ORA-00904 coming because of table JOIN

Question

I have this query which works fine, how everwhen I attempt to join the pubsched table based on schedules.areaid = pubsched.areaid it comes up with ORA-00904
telling me that the area id is invalid.
Try commenting out line 8 of the query which joins the pubsched table and it will work fine.
Line 8 uncommented blows it up.
pubsched is used to determine if a schedule is published or not. Joining pubsched is being done to eliminate non published schedules from the query results.
Just for clarification, need help making the join work.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
George
SELECT
empid,
areaid,
startpp + day_number - 1 AS startdate,NULL AS starttime,NULL AS endtime,
8 AS hours,
0 AS minutes FROM schedules s
JOIN payperiods pp ON pp.periodid = s.periodid
JOIN pubsched ps on ps.periodid = s.periodid and ps.areaid=s.areaid
UNPIVOT ( v
    FOR day_number IN (day1 AS 1,
                       day2 AS 2,
                       day3 AS 3,
                       day4 AS 4,
                       day5 AS 5,
                       day6 AS 6,
                       day7 AS 7,
                       day8 AS 8,
                       day9 AS 9,
                       day10 AS 10,
                       day11 AS 11,
                       day12 AS 12,
                       day13 AS 13,
                       day14 AS 14
WHERE UPPER(SUBSTR (v, 1, 4)) = 'SHFT';
select * from pubsched where areaid=2003 and periodid='092013';
CREATE TABLE SCHEDULES
SCHEDULEID NUMBER(12) NOT NULL,
EMPID NUMBER(12) NOT NULL,
PERIODID VARCHAR2(6 BYTE) NOT NULL,
AREAID NUMBER(12) NOT NULL,
DAY1 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY2 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY3 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY4 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY5 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY6 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY7 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY8 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY9 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY10 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY11 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY12 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY13 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DAY14 VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
NOPTIND1 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND2 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND3 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND4 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND5 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND6 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND7 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND8 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND9 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND10 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND11 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND12 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND13 INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
NOPTIND14 INTEGER DEFAULT 0
CREATE TABLE PAYPERIODS
PERIODID VARCHAR2(6 BYTE) NOT NULL,
STARTPP DATE,
ENDPP DATE
CREATE TABLE PUBSCHED
  PUBSCHEDID   NUMBER(12)                       NOT NULL,
  PERIODID     VARCHAR2(6 BYTE)                 NOT NULL,
  PUPDATE      DATE,
  PUBTHRU      DATE,
  AREAID       NUMBER(12)                       NOT NULL,
  PUBLISHEDBY  NUMBER(12)
Insert into SCHEDULES
(SCHEDULEID, EMPID, PERIODID, AREAID, DAY1,
DAY2, DAY3, DAY4, DAY5, DAY6,
DAY7, DAY8, DAY9, DAY10, DAY11,
DAY12, DAY13, DAY14, NOPTIND1, NOPTIND2,
NOPTIND3, NOPTIND4, NOPTIND5, NOPTIND6, NOPTIND7,
NOPTIND8, NOPTIND9, NOPTIND10, NOPTIND11, NOPTIND12,
NOPTIND13, NOPTIND14)
Values
(3693744, 753738, '092013', 2003, 'X',
'SHFT<1530>', 'SHFT<1530>', '1530', '1530', '1530',
'X', 'X', '1530', '1530', 'SHFT',
'1530', '1530', 'X', 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0);
Insert into SCHEDULES
(SCHEDULEID, EMPID, PERIODID, AREAID, DAY1,
DAY2, DAY3, DAY4, DAY5, DAY6,
DAY7, DAY8, DAY9, DAY10, DAY11,
DAY12, DAY13, DAY14, NOPTIND1, NOPTIND2,
NOPTIND3, NOPTIND4, NOPTIND5, NOPTIND6, NOPTIND7,
NOPTIND8, NOPTIND9, NOPTIND10, NOPTIND11, NOPTIND12,
NOPTIND13, NOPTIND14)
Values
(3693745, 753740, '092013', 2003, 'X',
'SHFT<1530>', 'SHFT<1530>', '1530', 'SHFT', '1530',
'X', 'X', '1530', '1530', '1530',
'1530', '1530', 'X', 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0);
Insert into SCHEDULES
(SCHEDULEID, EMPID, PERIODID, AREAID, DAY1,
DAY2, DAY3, DAY4, DAY5, DAY6,
DAY7, DAY8, DAY9, DAY10, DAY11,
DAY12, DAY13, DAY14, NOPTIND1, NOPTIND2,
NOPTIND3, NOPTIND4, NOPTIND5, NOPTIND6, NOPTIND7,
NOPTIND8, NOPTIND9, NOPTIND10, NOPTIND11, NOPTIND12,
NOPTIND13, NOPTIND14)
Values
(3693746, 753748, '082013', 2003, 'X',
'SHFT<1530>', '1530', '1530', '1530', '1530',
'X', 'X', 'SHFT<1530>', '1530', 'SHFT',
'1530', '1530', 'X', 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0);
COMMIT;
Insert into PAYPERIODS
(PERIODID, STARTPP)
Values
('092013', TO_DATE('04/7/2013 00:00:00', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'));
COMMIT;
Insert into WMTSCHEDULER.PUBSCHED
   (PUBSCHEDID, PERIODID, PUPDATE, PUBTHRU, AREAID,
    PUBLISHEDBY)
Values
   (51372, '092013', TO_DATE('03/07/2013 11:59:17', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), TO_DATE('04/20/2013 00:00:00', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 2003,
    752910);
COMMIT;
Expected Output
EMPID,AREAID,STARTDATE,STARTTIME,ENDTIME,HOURS,MINUTES
753738,2003,4/18/2013,,,8,0
753738,2003,4/9/2013,,,8,0
753738,2003,4/8/2013,,,8,0
753740,2003,4/11/2013,,,8,0
753740,2003,4/9/2013,,,8,0
753740,2003,4/8/2013,,,8,0Edited by: George H on Apr 18, 2013 8:41 AM
Edited by: George H on Apr 18, 2013 9:09 AM
Edited by: George H on Apr 18, 2013 9:10 AM
Edited by: George H on Apr 18, 2013 9:20 AM
Edited by: George H on Apr 18, 2013 9:42 AM
Edited by: George H on Apr 18, 2013 11:25 AM

Answer 1

Hi, George,
George H wrote:
I have this query which works fine, how everwhen I attempt to join the pubsched table based on schedules.areaid = pubsched.areaid it comes up with ORA-00904
telling me that the area id is invalid.
Try commenting out line 8 of the query which joins the pubsched table and it will work fine.If I comment out the line
JOIN pubsched ps on ps.periodid = s.periodid and ps.areaid=s.areaid then I don;'t get the error; I get "no rows selected". That's not what you want, is it?
Are you sure the sample data is correct? What are the results you want from the sample data?
SELECT
empid,
areaid,
startpp + day_number - 1 AS startdate,NULL AS starttime,NULL AS endtime,
8 AS hours,
0 AS minutes FROM schedules s
JOIN payperiods pp ON pp.periodid = s.periodid
JOIN pubsched ps on ps.periodid = s.periodid and ps.areaid=s.areaid
UNPIVOT ( v
FOR day_number IN (day1 AS 1,
day2 AS 2,
day3 AS 3,
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Thanks for posting the CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements, and your query; that's very helpful.
Don't forget to post the desired results given that sample data.