Query weird problem

Question

Dear all,
10.2.0.4 on solaris 10
We have a program which gives the error :
Search Results ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis
when I traced the session, we are getting the below error :
PARSE ERROR #6:len=261 dep=0 uid=185 oct=3 lid=185 tim=11975472898831 err=907
select :"SYS_B_0" from ORM_RESTRICTED_CAT_BAL_ORD where (((CONTRACT_CAT=:b0 and ORDER_NO=:b1) and PREPOST_PAID in (:b2:b3,:"SYS_B_1")) and ((TRUNC(SYSDATE)>
=TRUNC(FROM_DATE) and TO_DATE is null ) or TRUNC(SYSDATE) between TRUNC(FROM_DATE) and TRUNC(TO_DATE)))
err=907 indicates the error ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis .
The same query is fine in one more database as you can see below :
Failed session gives the below in the trace file :
PARSE ERROR #7:len=261 dep=0 uid=95 oct=3 lid=95 tim=12145359697150 err=907
select :"SYS_B_0"  from ORM_RESTRICTED_CAT_BAL_ORD where (((CONTRACT_CAT=:b0 and ORDER_NO=:b1) and PREPOST_PAID in (:b2:b3,:"SYS_B_1")) and ((TRUNC(SYSDATE)>
=TRUNC(FROM_DATE) and TO_DATE is null ) or TRUNC(SYSDATE) between TRUNC(FROM_DATE) and TRUNC(TO_DATE)))err=907 - indicates the error in the trace file
The above query has all the parantheses. What could be the problem
successful session gives the below in the trace file :
PARSING IN CURSOR #7 len=247 dep=0 uid=455 oct=3 lid=455 tim=5569496832254 hv=1175718372 ad='7d9d6068'
select 1  from ORM_RESTRICTED_CAT_BAL_ORD where (((CONTRACT_CAT=:b0 and ORDER_NO=:b1) and PREPOST_PAID in (:b2:b3,'BOTH')) and ((TRUNC(SYSDATE)>=TRUNC(FROM_D
ATE) and TO_DATE is null ) or TRUNC(SYSDATE) between TRUNC(FROM_DATE) and TRUNC(TO_DATE)))
END OF STMT
PARSE #7:c=0,e=1032,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=1,r=0,dep=0,og=1,tim=5569496832243Thanks
Kai

Answer 1

Probably not the cause of your error, but that's really, really a bad idea to name a column as TO_DATE since that's also an Oracle built-in function.
Otherwise, check the bind variables value.
Nicolas.