Invalid number error - with comma separated values

FUNCTION fn_check_value(
p_ids_in IN VARCHAR2
RETURN NUMBER
IS
v_nCheckValue NUMBER;
CURSOR vCur
IS
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM t1
WHERE col_id IN (p_ids_in); -- col_id is number field
BEGIN
OPEN vCur;
FETCH vCur INTO v_nCheckValue;
CLOSE vCur;
Return v_nCheckValue;
END fn_check_value;
I get following error when the input is 3,4. Works fine with single value
Execution failed: ORA-01722: invalid number

If you have more than one number in the list being passed in through p_ids_in then you could try the following
CURSOR vCur
IS
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM t1
where
INSTR(chr(44) || p_ids_in || chr(44), chr(44) || col_id || chr(44) ) > 0;
This will do pattern matching and will return a true if the pattern matches.
For example, if p_ids_in = '3,4'
then INSTR (',3,4' , ',3,') > 0 will return a true.
This approach is useful if you have more than one value inside a string.
Shakti
(http://www.impact-sol.com)
(Developers of Guggi Oracle - Tool for DBAs and Developers)

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I have been using the script to delete old seasonal data from my application DB tables. The stored procedure has been created successfully but when i try to run the proc it has been throwing 'ORA-01722: invalid number' exception at line 'FETCH C1_CUR BULK COLLECT INTO C1_TYPE_VAR LIMIT v_bulklimit;'.
Could you please help me here?
Below is the stored proc:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE clean_old_season_data(P_SEASON VARCHAR2) AS
CURSOR C1_CUR IS SELECT ROWID RID,pro.* FROM PROPS pro where pro.ITEMPK IN
(SELECT sve.pk FROM SAVEDVALUEENTRY sve WHERE sve.p_parent IN
(SELECT s.pk FROM SAVEDVALUES s WHERE s.P_MODIFIEDITEM IN
(SELECT a.PK
FROM products a
WHERE a.p_season IN (select s.pk from Seasons s where s.P_code=P_SEASON)
) ) ) and rownum<5;
CURSOR C2_DEL IS SELECT RID FROM PROPS_HISTORY;
TYPE C1_TYPE IS TABLE OF C1_CUR%ROWTYPE;
C1_TYPE_VAR C1_TYPE;
TYPE C2_TYPE IS TABLE OF UROWID;
C2_TYPE_VAR C2_TYPE;
ex_dml_errors EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(ex_dml_errors, -24381);
l_error_count NUMBER;
err_num NUMBER;
err_msg VARCHAR2 (300);
COMMIT_VARIABLE PLS_INTEGER:=0;
v_bulklimit NUMBER:=2;
BEGIN
/*------------------ Data Selection and INSERTION IN HISTORY TABLE ---------------------------------------*/
OPEN C1_CUR;
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Cursor opend now in loop');
FETCH C1_CUR BULK COLLECT INTO C1_TYPE_VAR LIMIT v_bulklimit;//ERROR OCCURS HERE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Cursor count is'|| C1_TYPE_VAR.COUNT);
FORALL I IN 1..C1_TYPE_VAR.COUNT SAVE EXCEPTIONS
INSERT INTO PROPS_HISTORY VALUES C1_TYPE_VAR(I);
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DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Commit variable'|| COMMIT_VARIABLE.COUNT);
IF COMMIT_VARIABLE = v_bulklimit THEN
COMMIT;
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END IF;
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END LOOP;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Cursor closed now in loop and data inserted in history table');
CLOSE C1_CUR;
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COMMIT_VARIABLE := 0;
OPEN C2_DEL;
LOOP
FETCH C2_DEL BULK COLLECT INTO C2_TYPE_VAR LIMIT 2;
FORALL I IN 1..C2_TYPE_VAR.COUNT SAVE EXCEPTIONS
DELETE FROM PROPS WHERE ROWID = C2_TYPE_VAR(I);
COMMIT_VARIABLE := COMMIT_VARIABLE + 2;
IF COMMIT_VARIABLE = 2 THEN
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END LOOP;
CLOSE C2_DEL;
END;

Although there are many things which should not have been done in the posted code, I could not find any reason why the Invalid number error should occur at the Fetch clause.
I would suggest you to Insert into Table by providing the Order of Columns i.e. Insert into table (col1, ... colN) values (coll(i).col1...col(i).colN);
I tested below code and it did not give any errors.
drop table test_table;
create table test_Table
rid   varchar2(100),
emp_id number(5),
fname   varchar2(20),
lname   varchar2(50)
set serveroutput on;
declare
cursor c_cur is
      select rowid rid, e.*
        from employees e
       where rownum < 10;
type typ_cur is table of c_cur%rowtype;
typ typ_cur;
l_bulk_limit    number := 5;
begin
open c_cur;
loop
    fetch c_cur bulk collect into typ limit l_bulk_limit;
    dbms_output.put_line('Collection Count :: ' || typ.count);
    forall i in 1..typ.count --typ.first..typ.last
      insert into test_Table (rid, emp_id, fname, lname) values (typ(i).rid,typ(i).employee_id,typ(i).first_name,typ(i).last_name);
    dbms_output.put_line('Processed ' || l_bulk_limit || ' records.');
    exit when c_cur%notfound;
end loop;
commit;
end;
select * from test_table;PS:- 1. When you are processing only 4 Records, then why are you breaking them in 2 Loops?
2. Why Commit every time you are processing a DML? Why not maintain an Error Flag and Rollback the Transaction as soon as error is encountered?
3. Use "{code}" (Exclude Double Quotes) to format the code. I am not sure if works.
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P.

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I have a proposed table with unnormalized data like the following:
ID COLA COLB REFLIST
21 xxx zzz 24,25,78,412
22 xxx xxx 21
24 yyy xxx 912,22
25 zzz fff 433,555,22
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ID REF
21 24
21 25
21 78
21 412
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24 912
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Going back to querying the REFLIST column, the problem seems to be building an approriate index for the data. The ideas proposed so far are:
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Something like this ?
This is test demo on my 11.2.0.1 Windows XP
SQL> create table test (id number,reflist varchar2(30));
Table created.
SQL> insert into test values (21,'24,25,78,412');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values (22,'21');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values (24,'912,22');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values (25,'433,555,22');
1 row created.
SQL> select * from test
2 where
3 ',' || reflist || ',' like '%,22,%';
        ID REFLIST
        24 912,22
        25 433,555,22
SQL>Source:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7212282/is-it-possible-to-query-a-comma-separated-column-for-a-specific-value
Regards
Girish Sharma
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<ListOfActivity>
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02 Test2
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I have a table "abxx" with column "absg" Number(3)
which is having following rows
absg
1
3
56
232
43
436
23
677
545
367
xxxxxx No of rows
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output_absg
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These all will do the same
create or replace type string_agg_type as object
2 (
3 total varchar2(4000),
4
5 static function
6 ODCIAggregateInitialize(sctx IN OUT string_agg_type )
7 return number,
8
9 member function
10 ODCIAggregateIterate(self IN OUT string_agg_type ,
11 value IN varchar2 )
12 return number,
13
14 member function
15 ODCIAggregateTerminate(self IN string_agg_type,
16 returnValue OUT varchar2,
17 flags IN number)
18 return number,
19
20 member function
21 ODCIAggregateMerge(self IN OUT string_agg_type,
22 ctx2 IN string_agg_type)
23 return number
24 );
25 /
create or replace type body string_agg_type
2 is
3
4 static function ODCIAggregateInitialize(sctx IN OUT string_agg_type)
5 return number
6 is
7 begin
8 sctx := string_agg_type( null );
9 return ODCIConst.Success;
10 end;
11
12 member function ODCIAggregateIterate(self IN OUT string_agg_type,
13 value IN varchar2 )
14 return number
15 is
16 begin
17 self.total := self.total || ',' || value;
18 return ODCIConst.Success;
19 end;
20
21 member function ODCIAggregateTerminate(self IN string_agg_type,
22 returnValue OUT varchar2,
23 flags IN number)
24 return number
25 is
26 begin
27 returnValue := ltrim(self.total,',');
28 return ODCIConst.Success;
29 end;
30
31 member function ODCIAggregateMerge(self IN OUT string_agg_type,
32 ctx2 IN string_agg_type)
33 return number
34 is
35 begin
36 self.total := self.total || ctx2.total;
37 return ODCIConst.Success;
38 end;
39
40
41 end;
42 /
Type body created.
[email protected]>
[email protected]> CREATE or replace
2 FUNCTION stragg(input varchar2 )
3 RETURN varchar2
4 PARALLEL_ENABLE AGGREGATE USING string_agg_type;
5 /
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_employees (p_deptno in emp.deptno%TYPE)
RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
l_text VARCHAR2(32767) := NULL;
BEGIN
FOR cur_rec IN (SELECT ename FROM emp WHERE deptno = p_deptno) LOOP
l_text := l_text || ',' || cur_rec.ename;
END LOOP;
RETURN LTRIM(l_text, ',');
END;
SHOW ERRORS
The function can then be incorporated into a query as follows.
COLUMN employees FORMAT A50
SELECT deptno,
get_employees(deptno) AS employees
FROM emp
GROUP by deptno;
###########################################3
SELECT SUBSTR(STR,2) FROM
(SELECT SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(n,',')
STR ,LENGTH(SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(n,',')) LN
FROM
SELECT N,rownum rn from t )
CONNECT BY rn = PRIOR RN+1
ORDER BY LN desc )
WHERE ROWNUM=1
declare
str varchar2(32767);
begin
for i in (select sal from emp) loop
str:= str || i.sal ||',' ;
end loop;
dbms_output.put_line(str);
end;
COLUMN employees FORMAT A50
SELECT e.deptno,
get_employees(e.deptno) AS employees
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT deptno
FROM emp) e;
DEPTNO EMPLOYEES
10 CLARK,KING,MILLER
20 SMITH,JONES,SCOTT,ADAMS,FORD
30 ALLEN,WARD,MARTIN,BLAKE,TURNER,JAMES
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION concatenate_list (p_cursor IN SYS_REFCURSOR)
RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
l_return VARCHAR2(32767);
l_temp VARCHAR2(32767);
BEGIN
LOOP
FETCH p_cursor
INTO l_temp;
EXIT WHEN p_cursor%NOTFOUND;
l_return := l_return || ',' || l_temp;
END LOOP;
RETURN LTRIM(l_return, ',');
END;
COLUMN employees FORMAT A50
SELECT e1.deptno,
concatenate_list(CURSOR(SELECT e2.ename FROM emp e2 WHERE e2.deptno = e1.deptno)) employees
FROM emp e1
GROUP BY e1.deptno;
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10 CLARK,KING,MILLER
20 SMITH,JONES,SCOTT,ADAMS,FORD
30 ALLEN,WARD,MARTIN,BLAKE,TURNER,JAMES
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g_string VARCHAR2(32767),
STATIC FUNCTION ODCIAggregateInitialize(sctx IN OUT t_string_agg)
RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateIterate(self IN OUT t_string_agg,
value IN VARCHAR2 )
RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateTerminate(self IN t_string_agg,
returnValue OUT VARCHAR2,
flags IN NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateMerge(self IN OUT t_string_agg,
ctx2 IN t_string_agg)
RETURN NUMBER
SHOW ERRORS
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STATIC FUNCTION ODCIAggregateInitialize(sctx IN OUT t_string_agg)
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
sctx := t_string_agg(NULL);
RETURN ODCIConst.Success;
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateIterate(self IN OUT t_string_agg,
value IN VARCHAR2 )
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
SELF.g_string := self.g_string || ',' || value;
RETURN ODCIConst.Success;
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateTerminate(self IN t_string_agg,
returnValue OUT VARCHAR2,
flags IN NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
returnValue := RTRIM(LTRIM(SELF.g_string, ','), ',');
RETURN ODCIConst.Success;
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateMerge(self IN OUT t_string_agg,
ctx2 IN t_string_agg)
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
SELF.g_string := SELF.g_string || ',' || ctx2.g_string;
RETURN ODCIConst.Success;
END;
END;
SHOW ERRORS
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION string_agg (p_input VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2
PARALLEL_ENABLE AGGREGATE USING t_string_agg;
/

Invalid number error when calculating with sysdate

Hello - I am getting invalid number error for query below:
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FROM
trkg
WHERE
trkg.tran_type=500
AND
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more information:
Table1: LOCN_HDR with field locn_brcd and locn_id
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ORA-01722: invalid number error when trying to pass a list of values

Gurus
We are using a function like so
The usage for the function below is
Select fn_st_bb_nm_uc (‘1232131312, 123213312’) from dual;
SQL> /
Select fn_st_bb_nm_uc ('1232131312, 123213312') from dual
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01722: invalid number
It’s giving an invalid number error. When we pass one value it is working fine but when we pass a string of values it gives this error. I have opened an SR around this but would greatly appreciate your help
Acc_blackbar is the table and acc_blkbr_id is of type number.
FUNCTION fn_st_bb_nm_uc (pBB_ID_LIST VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
vspcm_typ_nm_uc VARCHAR2 (2000);
CURSOR stname
IS
SELECT distinct st.spcm_typ_nm_uc
FROM
acc_blackbar abb,
acc_specimen_type ast, acc_procedure apr,
acc_specimen_part asp,
specimen_type st, procedure pr,
proc_proc_family ppf
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AND apr.ACC_SPCM_PART_ID = asp.ACC_SPCM_PART_ID
AND asp.ACC_SPCM_TYP_ID = ast.ACC_SPCM_TYP_ID
AND ast.ACC_SPCM_TYP_SPCM_TYP_ID = st.SPCM_TYP_ID
AND apr.procdr_id = pr.PROCDR_ID
AND pr.PROCDR_ID = ppf.PROCDR_ID
AND abb.acc_blkbr_id in (pBB_ID_LIST) ;
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DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' BB LIST : ' || pBB_ID_LIST);
FOR st IN stname
LOOP
vspcm_typ_nm_uc := vspcm_typ_nm_uc || ',' || st.spcm_typ_nm_uc;
END LOOP;
vspcm_typ_nm_uc := SUBSTR (vspcm_typ_nm_uc, 2);
RETURN vspcm_typ_nm_uc;
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[http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:210612357425|http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:210612357425]

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i want to add a parameter with comma separated having different values of a column. e.g i have column having values from 10000 to 99999. i want to create report for the selected values of 11111,12111,131111 etc. This selection can be one or more values as desired. Second problem is restricting the records as per parameter.

Reports doesn't allow multi-selection of a parameter in its parameter form. You need to use Oracle*Forms or an HTML Form to front end more advanced parameter form options.
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In my db, one culmn having multiple values with comma separator. like column_name = 'value1,value2,value3'. Now I want to compare this column to another column and fetch in Cursor.
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Please compare and fetch cursor and populate result with out extract data into temp table. Give me the query!You have not provided DDL for table so I don't know table or column name to write any SQL.
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Hi folks, I have posted this under another heading as well under E-business suite so apologies if some you have already seen it but I would really appreciate some help on this one. Any suggestions are most welcome.
We are trying to put together a calculation that returns the number of days absent an individual has had in a given time period. We need to cater for those absences that started before the period and are closed during it, absence that start during the period and end after it, and those that open and close within it.
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This is probably over complicated but we are not techie at all so are learning as we go!
We are using the HRMS - Administration - Oracle Human Resources (Core) business area in 10G and the Absence Attendance and Person folders.
SUM(TO_NUMBER(NVL(( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date < TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') THEN ( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" > SYSDATE THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( Absence Attendance.Duration Days ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ),( DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") )),'999999990D00'))

Hi,
It could be that this is because you are using SYSDATE which contains the time as a fraction rather than TRUNC(SYSDATE) which just contains the current time. It could be that your working_dates_between raises this error.
However, your formula is far more complicated than it needs to be.
Firstly, you want to look at the date window ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6) to TRUNC(SYSDATE). Then you want to look at the portion of the absence that falls in the date window. This is GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6)) to LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE)). You may need to add 1 to the absence end date because this is the last day of their absence rather than the date they return. It depends how you calculate the days between the start and end
date of the absence. You can create calculations for the start and end date of the absences within the 6 months time window. Create calculation AbsenceStart as
GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6))
and AbsenceEnd as
LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE))
Then you need to only pick up absence that a part of the absence in your 6 month date window. You can use a condition in the workbook or a condition in a case statement to do this. You then need to calculate the difference between these dates and SUM all the values.
SUM(CASE WHEN AbsenceEnd >= AbsenceStart THEN WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(AbsenceStart, AbsenceEnd) END)
That's it. Not so complicated after all.
Rod West

Case When Statement and ORA:1722 Invalid number error

Sorry I posted this in the wrong forum - I have the answer now
Cheers
HELP!!!
We are trying to put together a calculation that returns the number of days absent an individual has had in a given time period. We need to cater for those absences that started before the period and are closed during it, absence that start during the period and end after it, and those that open and close within it.
The period is always a rolling 6 months from sysdate.
This is the calc we have come up with so far which works for some people but we get the invalid number error if the absence includes a half day - so 0.5, 1.5,etc.
This is probably over complicated but we are not Techie at all so are learning as we go! We are using the HRMS - Administration - Oracle Human Resources (Core) business area in 10G and the Absence Attendance and Person folders.
SUM(TO_NUMBER(NVL(( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date < TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') THEN ( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" > SYSDATE THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( Absence Attendance.Duration Days ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ),( DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") )),'999999990D00'))
Edited by: CPearce on Sep 25, 2008 8:03 AM

Hi,
It could be that this is because you are using SYSDATE which contains the time as a fraction rather than TRUNC(SYSDATE) which just contains the current time. It could be that your working_dates_between raises this error.
However, your formula is far more complicated than it needs to be.
Firstly, you want to look at the date window ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6) to TRUNC(SYSDATE). Then you want to look at the portion of the absence that falls in the date window. This is GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6)) to LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE)). You may need to add 1 to the absence end date because this is the last day of their absence rather than the date they return. It depends how you calculate the days between the start and end
date of the absence. You can create calculations for the start and end date of the absences within the 6 months time window. Create calculation AbsenceStart as
GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6))
and AbsenceEnd as
LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE))
Then you need to only pick up absence that a part of the absence in your 6 month date window. You can use a condition in the workbook or a condition in a case statement to do this. You then need to calculate the difference between these dates and SUM all the values.
SUM(CASE WHEN AbsenceEnd >= AbsenceStart THEN WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(AbsenceStart, AbsenceEnd) END)
That's it. Not so complicated after all.
Rod West

Invalid number error for bind dialog

Oracle SQL Developer version 1.1.2.25 BUILD MAIN-25.79
Running under WinXP
Issue description:
We get an invalid number error when bind variable filled with an enter in the bind dialog

It is hard to say what is causing your problem without the specifics (ie query and value entered for the bind variable). Try running the same statement with the value of the bind variable in place of the bind variable (ie instead of running "select * from dual where dummy = :var" with a value of 'x' for :var, run "select * from dual where dummy = 'x'"). If you get the same error, then it is not an issue with the use of bind variables.
Be aware that currently you cannot define the data type of bind variables (unlike TOAD, etc) and they are all treated as character values. I wouldn't have thought that this would cause you problem unless you are using a bind variable to restrict a numeric column to a specific value and you are entering a non-numeric bind (ie "select * from people where person_id = :id" and using 'xyz' as the value for :id).

How to determine offending column in ORA-01722: invalid number error ...

When an error like
ORA-01722: invalid number error
occurs and you are dealing with many columns that could be the 'culprit', does anyone have a method by which
you can quickly determine offending column?

SQL PLus will tell you:
SQL> create table t
2 (col1 number
3 ,col2 number
4 ,col3 number
5 ,col4 number
6 ,col5 number
7 );
Table created.
SQL> create table x
2 (col1 varchar2(10)
3 ,col2 varchar2(10)
4 ,col3 varchar2(10)
5 ,col4 varchar2(10)
6 ,col5 varchar2(10)
7 );
Table created.
SQL> insert into x values ('1','2','x','4','5');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t(col1,col2,col3,col4,col5)
2 select col1,col2,col3,col4,col5 from x;
select col1,col2,col3,col4,col5 from x
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-01722: invalid numberAnd if you rearrange your sql like this, sql plus will give you the line number of the offending column:
SQL> insert into t
2 (col1
3 ,col2
4 ,col3
5 ,col4
6 ,col5
7 )
8 select col1
9        ,col2
10        ,col3
11        ,col4
12        ,col5
13 from x;
      ,col3
ERROR at line 10:
ORA-01722: invalid number

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