ORA-00917: missing comma

Question

Hello again,
I am here because I know I am missing something. I see I have a comma after every column name in the INSERT clause, and in the VALUES clause I put commas after the values for the corresponding columns.
Even if you don't tell me the exact reason, I'd appreciate any guidance to find out where my syntax is wrong.
Here is my code:
INSERT INTO appeals (appeal_id, crime_id, status, TO_CHAR(filing_date, 'MONTH DD YYYY')"Filing_Date",
TO_CHAR(hearing_date, 'MONTH DD YYYY')"Hearing_Date")
VALUES(APPEALS_ID_SEQ.NEXTVAL, :crime_id, '', :filing_date, :hearing_date);
Thanks!

Answer 1

Your syntax is wrong - it goes:
insert into <table>[(columnlist)]
values([valuelist])You are putting the to_char in the wrong spot. You can't put it in the column list - it needs to go in the values list. And to enter data into a date column, you want to_date. You want to convert a character string into its date representation.
Like
insert into table (co1, col2, col3)
values('ABC', to_date(:someval, 'DD/MM/YYYY'), to_date(:otherval, 'DD/MM/YYYY'))