PL/SQL ORA-00936 missing expression

Question

Hello all,
I'm having an issues and need help with this script... Please help, thanks.
error:
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31 32 /
AST_UPDATED_BY,LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN) values(i,'ERROR_LOG_ID'||i, 'PROCEDURE_NAME'||i||, 'REQUEST_ID' |i||, 'PROCESS_NAME' ||i||, 'ERROR_TYPE'|i|, 'MESSAGE_DETAILS' ||i||, 'ERROR_TIMESTAMP' |i|, 'STATUS' ||i||, 'CREATED_BY' ||i||, 'CREATION_DATE' ||i||, "to_char(last_update_date, 'dd-Mon-yyyy hh:mi:ss')" |i|, 'LAST_UPDATED_BY' ||i||, 'LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN');
ERROR at line 28:
ORA-06550: line 28, column 84:
PL/SQL: ORA-00936: missing expression
ORA-06550: line 27, column 1:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
script.
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declare
CURSOR c_iostats IS
SELECT * from XXFRO.XXFRO_ERRORS;
ERROR_LOG_ID NUMBER;
PROCESS_NAME VARCHAR2(50);
ERROR_TYPE VARCHAR2(20);
STATUS VARCHAR2(20);
MESSAGE_DETAILS VARCHAR2(2000);
ERROR_LOG_ID NUMBER;
PROCEDURE_NAME VARCHAR2(50);
REQUEST_ID NUMBER;
PROCESS_NAME VARCHAR2(50);
ERROR_TYPE VARCHAR2(20);
MESSAGE_DETAILS VARCHAR2(2000);
ERROR_TIMESTAMP DATE;
STATUS VARCHAR2(20);
CREATED_BY NUMBER;
CREATION_DATE DATE;
LAST_UPDATE_DATE DATE;
LAST_UPDATED_BY NUMBER;
LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN NUMBER;
Begin
for i in 1..1000000 LOOP
insert into IO_TEST(ERROR_LOG_ID
,PROCEDURE_NAME
,REQUEST_ID
,PROCESS_NAME
,ERROR_TYPE
,MESSAGE_DETAILS
,ERROR_TIMESTAMP
,STATUS,CREATED_BY
,CREATION_DATE
,LAST_UPDATE_DATE
,LAST_UPDATED_BY
,LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN)
values(i,'ERROR_LOG_ID'||i, 'PROCEDURE_NAME'||i||, 'REQUEST_ID' |i||, 'PROCESS_NAME' ||i||, 'ERROR_TYPE'|i|, 'MESSAGE_DETAILS' ||i||, 'ERROR_TIMESTAMP' |i|, 'STATUS' ||i||, 'CREATED_BY' ||i||, 'CREATION_DATE' ||i||,'LAST_UPDATE_DATE' ||i||, 'LAST_UPDATED_BY' ||i||, 'LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN');
END LOOP;
end;
Thanks,
HCDBA

Answer 1

Hi,
Why are you using the concat(||) Symbol after i in the expression String 'CREATED_BY' ||i||. When you are padding between
two text we use so.
Ex: If you want to concat 'i' between String we use
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Five is between '|| i || 'and Six');The Insert Statement should be re-written as
INSERT INTO io_test
            (error_log_id, procedure_name, request_id,
             process_name, ERROR_TYPE, message_details,
             error_timestamp, status, created_by,
             creation_date, last_update_date,
             last_updated_by, last_update_login
     VALUES (i, 'ERROR_LOG_ID' || i, 'PROCEDURE_NAME' || i,
              'REQUEST_ID' || i, 'PROCESS_NAME' || i, 'ERROR_TYPE' || i,
              'MESSAGE_DETAILS'
              || i, 'ERROR_TIMESTAMP' || i, 'STATUS' || i,
              'CREATED_BY' || i, 'CREATION_DATE' || i,
              'LAST_UPDATE_DATE' || i, 'LAST_UPDATED_BY' || i,
             'LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN'
            );Thanks,
Shankar