ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression

How can i fix this error? Any help is apprecaited..
SQL> create table test(no number,no1 number);
Table created.
SQL> insert into test values(1,1);
1 row created.
SQL> select distinct no,no1
2 from test order by no1;
NO NO1
1 1
SQL> SELECT distinct no||'|'||no1 from test
2 order by no1;
order by no1
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression
SQL>

Shrinika wrote:
How can i fix this error? Any help is apprecaited..
SQL> create table test(no number,no1 number);
Table created.
SQL> insert into test values(1,1);
1 row created.
SQL> select distinct no,no1
2 from test order by no1;
NO NO1
1 1
SQL> SELECT distinct no||'|'||no1 from test
2 order by no1;
order by no1
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression
SQL>SELECT distinct no||'|'||no1 from test order by 1;

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guys getting an error with a simple query. help me out please.
the query is:
select DISTINCT(product_code ||' ' || subproduct_code ||' '|| position_number) from alm_owner.wrr_recon_source order by product_code, subproduct_code, position_number;
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression
01791. 00000 - "not a SELECTed expression"
*Cause:
*Action:
any help is much appriciated.

Raghunadh wrote:
Yes. If he wants the result to be sorted on product_code, he can do something like:
select DISTINCT Det from (
select product_code ||' ' || subproduct_code ||' '|| position_number as Det
from alm_owner.wrr_recon_source)
order by substr(product_code,1);This will atleast sort the first section of the result. For example,
@raghu> select distinct det from (select empno ||' ' || ename ||' '|| sal Det from emp);
DET
7499 ALLEN 1600
7369 SMITH 5600
7844 TURNER 7000
7900 JAMES 950
7654 MARTIN 6500
7698 BLAKE 2850
7788 SCOTT 3000
7934 MILLER 6600
7566 JONES 2975
7839 KING 5000
7521 WARD 1250
7369 SMITH 800
7844 TURNER 1500
7876 ADAMS 1100
7934 MILLER 1300
7876 ADAMS 6200
7782 CLARK 2450
7521 WARD 6500
7900 JAMES 5900
7902 FORD 3000
@raghu> select distinct det from (
2 select empno ||' ' || ename ||' '|| sal Det from emp) order by substr(det,1);
DET
7369 SMITH 5600
7369 SMITH 800
7499 ALLEN 1600
7521 WARD 1250
7521 WARD 6500
7566 JONES 2975
7654 MARTIN 6500
7698 BLAKE 2850
7782 CLARK 2450
7788 SCOTT 3000
7839 KING 5000
7844 TURNER 1500
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7876 ADAMS 1100
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7934 MILLER 1300
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ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression - Order by

Hi,
Below query is executing in one system (database version 10.2 64 bit) without any error.
select distinct CONTRACTOR_ID,CONTRACTOR_NAME from CONTRACTOR order by REGISTRATION_NO
But same query is not working in other system (database version 10.2 32-bit). It throws ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression error.
Please clarify why it is working in one system and not working in other system
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Does the CONTRACTOR table have it's keys defined in both databases?
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         1
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SQL>

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(1) One of the GROUP BY expressions
(2) An aggregate function
(3) A constant
(4) Deterministic expressions based on the above (for example, COALESCE, where all the arguments are taken from the list above)
So if your scalar sub-query is going to be part of the GROUP BY query, it has to fit into one of those categories
I don't see any good way of convincing the compiler that your scalar sub-query is a constant, even if it happens to rturn a constant value, but you can make it either
(1) one of the GROUP BY expressions (compute it in a sub-query, to avoid repeating the whole scalar sub-query in the GROUP BY clause), or
(2) an aggregate function ( e.g. MAX ((SELECT ...))).
But the scalar sub-query doesn't have to be part of the GROUP BY query. Depending on your tables and the desired results, it might be easy to do the GROUP BY and what is now the scalar sub-query separately, and then join the two result sets.
If you need help, it always helps to post:
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(3) The results you want from that data
(4) Your best attempt so far (formatted) (You posted this, but since it's unformated, it's very hard to read.)
(5) The full error message (if any), including line number
Executable SQL statements (like "CREATE TABLE AS ..." or "INSERT ..." statements) are best for (2).
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is_internal_error: true
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ora_sqlerrm: ORA-01007: variable not in select list
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Technical Info (only visible for developers)
is_internal_error: true
apex_error_code: APEX.REGION.UNHANDLED_ERROR
ora_sqlcode: -1007
ora_sqlerrm: ORA-01007: variable not in select list
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component.id: 6910805644140264
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1)whcih is batter solution
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2: This can cause performance, suboptimal plans and losing lot of features from 11.2
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Please advise - display total number of item sold and the total dollars of all items. Only show results where the total qty is greater than 2.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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OrderNo          Number(3),
Itemcode          Varchar2(6),
Primary Key      (OrderNo,Itemcode),
Foreign Key      (Itemcode)          References ITEM,
Foreign Key      (OrderNo)      References SALESORDER
Create Table ITEM
Itemcode          Varchar2(6),
Description          Varchar2(50),
Retailprice          Number(6,2),
Weight          Number (4,1),
Purchaseprice     Number(6,2),
Category          Varchar2(20),
Primary Key      (Itemcode)
);

Hi Frank,
My apologize and learnt from my mistake of posting problem on this.
I need to run a result set to display total number of item sold and the total dollars of all items. Only show results where the total qty is greater than 2.
When I tried the below sql and got this error message : ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression
SELECT          i.Itemcode, i.Description, o.Qty, sum(o.Qty*o.saleprice) AS TOTALDOLLARS
FROM           ORDERLINE o
INNER JOIN     ITEM i
ON          o.itemcode = i.itemcode
GROUP BY     i.Itemcode, i.Description
Having sum(o.qty) >2
the result set should be :
Itemcode Description Total Qty Total Dollar
A10 Hammock 11 935
A13 Table Tennis Bat 4 100
A27 8 cm Candle 128 587
A30 Set of 4 outdoor glasses 4 38
Create Table ITEM
Itemcode          Varchar2(6),
Description          Varchar2(50),
Retailprice          Number(6,2),
Weight               Number (4,1),
Purchaseprice     Number(6,2),
Category          Varchar2(20),
Primary Key      (Itemcode)
--Insert statements to populate the ITEM Table
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A10', 'Hammock', 85, 12, 40,'Outdoor');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A11', 'Glitz BBQ', 999, 55, 350,'Luxury');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A13', 'Table Tennis Bat', 29, 0.2, 9.5,'Sport');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A15', 'Basketball Ring', 150, 25, 45,'Sport');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A16', 'Wiggles Basketball', 25, 1.4, 9.2,'Sport');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A18', 'Tiger Autographed Putter', 499, 2.1, 250,'Outdoor');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A22', '12 Tiger Golf Balls', 35.95, 1.5, 20,'Sport');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A27', '8 cm Candle', 5, 0.5, 0.58,'Outdoor');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A30', 'Set of 4 outdoor glasses', 10, 1, 2.65,'Outdoor');
INSERT INTO ITEM
(Itemcode, Description, Retailprice, Weight, Purchaseprice, Category)
VALUES ('A35', '16 cm Candle', 25, 1, 1.5,'Outdoor');
--Insert statements to populate the ORDERLINE Table
Create table ORDERLINE
Qty          Number(4),
Saleprice          Number(6,2),
OrderNo          Number(3),
Itemcode          Varchar2(6),
Primary Key      (OrderNo,Itemcode),
Foreign Key      (Itemcode)          References ITEM,
Foreign Key      (OrderNo)      References SALESORDER
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (501, 1, 85, 'A10');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (501, 4, 25, 'A13');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (501, 6, 5, 'A27');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (502, 1, 999, 'A11');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (503, 10, 85, 'A10');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (503, 100, 4.5, 'A27');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (504, 2, 85, 'A15');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (504, 12, 5, 'A27');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (505, 1, 900, 'A11');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (505, 1, 450, 'A18');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (506, 10, 4.7, 'A27');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (506, 4, 9.5, 'A30');
INSERT INTO ORDERLINE
(OrderNo, Qty, SalePrice, Itemcode)
VALUES (506, 2, 35, 'A22');
Many thanks
Mandy

ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression on different oracle version

Hi,
I tried below sql on different database and I'm having a strange result.
error is ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression
SELECT COUNT(*) OVER() CNT,
COUNT(member_id) AS cnt2,
etoc_type,
journal_id,
volume_id,
issue_id,
current_registered_users,
date_sent,
date_order,
(COUNT(member_id) -
(Select Count( *)
FROM oracjoc.email_alert_bounce_backs bb
WHERE aa.journal_id = bb.journal_id
AND aa.volume_id = bb.volume_id
AND aa.issue_id = bb.issue_id
AND aa.etoc_type = bb.etoc_type
AND aa.date_sent = TO_CHAR(bb.date_sent, 'ddMonYYYY')
)) delivered
FROM
(SELECT member_id,
etoc_type,
journal_id,
volume_id,
issue_id,
current_registered_users,
TO_CHAR(date_sent, 'ddMonyyyy') date_sent,
To_Number(To_Char(Date_Sent, 'yyyymmdd')) Date_Order
FROM oracjoc.Report_Issue_Alert
WHERE Etoc_Type = '1'
) Aa
GROUP BY Journal_Id,
Volume_Id,
Issue_Id,
Etoc_Type,
Current_Registered_Users,
Date_Order,
Date_Sent
ORDER BY date_order DESC
Oracle version:
Oracle Database 11g Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production: I got failed result on this one
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production: sql was successfully executed.
Can someone explain is this still a part of bug on non enterprise edition?, TIA!

919272 wrote:
Hi,
I tried below sql on different database and I'm having a strange result.
error is ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expressionRead the full error message. It has also a row and a column number specified. Use this number to find out which column gives you the trouble.
I see that there are several not needed date to char conversions. I could imaging that they confuse the query merge mechanism. Other than that: try to strip down the query to the smallest posisble set of colum combination. So that you can see where the error comes from.
SELECT COUNT(*) OVER() CNT,
COUNT(*) AS cnt2,
etoc_type,
journal_id,
volume_id,
issue_id,
current_registered_users,
date_sent2,
(COUNT(*) -
(Select Count( *)
    FROM oracjoc.email_alert_bounce_backs bb
    WHERE aa.journal_id = bb.journal_id
    AND aa.volume_id = bb.volume_id
    AND aa.issue_id = bb.issue_id
    AND aa.etoc_type = bb.etoc_type
    AND aa.date_sent2 = trunc(bb.date_sent)
    )) delivered
FROM (SELECT member_id, etoc_type, journal_id, volume_id, issue_id, current_registered_users,
       trunc(date_sent) date_sent2,
FROM oracjoc.Report_Issue_Alert
WHERE Etoc_Type = '1'
) Aa
GROUP BY Journal_Id, Volume_Id, Issue_Id, Etoc_Type, Current_Registered_Users, Date_Sent2
ORDER BY Date_Sent2 DESC

GROUP BY with parameter - cause error -ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression

I generate a query via PreparedStatement. For example:
SELECT when, value FROM test GROUP BY ?;
PrepState.toString(1, "when");
That causing error: ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression
My application using query like:
SELECT to_char(data,1), SUM(vlue) as sum FROM test GROUP BY to_char(data, 2);
PrepState.toString(1, "YYYY-MM");
PrepState.toString(2, "YYYY-MM");

Ah. Reproduced in the first chunk of PL/SQL below.
The second chunk is a workaround.
Basically, SQL is parsed by the syntax engine and optimizer to get an execution plan. Then you can have a sequence of "bind, execute, fetch, fetch, fetch..., bind, execute..."
Since you can have multiple binds for a single SQL parse, then the fact that the first set of binds all happen to have the same value doesn't mean the next set will.
The optimizer needs to be 100% sure that the value in the select must always be the same as the value in the group by, so you can't have two separate (and therefore potentially different) bind variable mappings. [Given the right circumstances, the optimizer might do all sorts of tricks, such as using materialized views and function-based indexes.]
Misleadingly, it actually fails on the 'EXECUTE' step of DBMS_SQL rather than the PARSE.
declare
v_sql varchar2(1000) :=
    'select to_char(created,:b1), count(*) '||
    ' from user_objects u '||
    ' group by to_char(created,:b2) '||
    ' order by to_char(created,:b3)';
v_fmt varchar2(10) := 'YYYY';
v_cur number;
v_ret_str varchar2(10);
v_ret_num number;
v_ret number;
begin
v_cur := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
dbms_sql.parse(v_cur, v_sql, dbms_sql.native );
dbms_sql.define_column_char (v_cur, 1, v_ret_str, 10);
dbms_sql.define_column (v_cur, 2, v_ret_num);
dbms_sql.bind_variable( v_cur, ':b1', v_fmt );
dbms_sql.bind_variable( v_cur, ':b2', v_fmt );
dbms_sql.bind_variable( v_cur, ':b3', v_fmt );
v_ret := dbms_sql.execute( v_cur );
WHILE ( dbms_sql.fetch_rows(v_cur) > 0 ) LOOP
    dbms_sql.column_value_char (v_cur, 1, v_ret_str );
    dbms_sql.column_value (v_cur, 2, v_ret_num );
    dbms_output.put_line('>'||v_ret_str||':'||v_ret_num);
END LOOP;
end;
declare
v_sql varchar2(1000) :=
    'select to_char(created,f.fmt), count(*) '||
    ' from user_objects u, (select :b1 fmt from dual) f '||
    ' group by to_char(created,f.fmt) '||
    ' order by to_char(created,f.fmt)';
v_fmt varchar2(10) := 'YYYY';
v_cur number;
v_ret_str varchar2(10);
v_ret_num number;
v_ret number;
begin
v_cur := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
dbms_sql.parse(v_cur, v_sql, dbms_sql.native );
dbms_sql.define_column_char (v_cur, 1, v_ret_str, 10);
dbms_sql.define_column (v_cur, 2, v_ret_num);
dbms_sql.bind_variable( v_cur, ':b1', v_fmt );
v_ret := dbms_sql.execute( v_cur );
WHILE ( dbms_sql.fetch_rows(v_cur) > 0 ) LOOP
    dbms_sql.column_value_char (v_cur, 1, v_ret_str );
    dbms_sql.column_value (v_cur, 2, v_ret_num );
    dbms_output.put_line('>'||v_ret_str||':'||v_ret_num);
END LOOP;
end;
/

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