Merge invalid identifier

using oracle 9i database
SQL> desc allvouchers
Name                                      Null?    Type
V_TYPE                                             VARCHAR2(3)
V_NO                                               NUMBER(6)
V_DATE                                             DATE
V_CHQ                                              VARCHAR2(20)
V_BANKCODE                                         VARCHAR2(20)
V_DEBIT                                            NUMBER(15,2)
V_CREDIT                                           NUMBER(15,2)
V_NARRATION                                        VARCHAR2(200)
SQL> desc gl_pv;
Name                                      Null?    Type
PV_VOUCHER_TYPE                                    VARCHAR2(3)
PV_NO                                              NUMBER(6)
PV_DATE                                            DATE
I am using Merge showing error
SQL>   MERGE INTO allvouchers d
2       USING (select pv_voucher_type, pv_no, pv_date from gl_Pv) p
3    on (d.v_no = p.pv_no)
4       WHEN MATCHED THEN
5           UPDATE SET d.v_type = p.pv_voucher_type,
6        d.v_no = p.pv_no,
7       d.v_date = p.pv_date
8       WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
9           INSERT (d.v_type , d.v_no, d.v_date)
10           VALUES (p.pv_voucher_type, p.pv_no , p.pv_date)
11 /
on (d.v_no = p.pv_no)
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-00904: "D"."V_NO": invalid identifier

since d.v_no already equals p.pv_no you don't need to update it
MERGE INTO allvouchers d
     USING (SELECT pv_voucher_type, pv_no, pv_date FROM gl_Pv) p
        ON (d.v_no = p.pv_no)
WHEN MATCHED
THEN
   UPDATE SET d.v_type = p.pv_voucher_type, d.v_date = p.pv_date
WHEN NOT MATCHED
THEN
   INSERT     (d.v_type, d.v_no, d.v_date)
       VALUES (p.pv_voucher_type, p.pv_no, p.pv_date)

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+     at oracle.toplink.internal.sequencing.ClientSessionSequencing.getNextValue(ClientSessionSequencing.java:75)+
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+     at oracle.toplink.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl.assignSequenceNumbers(UnitOfWorkImpl.java:419)+
+     at oracle.toplink.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl.calculateChanges(UnitOfWorkImpl.java:497)+
+     at oracle.toplink.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl.commitToDatabaseWithChangeSet(UnitOfWorkImpl.java:1407)+
+     at oracle.toplink.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl.commitRootUnitOfWork(UnitOfWorkImpl.java:1167)+
+     at oracle.toplink.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl.commit(UnitOfWorkImpl.java:939)+
+     at oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.scheduler.toplink.ToplinkDataHandler.insertJob(ToplinkDataHandler.java:815)+
+     ... 16 more+
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00904: "SEQ_NAME": invalid identifier
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:138)+
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:316)+
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:282)+
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.receive(T4C8Oall.java:639)+
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CStatement.doOall8(T4CStatement.java:113)+
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CStatement.execute_for_rows(T4CStatement.java:561)+
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1161)+
+     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeUpdate(OracleStatement.java:1585)+
+     at oracle.toplink.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseAccessor.executeDirectNoSelect(DatabaseAccessor.java:713)+
+     ... 45 more+
Found a thread related to this but there it was explained that the error was occuring when trying to notify regarding output through email. In our case, issue is occuring just during scheduling itslef.
Also I haved checked the following schedular tables in my database.
SQL> select table_name from all_tables where table_name like 'S_NQ%'
+2 /+
TABLE_NAME
S_NQ_ERR_MSG
S_NQ_INSTANCE
S_NQ_JOB_PARAM
S_NQ_JOB
SQL> select SEQ_NAME.CURRVAL FROM DUAL;
select SEQ_NAME.CURRVAL FROM DUAL
*+
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02289: sequence does not exist
Please help me out in solving this as I have tried almost all possible solutions.
Thanks,
Sri Harsha.
Edited by: user10545574 on Dec 20, 2009 10:24 PM

Hello,
In the delivery email configuration server page (under BI Publisher Admin Tab), the username / password to enter is the one defined on the email server itself. It is the user that will be user to send the emails when scedhuling a report.
It may not be Administrator/ Administrator (not a user defined with OBI admin tool) but the username/password defined on the email server itself.
Moreover, to properly configure the BI Publisher Scheduler, it is a prerequistes to create bipsched user on Oracle DB and install the schema tables in Oracle DB (by clicking on Install Schema button after defining database connection under Admin / Scheduler Configuration tab)
From the error your are getting 'SEQ_NAME unknown..., it appears that the tables are not created'.
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Invalid identifier results from an sql statement in php

hello there, i'm trying to access data from an oracle 11g database via oci and php 5.3.8.
i'm getting the ORA-00904 (invalid identifier) error when executing the following statement:
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'select * from table1 where column1 = "XYZ"');
when i do this:
$searchstring = "XYZ";
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'select * from table1 where column1 = '.$searchstring.'');
i'm getting this error:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
column1 is varchar2, the entries are either letters and numbers (never only numbers) or empty.
when i do this:
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'select * from table1');
i'm getting the data and there are entries in column1 with XYZ.
has anyone an idea, what i do wrong?
regards j

The PHP forum for questions like this is at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/forums/php/index.html
You really need to be using a bind variable here. Otherwise you will likely suffer from poor DB performance, and also open yourself to SQL Injection security attacks. Try:
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'select * from table1 where column1 = :bv');
oci_bind_by_name($stid, ":bv", $searchstring);Regarding quoting of your example try:
$searchstring = "XYZ";
echo 'select * from table1 where column1 = '.$searchstring.'';Then run that SQL in SQL*Plus and watch it fail. What you need is given with:
echo 'select * from table1 where column1 = \''.$searchstring.'\'';See the bottom of p 126 of The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual
Note that with the bind variable example you didn't need quotes around :bv.

Invalid identifier error in executing a ref cursr

I am getting ORA00904: "MARKETING": invalid identifier ... and it's driving me crazy!!
here's my sql code...
StrTitle varchar2(500);
TYPE RefCurCusts IS REF CURSOR;
rec_ref_custs RefCurCusts;
strCusts varchar2(500);
StrTitle := 'MARKETING';
OPEN rec_ref_custs FOR
'Select distinct b.account_number, b.marketing_rep_name, c.customer_name, a.meter, a.mappole, a.feeder, b.last_or_corp_name, b.house_number, b.street_direction, b.street_name, b.street_suffix, max(odate) over (partition by b.account_number) last_called, n.message_type, c.list_name
From srs.current_outage_calls o, tlm.customer_electric b, srs.notification_list n, SRS.NOTIFIABLE_CUSTOMERS_VW c, srs.est_customer_outages a
Where c.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER = b.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER And substr(b.meter_number, 2, 6) = a.meter and b.service_point_end_date is null and o.meter(+)=a.meter and n.list_name=c.list_name and c.list_name = '||StrTitle;
               LOOP
                    FETCH rec_ref_custs INTO strCusts;
                    EXIT WHEN rec_ref_custs%NOTFOUND;
                         StrBodyHTML:= StrBodyHTML || ', ' || strCusts;
               END LOOP;
CLOSE rec_ref_custs;
please help!
Thanks

Fuse_5a wrote:
I am taking the value of StrTitle (I changed the name of it to strList in the below code) from a different select statement ... therefore, strList will be changing based on the results of the first query.
this code is for an automailer that will run every minute!!
here's more of my code to better explain it ...
Any suggestions?
OPEN rec_ref_list FOR
'Select
distinct c.list_name
From
srs.current_outage_calls o,
tlm.customer_electric b,
srs.notification_list n,
SRS.NOTIFIABLE_CUSTOMERS_VW c,
srs.est_customer_outages a
Where
c.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER = b.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER
And substr(b.meter_number, 2, 6) = a.meter
and b.service_point_end_date is null
and o.meter(+)=a.meter
and n.list_name=c.list_name';
LOOP
FETCH rec_ref_list INTO *strList*;
EXIT WHEN rec_ref_list%NOTFOUND;
     OPEN rec_ref_custs FOR
'Select
b.account_number,
b.marketing_rep_name,
c.customer_name, a.meter,
a.mappole, a.feeder,
b.last_or_corp_name,
b.house_number,
b.street_direction,
b.street_name,
b.street_suffix,
max(odate) over (partition by b.account_number) last_called,
n.message_type,
c.list_name
From
srs.current_outage_calls o,
tlm.customer_electric b,
srs.notification_list n,
SRS.NOTIFIABLE_CUSTOMERS_VW c,
srs.est_customer_outages a
Where
c.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER = b.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER
And substr(b.meter_number, 2, 6) = a.mete
and b.service_point_end_date is null
and o.meter(+)=a.meter
and n.list_name=c.list_name
and c.list_name = :1' using *strList*;
       LOOP
           FETCH rec_ref_custs INTO strCusts;
           EXIT WHEN rec_ref_custs%NOTFOUND;
               StrBodyHTML:= StrBodyHTML || ', ' || strList || ', ' || strCusts;
       END LOOP;
CLOSE rec_ref_custs;
END LOOP;
CLOSE rec_ref_list;
You have a variable, nothing more. You DO NOT need dynamic SQL here, just trust me (then go read about it and learn why ... it will serve your career well to do some reading).
You don't need 2 cursors here, for lack of not wanting to try to decipher this in it's entirety i took a simple hack and utilized an IN clause.
for loop_var in
   Select
      b.account_number,
      b.marketing_rep_name,
      c.customer_name, a.meter,
      a.mappole, a.feeder,
      b.last_or_corp_name,
      b.house_number,
       b.street_direction,
      b.street_name,
      b.street_suffix,
      max(odate) over (partition by b.account_number) last_called,
      n.message_type,
      c.list_name
   From
      srs.current_outage_calls o,
      tlm.customer_electric b,
      srs.notification_list n,
      SRS.NOTIFIABLE_CUSTOMERS_VW c,
      srs.est_customer_outages a
   Where
    c.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER = b.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER
   And substr(b.meter_number, 2, 6) = a.mete
   and b.service_point_end_date is null
   and o.meter(+)=a.meter
   and n.list_name=c.list_name
   and c.list_name in
      Select
         c.list_name
      From
      srs.current_outage_calls o,
      tlm.customer_electric b,
      srs.notification_list n,
      SRS.NOTIFIABLE_CUSTOMERS_VW c,
      srs.est_customer_outages a
      Where
      c.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER = b.SERVICE_ADDR_NUMBER
      And substr(b.meter_number, 2, 6) = a.meter
      and b.service_point_end_date is null
      and o.meter(+)=a.meter
      and n.list_name=c.list_name
LOOP
   StrBodyHTML:= StrBodyHTML || ', ' || loop_var.<pick_a_column_from_select_list_above>;
END LOOP;No ref cursors, less complex and 1 single SQL query ... much cleaner and efficient.

Error ORA-00904 invalid identifier

There are so many different employee rates colums in the employee table .
e.g)
emp_rate_1 column has all different salaries(10,20,30)
emp_rate_2 column has all different salaries(20,30,40)
If I do pick up one rate , it works fine as below
select
     SUM(emp_rate_1) as emp_rate_1
               from employee_t
result $60
but i have to summarize all different rate amount using loop. before looping method,
I tried as simple like below
declare
V_emp_rate_1_ID number;
begin
V_emp_rate_1_ID :=1;
select
     SUM(emp_rate_||trim(V_emp_rate_1_ID)) as emp_rate_1
               from employee_t ;
end;
I have an error message;
PL/SQL: ORA-00904: "emp_rate_": invalid identifier
ORA-06550: line 5, column 1:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
06550. 00000 - "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
*Cause:    Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
*Action:
how can I put dynamic column into Sum() in the query?
or would you give me your advice to solve the solution.

Not clear whether you are trying to get two sums (one for each column) or one sum that totals both columns)
select
SUM(emp_rate_1) as emp_rate_1
from employee_t
result $60But you can do all three with one query
select
SUM(emp_rate_1) as emp_rate_1, sum(emp_rate_2) as emp_rate_2, sum (emp_rate_1 + emp_rate_2) as sum_both
from employee_t

Dynamic SQL Issue ORA-00904:invalid identifier error

Here is my SP
create or replace procedure srini_ref_cursor_test(p_county_code IN VARCHAR2,
p_ref_cur out PK_FR_TYPES.cursor_type) is
query_str varchar2(5000);
begin
query_str := 'SELECT * FROM dw_county where county_name = :P ';
open p_ref_cur for query_str USING p_county_code;
insert into srini_query_str_test values (query_str);
commit;
end srini_ref_cursor_test;
When I pass the p_county_code = Adams working find.
create or replace procedure srini_ref_cursor_test(p_county_code IN VARCHAR2,
p_ref_cur out PK_FR_TYPES.cursor_type) is
query_str varchar2(5000);
begin
query_str := 'SELECT * FROM dw_county where county_name in ('||p_county_code||')';
open p_ref_cur for query_str;
insert into srini_query_str_test values (query_str);
commit;
end srini_ref_cursor_test;
When I pass the p_county_code = Adams for above SP I got the following error
ORA-00904: "ADAMS": invalid identifier error
With out Bind variables how Can I pass the Char type values in Dynamic SQL ?
I would like to pass multipule values to p_county_code like 'Adams','Ashley' etc
How Can I do this ?
Thank for great help.
Srini

How do I write the Dynamic SQL for
SELECT * FROM DW_COUNTY WHERE COUNTY_NAME LIKE 'Ad%'
The usual way...
hr@ORA10G>
hr@ORA10G> var str varchar2(1000);
hr@ORA10G> var cr refcursor;
hr@ORA10G>
hr@ORA10G> exec :str := 'select * from employees where first_name like ''A%''';
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
hr@ORA10G> -- note the escape character for each single quote
hr@ORA10G> print str
STR
select * from employees where first_name like 'A%'
hr@ORA10G>
hr@ORA10G> exec open :cr for :str;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
hr@ORA10G> print cr
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME           LAST_NAME                 EMAIL                     PHONE_NUMBER      HIRE_DATE JOB_ID    SALARY COMMISSION_PCT MANAGER_ID DEPARTMENT_ID
        103 Alexander            Hunold                    AHUNOLD                   590.423.4567         03-JAN-90 IT_PROG          9000                       102            60
        115 Alexander            Khoo                      AKHOO                     515.127.4562         18-MAY-95 PU_CLERK         3100                       114            30
        121 Adam                 Fripp                     AFRIPP                    650.123.2234         10-APR-97 ST_MAN           8200                       100            50
        147 Alberto              Errazuriz                 AERRAZUR                  011.44.1344.429278   10-MAR-97 SA_MAN          12000             .3        100            80
        158 Allan                McEwen                    AMCEWEN                   011.44.1345.829268   01-AUG-96 SA_REP           9000            .35        146            80
        167 Amit                 Banda                     ABANDA                    011.44.1346.729268   21-APR-00 SA_REP           6200             .1        147            80
        175 Alyssa               Hutton                    AHUTTON                   011.44.1644.429266   19-MAR-97 SA_REP           8800            .25        149            80
        185 Alexis               Bull                      ABULL                     650.509.2876         20-FEB-97 SH_CLERK         4100                       121            50
        187 Anthony              Cabrio                    ACABRIO                   650.509.4876         07-FEB-99 SH_CLERK         3000                       121            50
        196 Alana                Walsh                     AWALSH                    650.507.9811         24-APR-98 SH_CLERK         3100                       124            50
10 rows selected.
hr@ORA10G>
hr@ORA10G>pratz

Multi-row sub query returns ORA-00904 :invalid identifier error

I am creating a report from two tables that I am not joining. I want a single line for every row in table1 that meets a date range. Table2 can contain none or many rows for each recored in table1. I want to get up to two fields from table2.
I was using a case statement to check if there was data and then an in-line query or subquery. Once again, the idea is to have a single line on the report for each table1 record.
I get this error with the code below. It seems the nested multi-row subquery can not see the a.cr_mas_cr_no identifier.
ORA-00904: "a"."cr_mas_cr_no": invalid identifier
Any help is greatly appreciated,
Sam
select
a.cr_mas_cr_no "CRNO", a.cr_mas_type "TYPE", a.cr_mas_status "CR Status",
a.cr_mas_date_logged "Logged date", a.CR_REL_REQ_APP_DATE "RTP approved",a.CR_REL_REQ_RTP_DATE "RTP Date",
a.cr_accepted_date "Complete", a.cr_mas_submitted_by "Requester",
select doc_user FROM crrm_cr_documents WHERE doc_cr_number =a.cr_mas_cr_no and rownum = 1 and DOC_TYPE = 'BD' ) "Bus Design",
(select doc_user FROM crrm_cr_documents WHERE doc_cr_number = a.cr_mas_cr_no and rownum = 1 and DOC_TYPE = 'TD' ) "Tech Design",
(select doc_user FROM crrm_cr_documents WHERE doc_cr_number = a.cr_mas_cr_no and rownum = 1 and DOC_TYPE = 'TE' ) "User acceptance test",
case
when (select count(appr_user) from crrm_cr_approvals where appr_cr_no = a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP') > 0
then (select appr_user from (select * from crrm_cr_approvals where appr_cr_no = a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP') where rownum = 1)
end
"RTP #1",
case
when (select count(appr_user) from crrm_cr_approvals where appr_cr_no = a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP') > 1
then (select appr_user from (select * from crrm_cr_approvals where appr_cr_no = a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP') where rownum = 2)
end
"RTP #2",
a.CR_REL_REQ_RTP_BY "Released by",
a.CR_ACCEPTED_BY "Post RTP User Acceptance",
a.cr_mas_title "Title", a.cr_mas_id "ID"
from
crrm_crmaster a
where
(a.CR_REL_REQ_RTP_DATE >= :P1109_BEGDATE and (a.CR_REL_REQ_RTP_DATE <= :P1109_ENDDATE) and
(a.cr_mas_status = 'Complete' or (a.cr_mas_status = 'Release Approved'and a.CR_REL_REQ_APP_DATE < :P1109_ENDDATE))
Message was edited by:
slavanaway

Iceman,
Thanks for the reply I will try your suggestion.
I will try and explain why I think two subqueries (an in-line query with a subquery?) are required. I will use the creation of the column RTP #1 as the example as the RTP #2 column is only different in the rownum selected.
Looking only at the lines that fail, here is my analysis. (If I rem out the two case lines the query runs, I just don't get two columns of data I need.) I will only examine the first case as the second is changed to extract the second approval via the rownum = 2 criteria. The first statement checks there is at least one RTP approval stored for the request and then gets the user who approved the request if the test is true.
case when
(select count(appr_user) from crrm_cr_approvals where appr_cr_no =a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP') > 0
then
The above part works fine and the correct count of approvals is returned.
(select appr_user from (select * from crrm_cr_approvals where appr_cr_no=a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP') where rownum = 1)
end
"RTP #1",
I moved the parenthesis to the correct location. There can be multiple approvals for a given parent record. Some parent records need one, some need two approvals. If I replace
(select appr_user from (select * from crrm_cr_approvals where appr_cr_no =a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP') where rownum = 1)
with
(select appr_user from approvals where appr_cr_no =a.cr_mas_cr_no and appr_type = 'RTP' and rownum = 1)
The correct result is returned because it returns exactly one row as rownum=1 limits the query. When rownum = 2 then the query returns null as the rownum never gets to two as the rownum column is built via the set created by the second subquery.
The subquery builds a set of approvals for a specific "cr_no" and appr_type of "RTP". the outer query then looks at the rownum of the second query
Here is where I got the rownum information from;
http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/06-sep/o56asktom.html
So here is what I think is happening;
1. Main query From and Where are processed. This should provide the "set" for the query
2.The from subqueries for RTP #1 and RTP #2 should be able to access the a.cr_mas_cr_no field and build a set from the approvals table.
3.The RTP #1/2 subquery (inline maybe a better description?) would then get the correct row from the from subquery.
The error "invalid identifier" refers to the a.cr_mas_cr_no field. I assume it means it can not resolve the table alias inside the subquery.
So maybe your grouping would help, I will try.
Sam

ORA-00904 invalid identifier error

Here are the steps to reproduce this. My DB version is 9i R2.
1) create table xmlsun1 of xmltype;
2) create table xmlsun2 as select * from xmlsun1;
Two Tables of XML Type created successfully
3) insert into xmlsun1 values(xmltype('<employees><employee id="35"><FirstName>Tom</FirstName><LastName>Kyte</LastName></employee></employees>'));
4) insert into xmlsun2 values(xmltype('<employees><employee id="35"><FirstName>Tom</FirstName><LastName>Kyte</LastName></employee></employees>'));
Now when i query, i can see one record in each tables.
The problem is only when updation.
5) update xmlsun1 x
set value(x) = updatexml(value(x),'/employees/employee/@id','37')
where existsnode(value(x),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1;
1 row updated
6) update xmlsun2 x
set value(x) = updatexml(value(x),'/employees/employee/@id','37')
where existsnode(value(x),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1;
This updation fails with the error : ORA-01775: looping chain of synonyms
I tried to change alias of xmlsun2 to y
update xmlsun2 y
set value(y) = updatexml(value(y),'/employees/employee/@id','37')
where existsnode(value(y),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1;
I get an error saying that Y is an invalid identifier. Now, how can i update the table xmlsun2? I can't use the alias x nor any other alias.
Thanks,
Sundar

I've filed bug 5560960 for this behavoir, which is still not what you are describing.. Do you have SYNONYMS defined somewhere in your example ?
$ sqlplus scott/tiger @testcase3
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production on Fri Sep 22 11:59:46 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
SQL> drop table xmlsun1
2 /
Table dropped.
SQL> create table xmlsun1 of xmltype
2 /
Table created.
SQL> drop table xmlsun2
2 /
Table dropped.
SQL> create table xmlsun2 as select * from xmlsun1
2 /
Table created.
SQL> insert into xmlsun1 values( xmltype ('<employees><employee id="35"><FirstName>Tom</FirstName><LastName>Kyte</LastName></employee></employees>') )
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into xmlsun2 values( xmltype ('<employees><employee id="35"><FirstName>Tom</FirstName><LastName>Kyte</LastName></employee></employees>') )
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> update xmlsun1 x
2 set value(x) = updatexml(value(x),'/employees/employee/@id','37')
3 where existsnode(value(x),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1
4 /
1 row updated.
SQL> update xmlsun2 x
2 set value(x) = updatexml(value(x),'/employees/employee/@id','37')
3 where existsnode(value(x),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1
4 /
where existsnode(value(x),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-00904: "X": invalid identifier
SQL> update xmlsun2 y
2 set value(y) = updatexml(value(y),'/employees/employee/@id','37')
3 where existsnode(value(y),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1
4 /
where existsnode(value(y),'/employees/employee[FirstName = "Tom"]') = 1
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-00904: "Y": invalid identifier
SQL>

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