Non Numeric found where a Nnumeric was expected

We are using VB6 as frount end and Oracle8.05 as backend.
We use stored procedures for all truncations.
Some time some of the procedures return error saying that A Non-
numeric is found where a numeric was expected. If I trace that
error through Documentation there it say's use Date format as DD-
MON-YYYY. We are using that format only. Do you know how that
error we are trapping? Just compile the procedure and it will
work and same error will repeat after a 2 to 3 weeks. I have no
idea why it behaves like this.
I have also set these parameter's
NLS_DATE_FORMAT = "DD-MON-YYYY"
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE="AMERICAN"
If you have any idea about this please let me know.
I hope to hear from you folks.
Suresh

Hi Bharadwaj,
Yes, I believe you are right. And yes that column is designated a primary key. The weird thing is, we do have null values being entered into the table from the flat file, but these values are far from the "OPERATIVE_FLIGHT_LEG_DATE" column (index-wise). Let me give you an example of our case:
this is a row in the flat file: (sample data only)
"2/20/2007","I","0899","N","TPE","MNL","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","750","950","746","955"," P3231",,"04","32","32",,,,,,,,"758","946",,"A000","4","D000","5","000","0","0","0","0","D","P","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","0","2/22/2007","000","012","144","2/20/2007","2/20/2007"
as you can see, I've made the 'null' values bold, as well as the data for OPERATIVE_FLIGHT_LEG_DATE (which shows up, as you can see, at the end of the row).
Now, in the OWB table, the OPERATIVE_FLIGHT_LEG_DATE column is set as a primary key (or foreign, i think, I'll check again) and, thus, is set as one of those columns to first receive data transferred from the flat file.
We see nothing wrong with our mask (which is mm/dd/yyyy by the way) as well as with our data type settings. It has to be with the flat file I guess. We're gonna try putting in dummy values in place of the null ones in the flat file. I'll get back to you asap. Thanks for helping out. :D
Regards,
_lilim

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Hi Bharadwaj,
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01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected

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I had ran a code
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SELECT TO_CHAR (create_date,'MM/DD/YYYY HH12:MI:SS PM')
FROM TABLE_A
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Documenting this for others.

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ORA-01722: invalid number
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ORA-01722: invalid number
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Thanks a lot.
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2 /
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WHERE (to_date(t1.col11,'DD-MM-RR') < '1-MAY-2012' OR to_date(t1.col11,'DD-MM-RR') > '31-MAY-2012')
gives numeric character was found where a numeric was expected.
But when I run it as a block(anonymous block) it runs fine. There are no null values in the table but may the returned value may be null which am trying to replace with NVL but then too am getting this error.
Any suggestions?

Hi,
user7351276 wrote:
SELECT nvl(t1.col11,0) --into DATA
FROM testdata t1
WHERE (to_date(t1.col11,'DD-MM-RR') < '1-MAY-2012' OR to_date(t1.col11,'DD-MM-RR') > '31-MAY-2012')
gives numeric character was found where a numeric was expected.
But when I run it as a block(anonymous block) it runs fine. There are no null values in the table but may the returned value may be null which am trying to replace with NVL but then too am getting this error.It looks like you should be getting a different error, due tounmatched single-quotes.
Did this site garble your code? Try again. \ tags often help. If you can't get the site to post exactly what you mean, then explain what you meant to post.
Any suggestions?Don't compare a DATE (such as the value returned by TO_DATE) to a VARCHAR2 (such as the literal '31-MAY-2012'). Compare DATEs to other DATEs.
You can use TO_DATE, like this:WHERE     TO_DATE (t1.col1, 'DD-MM-RR')     < TO_DATE ('01-MON-2012', 'DD-MON-YYYY')
or a DATE literal, likE this:WHERE     TO_DATE (t1.col1, 'DD-MM-RR')     < DATE '2012-05-01'
What you posted is definitely a mistake, but I can't tell if it's what's causing the error you mentioned or not.
Whenever you have a question, post a copmplete test script, including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements for some sample data, that people can run to re-create the problem and test their ideas. Post the results you want from the given data, and explain how you get those results from that data.
As Hoek said, read the forum FAQ {message:id=9360002}

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I am getting the error message, "An expression of non-boolean type specified in a context where a condition is expected, near ',' " when running an ssrs 2008 r2 report.
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SELECT 'Students report 1' AS selectRptName, 1 AS rptNumValue
UNION
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UNION
SELECT 'Students report 3', 3
UNION
SELECT 'Students report 4', 4
UNION
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UNION
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UNION
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UNION
SELECT 'Students report 4', 4
UNION
SELECT 'Students report 5', 5
ORDER BY selectRptName
Click the Filters in the left pane of Dataset Properties dialog box.
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Expression: =INSTR(JOIN(Parameters!reportID.Value,","),"0")>0
Type: Boolean
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Value: false
The following screenshot is for your reference:
If there are any other questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
TechNet Community Support

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