,-12.378437734999997,0 130.88164895999998,
-12.379271400499997,0 ' coords from dual)
2 select MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY(2003,8307,NULL,MDSYS.SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1,1003,1)
3 ,cast(multiset(
4 select ordset
5 from (
6 select regexp_substr( regexp_replace(
7 replace(coords,chr(10))
8 ,' {1,}',',')
9 ,'[^,]+',1,level) ordset
10 ,rownum rn
11 from t
12 connect by level <= length(regexp_replace(regexp_replace(
13 replace(coords,chr(10))
14 ,' {1,}',','),'[^,]+')) +
1
15 )
16 where mod(rn,3) <> 0
17 ) as sdo_ordinate_array))
18 from dual;
MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY(2003,8307,NULL,MDSYS.SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1,1003,1),CAST(MULTISET(SELECTORDSETFROM(SELECTREGEXP_SUBSTR(REGE
XP_REPL
SDO_GEOMETRY(2003, 8307, NULL, SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 1003, 1), SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(130.882141, -12.37759, 130.881893, -12.378
438, 13
0.881649, -12.379271, NULL))but if I call the function:
SQL> with t as (select '130.88214073599997,-12.377589935499998,0 130.88189276799997,-12.378
-12.379271400499997,0 ' coords from dual)
2 select make_geometry.get_geometry_from_coords(coords)
3 from t;
select make_geometry.get_geometry_from_coords(coords)
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got CLOB
ORA-06512: at "HR.MAKE_GEOMETRY", line 13If I change the package to expect varchar2 the above example coordinate list works fine, but obviously that doesn't work when the coordinate list exceeds 4000 characters.
any thoughts?

not sure that is the problem:
SQL> create table foo (mr_clob clob);
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into foo values ('testing'||chr(10)||'testing');
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> select replace(mr_clob,chr(10),'blah') from foo;
REPLACE(MR_CLOB,CHR(10),'BLAH')
testingblahtesting
1 row selected.

There are fewer columns in the INSERT statement than values specified in the VALUES clause. The number of values in the VALUES clause must match the number of columns specified in the INSERT statement.

I have been looking at my code for hours now and cant figure out what is wrong. The error has kept popping up even when i thought i had fixed everything. maybe a second set of eyes could help me out here. If you could help me out it would be much appreciated.
USE [ConorsSetKits]
GO
CREATE TABLE Customers (
CustomerID Int NOT NULL IDENTITY(1000,1),
LastName NChar(30) NOT NULL,
FirstName NChar(30) NOT NULL,
Address NChar(50) NOT NULL,
City NChar(30) NOT NULL,
State NChar(2) NOT NULL,
Zip Numeric(5) NOT NULL,
Email NVarChar(50) NOT NULL,
DateOfBirth Numeric (4) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT CustomersPK PRIMARY KEY(CustomerID),
CONSTRAINT ValidZip
CHECK ( [Zip] LIKE '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]' ),
CONSTRAINT ValidState
CHECK( LEN([State]) = 2),
CONSTRAINT DateOfBirth
CHECK ([DateOfBirth] BETWEEN '1920-01-01' AND getdate() - 5844));
CREATE TABLE Sets (
SetID Int NOT NULL IDENTITY(1000,1) Primary Key,
SetName NChar(20) NOT NULL,
SetType NChar (20) NOT NULL,
Price Numeric (20) NOT NULL,
Quantity Numeric (50) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT SetTypeCheck
CHECK (SetType IN ('Planes','Tanks','Robots','Cars','Helicopters','Boats','Trains','Motorcycles','Jets')),
CONSTRAINT ValidQuantity
CHECK (Quantity >= 0)
CREATE TABLE Orders (
OrderID Int NOT NULL IDENTITY(1000,1),
CustomerID Int NOT NULL,
OrderDate Date NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT CAIntPK PRIMARY KEY(OrderID, CustomerID),
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CUSTOMER OFF
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Sets OFF
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Orders OFF
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CUSTOMER ON
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1000, 'Janes', 'Jeffrey', '123 W. Elm St', 'Renton', 'WA', '98055',
'[email protected]',1985);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1001, 'Smith', 'David', '813 Tumbleweed Lane', 'Loveland', 'CO', '81201',
'[email protected]',1992);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1015, 'Twilight', 'Tiffany', '88 1st Avenue', 'Langley', 'WA', '98260',
'[email protected]',1972);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1033, 'Smathers', 'Fred', '10899 88th Ave', 'Bainbridge Island', 'WA', '98110',
'[email protected]',1980);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1034, 'Frederickson', 'Mary Beth', '25 South Lafayette', 'Denver', 'CO', '80201',
'[email protected]',1970);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1036, 'Warning', 'Selma', '205 Burnaby', 'Vancouver', 'BC', '80201',
'[email protected]',1981);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1037, 'Wu', 'Susan', '105 Locust Ave', 'Atlanta', 'GA', '30322',
'404', '653-3465', '[email protected]',1971);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1040, 'Gray', 'Donald','55 Bodega Ave', 'Bodega Bay', 'CA', '94923',
'[email protected]',1985);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1041, 'Johnson', 'Lynda', '117 C Street', 'Washington', 'DC', '20003',
'[email protected]',1969);
INSERT INTO Customers
(CustomerID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City, State, Zip,
Email, DateOfBirth)
VALUES (
1051, 'Wilkens', 'Chris', '87 Highland Drive', 'Olympia', 'WA', '98508',
'[email protected]',1994);
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CUSTOMER OFF
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Sets ON
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1000, 'MysterySet1','Planes',$29.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1001, 'MysterySet2','Planes',$19.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1002, 'MysterySet4','Tanks',$39.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1003, 'MysterySet3','Robots',$19.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1004, 'MysterySet5','Cars',$29.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1005, 'MysterySet6','Boats',$29.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1006, 'MysterySet7','Trains',$39.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1007, 'MysterySet8','Motorcycles',$9.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1008, 'MysterySet9','Helicopters',$29.99,10);
INSERT INTO Sets
(SetID, SetName, SetType, Price, Quanity)
VALUES (
1009, 'MysterySet10','Jets',$29.99,10);
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Sets OFF
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Orders ON
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1000, '2012-12-12');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1000, '2013-12-30');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1005, '2013-08-30');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1004, '2013-12-30');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1004, '2013-08-31');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1004, '2014-03-25');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1002, '2012-11-14');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1001, '2012-11-14');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1001, '2013-01-05');
INSERT INTO Orders
(OrderID, OrderDate)
VALUES
(1006, '2012-06-22');
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Orders OFF

Price Numeric (20) NOT NULL,
I do not think you understand this datatype? Go look at the values you are attempting to insert into this column. For example, "$29.99". After the insert, what value is actually stored in that column?
DateOfBirth Numeric (4) NOT NULL,
No. Just No. Either change the column name to faithfully represent what values you intend to store (and apply the appropriate constraints) or change the datatype and the values that you intend to store to match the column name. And the constraint
that you do have:
CONSTRAINT DateOfBirth
CHECK ([DateOfBirth] BETWEEN '1920-01-01' AND getdate() - 5844));
is both logically suspect and syntactically wrong. First, the upper boundary will be computed as 1999-04-29 15:50:21.670. But, of course, your column is a whole number of no more than 4 digits. The same issue applies to your lower boundary.
A simple select statement will show you those errors
select cast('1920-01-01' as numeric(4)), getdate() - 5844, cast(getdate() - 5844 as numeric(4));
An insert statement fails with the same error. Because, of course, your boundary values must actually be converted to numeric(4) in order to compare them against the value contained in the column. Generally, you can convert from
string to numeric - IF the content of the string actually contains a value that is numeric and can be converted into the specific type needed. Not so in this case. Is this 16 year period (5844 days) significant for some reason? You should
document it here in your DDL with a comment, because it is unlikely to be documented (and kept current) anywhere else.
And lastly, your script has:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CUSTOMER OFF
That is not the name of your table, and therefore that statement also fails. The table name you used is plural.

[Oracle 8i] ORA-00932 Inconsistent Datatypes

Hopefully this is a quick question to answer. In running a query I get the 'inconsistent datatypes' error, and I've narrowed the error down to one part of my query:
SELECT CASE
 WHEN sopn.plan_start_dt < SYSDATE THEN SYSDATE
 ELSE sopn.plan_start_dt
 END
FROM SOPN sopn(replacing SYSDATE with an actual hard-coded date doesn't work either)
The field sopn.plan_start_dt is definitely a date datatype. If I do a simple query for just that field with a date parameter in my where statement, it works just fine, for example:
SELECT sopn.plan_start_dt
FROM SOPN sopn
WHERE sopn.plan_start_dt<SYSDATEdoes not give me any errors.
I'm guessing there's something wrong with my case statement, or maybe case statements with date parameters are something Oracle 8i doesn't get along with...
If anyone can tell me why my case statement is causing an 'inconsistent datatype' error, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Well, this tells me column sopn.plan_start_dt datatype is not DATE. CASE requires all branches to return same type expressions. Most likely sopn.plan_start_dt is VARCHAR2 and it is very bad coding to rely on implicit comversions. Use TO_DATE with proper format. For example:
SELECT CASE
 WHEN TO_DATE(sopn.plan_start_dt,'DD-MON-YY') < SYSDATE THEN SYSDATE
 ELSE TO_DATE(sopn.plan_start_dt,'DD-MON-YY')
 END
FROM SOPN sopnSY.

A problem with inconsistent datatypes

Whenever I try inserting a new record of type t_cliente_societa in my Cliente table, I get ORA-00932 inconsistent datatypes error and I'm not able to find the reason.
Could anyone help me? Thanks in advance.
I'll post my SQL code here. please ignore member functions for I havent' included the code necessary to create the needed tables.
I defined some types useful for storing informations about the entities I have to deal with.
The main type is t_cliente and its subtypes are t_cliente_pers and t_cliente_soc.
I use polymorphism to insert records based on subtypes instancies into a table based on supertype.
When I would add a new t_cliente_pers record, first I add it into Persona table and then into Cliente table.
The latter contains a REF to Persona for I have several "persons" who aren't "clients" and I use a single table to store them all.
create or replace TYPE t_indirizzo AS OBJECT (
via VARCHAR(45),
numero NUMBER(4),
cap INTEGER(5),
citta VARCHAR(30),
provincia VARCHAR(30),
regione VARCHAR(30),
MEMBER FUNCTION indirizzoCompleto RETURN VARCHAR
create or replace TYPE t_telefono AS OBJECT (
num_tel NUMBER(15)
create or replace TYPE t_telefono_array IS VARRAY(3) OF t_telefono
create or replace TYPE t_anagrafica AS OBJECT (
nome VARCHAR(45),
cognome VARCHAR(45),
sesso CHAR(1),
cod_fiscale VARCHAR(16),
data_nascita DATE
create or replace TYPE t_ragioneSociale AS OBJECT (
nome_soc VARCHAR(45),
data_cost DATE,
part_iva NUMBER(11)
create or replace TYPE t_persona AS OBJECT (
dati_anagrafici t_anagrafica,
indirizzo t_indirizzo,
email VARCHAR(45),
telefono t_telefono_array
create or replace TYPE t_societa AS OBJECT (
ragione_sociale t_ragioneSociale,
indirizzo t_indirizzo,
email VARCHAR(45),
telefono t_telefono_array,
persona_rif t_persona
create or replace TYPE t_cliente AS OBJECT (
cod_cliente NUMBER(8),
MEMBER FUNCTION incFatti RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION incSubiti RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION incFattiPeriodo RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION incSubitiPeriodo RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION nomeCliente RETURN VARCHAR,
MEMBER FUNCTION tipoCliente RETURN VARCHAR
) NOT FINAL
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY t_cliente AS
MEMBER FUNCTION incFatti RETURN NUMBER
IS incidenti NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT count(i. cod_incidente) INTO incidenti
FROM Incidenti i, Mezzi m
WHERE SELF.cod_cliente = m.possessore.cod_cliente AND m.num_targa = i.mezzo. num_targa AND i. responsabilita = ‘c’;
RETURN (incidenti);
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION incSubiti RETURN NUMBER
IS incidenti NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT count(i. cod_incidente) INTO incidenti
FROM Incidenti i, Mezzi m
WHERE SELF.cod_cliente = m.possessore.cod_cliente AND m.num_targa = i.mezzo. num_targa AND i. responsabilita = ‘s’;
RETURN (incidenti);
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION incFattiPeriodo (da DATE, a DATE) RETURN NUMBER
IS incidenti NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT count(i. cod_incidente) INTO incidenti
FROM Incidenti i ,Mezzi m
WHERE SELF. cod_cliente = m.possessore.cod_cliente AND m. num_targa = i.mezzo. num_targa AND i. responsabilita = ‘c’ AND (i.data BETWEEN da and a);
RETURN (incidenti);
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION incSubitiPeriodo (da DATE, a DATE) RETURN NUMBER
IS incidenti NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT count(i. cod_incidente) INTO incidenti
FROM Incidenti i ,Mezzi m
WHERE SELF. cod_cliente = m.possessore.cod_cliente AND m. num_targa = i.mezzo. num_targa AND i. responsabilita = ‘s’ AND (i.data BETWEEN da and a);
RETURN (incidenti);
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION nomeCliente RETURN VARCHAR
IS
BEGIN
RETURN TO_CHAR(cod_cliente);
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION tipoCliente RETURN VARCHAR
IS
BEGIN
RETURN (‘u’);
END;
END ;
create or replace TYPE t_cliente_pers UNDER t_cliente (
persona REF t_persona,
OVERRIDING MEMBER FUNCTION nomeCliente RETURN VARCHAR,
OVERRIDING MEMBER FUNCTION tipoCliente RETURN VARCHAR
) NOT FINAL
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY t_cliente_pers AS
MEMBER FUNCTION nomeCliente RETURN VARCHAR
IS nc VARCHAR(90) ;
BEGIN
SELECT concat(p.dati_anagrafici.nome, concat(' ',p.dati_anagrafici.cognome)) INTO nc
FROM d;
RETURN (nc);
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION tipoCliente RETURN VARCHAR
IS
BEGIN
RETURN (‘p’);
END;
END ;
create or replace TYPE t_cliente_soc UNDER t_cliente (
societa t_societa,
OVERRIDING MEMBER FUNCTION nomeCliente RETURN VARCHAR,
OVERRIDING MEMBER FUNCTION tipoCliente RETURN VARCHAR
) NOT FINAL
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY t_cliente_soc AS
MEMBER FUNCTION nomeCliente RETURN VARCHAR
IS
BEGIN
RETURN (ragione_sociale.nome_soc);
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION tipoCliente RETURN VARCHAR
IS
BEGIN
RETURN (‘s’);
END;
END ;
CREATE TABLE persona OF t_persona(
dati_anagrafici NOT NULL,
indirizzo NOT NULL,
email NOT NULL,
telefono NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (dati_anagrafici.cod_fiscale)
CREATE TABLE cliente OF t_cliente(
PRIMARY KEY (cod_cliente)
CREATE SEQUENCE seqCliente
START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
MINVALUE 1
NOMAXVALUE
NOCYCLE;
And finally this is the instruction that gives me problems.*
INSERT INTO cliente VALUES(
t_cliente_soc(
seqCliente.NEXTVAL,
t_societa(
t_ragioneSociale('Adecco', '01-gen-1999', '12345678901'),
t_indirizzo('Milano', '18', '21100', 'Varese', 'Varese', 'Lombardia'),
'[email protected]',
t_telefono_array(t_telefono('0332563214')),
t_persona(
t_anagrafica('Giulia', 'Macchi', 'f', 'MCCGLA80C23L682L', '23-gen-1980'),
t_indirizzo('Tofane', '2', '23026', 'Arona', 'Novara', 'Piemonte'),
'[email protected]',
t_telefono_array(t_telefono('0322123456'), t_telefono('3337894561'))
/

I eliminated the entire database and recreated everything. Now it works... Thanks anyway.

Inconsistent datatypes error

Hi,
I have faced on the following problem in sql statement.
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....

Your input value is wrong.
SQL> select * from dual where trunc(sysdate)=&a
2 /
Enter value for a: 10/10/2008
old   1: select * from dual where trunc(sysdate)=&a
new   1: select * from dual where trunc(sysdate)=10/10/2008
select * from dual where trunc(sysdate)=10/10/2008
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected DATE got NUMBER
SQL> select * from dual where trunc(sysdate)=&a
2 /
Enter value for a: to_date('10/10/2008','dd/mm/yyyy')
old   1: select * from dual where trunc(sysdate)=&a
new   1: select * from dual where trunc(sysdate)=to_date('10/10/2008','dd/mm/yyyy')
D
X
SQL>

ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got - In 11g, WORKS in 9i!

Hello,
Involved in migration of a 9i database to 11g, R2. One of our procedures works in 9i but in 11g gives us "ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got - "
We tracked down the error in a statement where oracle does a fetch into a sys_refcursor. The fetch happens on a dynamically constructed select statement ( built by varchar concatenation).
The select statement selects 3 fields, but the fetch into passes 2 variables to the fetch statement. This causes ORA-00932 in 11g R2, but works in 9i.
Below is a modified procedure we built to demonstrate the problem. if you compile and test, you will see that the procedure runs in 9i but not 11g.
create or replace procedure testORA00932 is
v_now date;
v_fsqltext varchar2(2000);
v_curs sys_refcursor;
begin
v_fsqltext := 'select sysdate, sysdate+1 from dual'; -- select 2 fields
open v_curs for v_fsqltext;
loop
fetch v_curs into v_now; -- fetch 1 field, this statement fails in 11g (ORA-00932), works in 9i
dbms_output.put_line(v_now);
exit when v_curs%notfound;
end loop;
close v_curs;
end;
Is there a compatibility flag we can turn on to resove this problem?
Edited by: chrisl08 on Mar 29, 2012 11:11 PM

After researching this a little more, this is a know bug to oracle: Bug 4381035
According to Oracle, the only available workaround is to provide the same number of define variables as columns in the SELECT statement.

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