Using VLOOKUP to find #VALUE! errors

I have a table with a column of dates and a column that does calculation of the date values. If a date cell has, for instance, text following the date, like "2014-12-01 Testing" the calculated field of course displays #Value!.
How can I use VLOOKUP or any other method to find those values?
Example:
=VLOOKUP("#VALUE!", E1:F10,2,False) returns #MISSING although "#VALUE! is displayed in cell E5 for a date error in cell F5
Best regards George

Hi,
OK, Vlookup formula also could not return the cell location that included the
#Value!.
We need to use the ADDRESS function to get the cell value.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/ADDRESS-function-47657e92-81ae-47f8-87cd-62d4f30c774d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Sample formula:
=INDEX(ADDRESS(ROW(Range),2),IF(T(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(Range),2)))="#Value!",ROW(Range)))
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IS
v_time_str varchar2(15);
v_apvr_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type := 0;
v_a_user_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type; -- approver tcs_user_id
v_cnt integer := 0;
v_people_cnt integer := 0;
v_stat_cd varchar2(2000);
v_display_fl boolean := FALSE;
/*===========================================================================*/
cursor people_cur
cp_from_dt in date,
cp_to_dt in date
is
select
d_full_nm_lfm as name,
tc_row_id as tcs_user_id,
tcw_typ as pay_typ,
tcw_id as pay_id,
sys_strt_date as sys_strt_dt,
sys_end_dt
from tc_wkr
where sys_strt_date <= cp_to_dt
and nvl(sys_end_dt, cp_to_dt) >= cp_from_dt
order by upper(d_full_nm_lfm);
/* find the current or the most recent (if no current) approver */
cursor apvr_cur
cp_tcs_user_id in tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type
is
select
a.f_tc_apvr_id as fk_tcs_apvr_id,
w.d_full_nm_lfm as apvr_name,
w.tcw_typ as apvr_pay_typ,
w.tcw_id as apvr_pay_id,
a.strt_dt,
a.end_dt
from tc_wkr w, tc_ap_asmt a
where a.f_tc_wkr_id = cp_tcs_user_id
and w.tc_row_id = a.f_tc_apvr_id
order by a.strt_dt desc;
/* list of existing time cards UNION required time cards */
cursor tc_cur
cp_tcs_user_id in tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type, /* who's time cards */
cp_from_dt in date, /* report period from date */
cp_to_dt in date /* report period to date */
is
select
stat_cd,
strt_dt,
end_dt
from tc
where strt_dt <= cp_to_dt
and end_dt >= cp_from_dt
and fk_tc_wkrtcw_id = cp_tcs_user_id
UNION
select
'Required' as stat_cd,
beg_dt as strt_dt,
end_dt
from jmcs_wk_tprd
where beg_dt <= cp_to_dt
and end_dt >= cp_from_dt
and beg_dt not in (
select strt_dt
from tc
where strt_dt <= cp_to_dt
and end_dt >= cp_from_dt
and fk_tc_wkrtcw_id = cp_tcs_user_id
order by strt_dt;
BEGIN
if lg_debug_fl then
v_time_str := to_char(lg_sysdate, 'hh:mi:ss a.m.');
else
v_time_str := tc_time(lg_sysdate);
end if;
if p_apvr_id > 0 then
lga_report_out := lga_report_out_null;
v_apvr_id := p_apvr_id;
lga_apvr := lga_apvr_null;
select
d_full_nm_lfm,
tc_row_id,
tcw_id,
tcw_typ
into
lga_apvr(1).apvr_name,
lga_apvr(1).apvr_tcs_id,
lga_apvr(1).apvr_pay_id,
lga_apvr(1).apvr_pay_typ
from tc_wkr
where tc_row_id = v_apvr_id;
if lga_apvr(1).apvr_pay_typ != 'S' then
select decode(bend_empl_fl, 'Y', 'E', 'W')
into lga_apvr(1).apvr_pay_typ
from empl
where empl_id = lga_apvr(1).apvr_pay_id;
end if;
end if;
if p_display_hdr then
if lga_tc_strt_dt.count > 6 then /* more than 6 time periods (1 month) */
lga_width(1) := to_char(.15 * lg_page_width_standard);
lga_width(2) := to_char(.08 * lg_page_width_standard);
for i in 1..lga_tc_strt_dt.count loop
lga_width(lga_width.count+1) := to_char(.09 * lg_page_width_standard);
end loop;
lg_page_width_standard := to_number(lga_width(1)) + to_number(lga_width(2));
if nvl(p_apvr_id, 0) = 0 then
lg_page_width_standard := lg_page_width_standard * 2;
end if;
htp.p('');
for i in 3..lga_width.count loop
lg_page_width_standard := lg_page_width_standard + to_number(lga_width(i));
htp.p('');
end loop;
lg_page_width := to_char(lg_page_width_standard);
else
lga_width(1) := '15%';
lga_width(2) := '8%';
lga_width(3) := '9%';
lga_width(4) := '9%';
lga_width(5) := '9%';
lga_width(6) := '9%';
lga_width(7) := '9%';
lga_width(8) := '9%';
end if;
sub_DETAIL_PAGE_HD(p_apvr_id);
end if;
/* cursor loop */
for p in people_cur(p_rpt_from_dt, p_rpt_to_dt) loop
/* is/was this person assigned to the selected approver for the report period */
v_display_fl := FALSE;
if nvl(p_tcs_user_id, 0) > 0 then
if p_tcs_user_id = p.tcs_user_id then
htp.p(' Selected User');
v_display_fl := TRUE;
end if;
elsif nvl(p_apvr_id, 0) = 0 then
if nvl(p_apvr_id, 0) = 0 then
v_display_fl := TRUE;
elsif p_apvr_id > 0 or p_apvr_id = -1 then
v_display_fl := fct_ASSIGNED_APVR(p.tcs_user_id, p_apvr_id, p_rpt_from_dt, p_rpt_to_dt);
end if;
if v_display_fl then
v_people_cnt := v_people_cnt + 1;
lg_tcs_owner_info.USER_ID := p.tcs_user_id;
lg_tcs_owner_info.PAY_ID := p.pay_id;
lg_tcs_owner_info.PAY_TYPE := p.pay_typ;
lg_tcs_owner_info.SYS_STRT_DT := p.sys_strt_dt;
lg_tcs_owner_info.TERM_DT := p.sys_end_dt;
if p.pay_typ = 'S' then
begin
select wrk_hire_dt
into lg_tcs_owner_info.hire_dt
from subcntr
where sub_id = p.pay_id;
exception
when no_data_found then
tc_debug.html_message('subcntr.pay_id('||p.pay_id||')');
end;
else
select
wrk_hire_dt,
decode(bend_empl_fl, 'Y', 'E', 'W')
into
lg_tcs_owner_info.hire_dt,
lg_tcs_owner_info.pay_type
from empl
where empl_id = lg_tcs_owner_info.PAY_ID;
end if;
if lga_report_out.count = 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '<table border="1" cellpadding="3" width="'||lg_page_width||'">';
end if;
if mod(v_people_cnt,2) = 1 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<tr bgcolor="'||lg_odd_bgcolor||'">');
else
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<tr bgcolor="'||lg_even_bgcolor||'">');
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top">'||p.name||'</td >');
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top">'||p.pay_typ||'-'||lpad(p.pay_id,4,'0')||'</td >');
if nvl(p_apvr_id, 0) > 0 then /* Single Approver */
/* need approver ID for time card "status" */
lga_apvr := lga_apvr_null; /* clear the approver id array */
lga_apvr(1).apvr_tcs_id := p_apvr_id;
elsif nvl(p_apvr_id, 0) = 0 then /* ALL Approvers */
lga_apvr := lga_apvr_null; /* clear the approver id array */
v_cnt := 0;
for ap in apvr_cur (p.tcs_user_id) loop
if v_cnt = 0 then
/* most recent approver may not be the applicable approver */
v_cnt := 1;
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_name := ap.apvr_name; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_tcs_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_pay_id := ap.apvr_pay_id; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
v_apvr_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
if ap.apvr_pay_typ = 'S' then
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_pay_typ := ap.apvr_pay_typ; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
else
select decode(bend_empl_fl, 'Y', 'E', 'W')
into lga_apvr(1).apvr_pay_typ
from empl
where empl_id = lga_apvr(1).apvr_pay_id;
end if;
end if;
if ap.strt_dt <= p_rpt_to_dt and nvl(ap.end_dt, p_rpt_to_dt) >= p_rpt_from_dt then
/* approver record */
lg_tcs_owner_info.APVR_ID := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
lg_tcs_owner_info.APVR_STRT_DT := ap.strt_dt;
lg_tcs_owner_info.APVR_END_DT := ap.end_dt;
don't enter same approver name multiple times
when same approver has been assigned more than once
Example: approver1, approver_2, approver_1 (change back to approver 1)
for i in 1..lga_apvr.count loop
v_apvr_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
if lga_apvr(i).apvr_tcs_id = ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id then
/* don't add again */
v_apvr_id := NULL;
exit;
end if;
end loop;
if v_apvr_id is not NULL then
v_cnt := v_cnt + 1;
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_name := ap.apvr_name; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_tcs_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_pay_id := ap.apvr_pay_id; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_pay_typ := ap.apvr_pay_typ; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
end if;
end if;
end loop;
/* list approver pay IDs */
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top">');
if lga_apvr.count = 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := 'Approver Unassigned';
else
for i in 1..lga_apvr.count loop
if i > 1 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ' ';
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := (lga_apvr(i).apvr_name);
end loop;
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top">');
if lga_apvr.count = 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := 'N/A';
else
for i in 1..lga_apvr.count loop
if i > 1 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ' ';
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := (lga_apvr(i).apvr_pay_typ)||'-'||lpad(lga_apvr(i).apvr_pay_id,4,'0');
end loop;
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('</td >');
end if;
for t in tc_cur(p.tcs_user_id, p_rpt_from_dt, p_rpt_to_dt) loop
htp.p('<! '||t.strt_dt||', '||t.end_dt||', '||t.stat_cd||' -->');
--lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top">');
--lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := (t.stat_cd);
--lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('</td >');
/* has the selected approver has completed processing */
if p_apvr_id > 0
and v_apvr_id = p_apvr_id
and v_a_user_id != p_apvr_id
then
exit;
end if;
for ap in apvr_cur (p.tcs_user_id) loop
if apvr_cur%rowcount = 1 then
/* most recent approver assigned */
lg_tcs_owner_info.apvr_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
end if;
if ap.strt_dt <= t.end_dt and nvl(ap.end_dt, t.end_dt) >= t.strt_dt then
/* approver assigned during time card period */
lg_tcs_owner_info.apvr_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
exit;
end if;
end loop;
lg_tc_status.strt_dt := t.strt_dt;
lg_tc_status.end_dt := t.end_dt;
lg_tc_status.stat_cd := t.stat_cd;
v_stat_cd := fct_TC_STATUS(nvl(p_apvr_id, 0));
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="'||lg_tc_status.bg_color||'">');
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('');
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := v_stat_cd;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('</td >');
end loop;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '</tr>';
end if; /* v_display_fl */
end loop;
if p_rpt_type in ('B', 'S') then
lg_page_cnt := lg_page_cnt + 1;
sub_DISPLAY_STATUS_SUMMARY;
end if;
if lga_report_out.count > 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '</table>';
end if;
if lga_report_out.count > 0 then
if p_rpt_type = 'B' or p_apvr_id > 0 then
if p_display_hdr then
if lg_page_cnt > 0 then
if p_apvr_id > 0 then /* selected individual approver */
htp.p('</table>');
end if;
htp.p(' ');
 htp.p('');
 htp.p('');
end if;
lg_page_cnt := lg_page_cnt + 1;
tc_reporting.reports_header
1,
'Time Card Status Report',
'for '||dd_mon_yyyy(p_rpt_from_dt)||' through '||dd_mon_yyyy(p_rpt_to_dt)||' '||
'Report Date: '||dd_mon_yyyy(lg_sysdate)||' Time: '||v_time_str,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL, -- p_backto_pg, /* Backto */
'focus()',
lg_page_cnt
end if;
end if;
if p_rpt_type in ('B', 'D') then
for i in 1..lga_report_out.count loop
htp.p(lga_report_out(i));
end loop;
end if;
end if;
END sub_STATUS_BD_ALPHA;
Some veriable
type report_tc_rec is record
tc_owner_name tc_wkr.d_full_nm_lfm%type,
o_user_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
o_pay_id varchar2(10),
o_sys_strt_dt date,
o_sys_end_dt date,
tc_apvr_name tc_wkr.d_full_nm_lfm%type,
a_pay_id varchar2(10),
a_user_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
tc_strt_dt date,
tc_end_dt date,
tc_stat_cd varchar2(50),
ap_strt_dt date,
ap_end_dt date
/* time card owner information */
TYPE tcs_owner_info_rec IS RECORD
USER_ID tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
PAY_ID tc_wkr.tcw_id%type,
PAY_TYPE tc_wkr.tcw_typ%type,
HIRE_DT date,
SYS_STRT_DT date,
TERM_DT date,
APVR_ID tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
APVR_STRT_DT date,
APVR_END_DT date
/* status code determines report cell font and background colors */
TYPE tc_status_rec IS RECORD
STRT_DT date,
END_DT date,
STAT_CD tc.stat_cd%type,
FONT_COLOR varchar2(16),
BG_COLOR varchar2(16)
/* count of all time card status for report summary */
TYPE tc_status_summary_rec IS RECORD
APPROVED_CNT integer := 0,
REJECTED_CNT integer := 0,
SUBMITTED_CNT integer := 0,
POSTED_CNT integer := 0,
VERIFIED_CNT integer := 0,
OPEN_CNT integer := 0,
NEW_CNT integer := 0,
REQUIRED_CNT integer := 0,
TOTAL_CNT integer := 0
/* determine multiple approvers for individual for selected report period */
TYPE apvr_rec IS RECORD
apvr_name tc_wkr.d_full_nm_lfm%type,
apvr_tcs_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
apvr_pay_id tc_wkr.tcw_id%type,
apvr_pay_typ tc_wkr.tcw_typ%type
TYPE apvr_id_array_table IS TABLE OF apvr_rec
index by binary_integer;
type output_array is table of varchar2(1000)
index by binary_integer;
type date_array is table of date
index by binary_integer;
type status_array is table of varchar2(1000)
index by binary_integer;
type apvr_array is table of number(8)
index by binary_integer;
lga_report_out output_array; /* array of HTML code to be output to browser */
lga_report_out_null output_array; /* null array of HTML code */
lga_tc_status status_array;
lga_null_status status_array;
lga_tc_strt_dt date_array;
lga_tc_end_dt date_array;
lga_tc_disp date_array; /* start dates of displayed TC for selected user */
lga_null_date date_array; /* null array used to clear other date arrays */
/* LOCAL GLOBAL VARIABLES */
lg_tcs_owner_info tcs_owner_info_rec; /* time card owner information */
lg_tc_status tc_status_rec; /* time card status information */
lg_tc_status_summary tc_status_summary_rec; /* time card count by status */
lg_tc_rec report_tc_rec; /* time card */
lga_apvr apvr_id_array_table; /* array of approver Names and Payroll IDs */
lga_apvr_null apvr_id_array_table; /* clear the lga_apvr array for each user */
lg_sysdate date := sysdate;
lg_debug_fl boolean := FALSE;
lg_debug_owner_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type := 9905;
lg_debug_apvr_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type := 1000;
The chnages i have done its in bold
Please Advice
Thanks
Edited by: Purvik on Aug 25, 2009 11:59 AM

There is not a chance in the world, especially not knowing column definitions that I, and I suspect most anyone else, is going to wade through this much unformated code looking for an error you couldn't bother to copy in full.
Either tell us, specifically, the line on which the error is occurring or, better yet, start whacking stuff out of your code until you find the offending definition. That is certainly what I would do. Commenting out sections is a marvelous way to quickly find an issue.
Before you post again please read the FAQ. It will explain to you how to properly post and use the tags.

Report error: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string b

I have a form which uses a customer form/report, drop downs etc..
the debug shows it running this statement
...Execute Statement: begin begin SELECT distinct initcap(RTRIM (LTRIM (e.surname, ' *0123456789-/:.?,'), ' *0123456789-/:.?,') || ', ' || RTRIM (LTRIM (e.first_name, ' *0123456789-/:.?,'), ' *0123456789-/:.?,' )) empname, e.ID bulk collect into wwv_flow_utilities.g_display,wwv_flow_utilities.g_value FROM dms.dms_employees@dmsprd e, dms.dms_employee_contracts@dmsprd ec WHERE e.ID = ec.emp_id and e.surname like '%%' AND :p75_date BETWEEN ec.start_date AND NVL (ec.end_date, :p75_date) AND e.brh_id = 3654 ORDER BY 1; end; end;
Then says
"report error: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small"
Any Ideas?
Thanks
Dean

Denes Kubicek wrote:
A select list is limited in size. I am not sure what the limit is but that is definitelly the case.The maximum size for the HTML generated for a select list is 32K.
86 options sounds on the low side to be hitting that limit, but there are other concerns to this as well. Scrolling through hundreds/thousands of options in a select list is a pain for users, and huge select lists produce bloated pages that impact load times and network bandwidth. That list of around 200 countries you find on many sites is about the sensible maximum length for a select list.
You should use popups.Indeed.

PL/SQL function body returning SQL query - ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error

I'm attempting to dynamically generate a rather large SQL query via the "PL/SQL function body returning SQL query" report region option. The SQL query generated will possibly be over 32K. When I execute my page, I sometimes receive the "ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error" which points to a larger than 32K query that was generated. I've seen other posts in the forum related to this dynamic SQL size limitation issue, but they are older (pre-2010) and point to the 32K limit of the DNS (EXECUTE IMMEDIATE) and DBMS_SQL. I found this post (dynamic sql enhancements in 11g) which discusses 11g no longer having the 32K size limitation for generating dynamic SQL. Our environment is on 11gR2 and using ApEx 4.2.1. I do not know which dynamic SQL method -- DNS or DBMS_SQL -- ApEx 4.2.1 is using. Can someone clarify for me which dynamic SQL method ApEx uses to implement the "PL/SQL function body returning SQL query" option?
As a test, I created a page on apex.oracle.com with a report region with the following source:
declare
l_stub varchar2(25) := 'select * from sys.dual ';
l_sql clob := l_stub || 'union all ';
br number(3) := 33;
begin
while length ( l_sql ) < 34000 loop
 l_sql := l_sql || l_stub || 'union all ';
end loop;
l_sql := l_sql || l_stub;
for i in 1 .. ceil ( length ( l_sql ) / br ) loop
 dbms_output.put_line ( dbms_lob.substr ( l_sql, br, ( ( i - 1 ) * br ) + 1 ) );
end loop;
return l_sql;
end;
The dbms_output section is there to be able to run this code in SQL*Plus and confirm the size of the SQL is indeed larger than 32K. When running this in SQL*Plus, the procedure is successful and produces a proper SQL statement which can be executed. When I put this into the report region on apex.oracle.com, I get the ORA-06502 error.
I can certainly implement a work-around for my issue by creating a 'Before Header' process on the page which populates an ApEx collection with the data I am returning and then the report can simply select from the collection, but according to documentation, the above 32K limitation should be resolved in 11g. Thoughts?
Shane.

What setting do you use in your report properties - especially in Type and in Region Source?
If you have Type="SQL Query", then you should have a SELECT statement in the Region Source. Something like: SELECT .... FROM ... WHERE
According to the ERR-1101 error message, you have probably set Type to "SQL Query (PL/SQL function body returning SQL query)". In this situation APEX expects you to write a body of a PL/SQL function, that will generate the text of a SQL query that APEX should run. So it can be something like:
declare
mycond varchar2(4000);
begin
if :P1_REPORT_SEARCH is not null THEN
mycond:='WHERE LAST_NAME like :P1_REPORT_SEARCH ||''%''';
end if;
return 'select EMPLOYEE_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME from EMPLOYEES ' ||mycond;
end;
And for escaping - are you interested in escaping the LIKE wildcards, or the quotes?
For escaping the wildcards in LIKE function so that when the user enters % you will find a record with % and not all functions, look into the SQL Reference:
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/conditions007.htm
(You would than need to change the code of your function accordingly).
If you are interested in escaping the quotes, try to avoid concatenating the values entered by the user into the SQL. If you can, use bind variables instead - as I have in my example above. If you start concatenating the values into the text of SQL, you are open to SQLInjection - user can enter anything, even things that will break your SQL. If you really need to allow users to choose the operator, I would probably give them a separate combo for operators and a textfield for values, than you could check if the operator is one of the allowed ones and create the condition accordingly - and than still use bind variable for inserting the filtering value into the query.

Use REGEXP_INSTR to find a text string with space(s) in it

I am trying to use REGEXP_INSTR to find a text string with space(s) in it.
(This is in a Function.)
Let's say ParmIn_Look_For has a value of 'black dog'. I want to see if
ParmIn_Search_This_String has 'black dog' anywhere in it. But it gives an error
Syntax error on command line.
If ParmIn_Look_For is just 'black' or 'dog' it works fine.
Is there some way to put single quotes/double quotes around ParmIn_Look_For so this will
look for 'black dog' ??
Also: If I want to use the option of ignoring white space, is the last parm
'ix' 'i,x' or what ?
SELECT
REGEXP_INSTR(ParmIn_Search_This_String,
'('||ParmIn_Look_For||')+', 1, 1, 0, 'i')
INTO Position_Found_In_String
FROM DUAL;
Thanks, Wayne

Maybe something like this ?
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G> with t as (
2    select 1 as num, 'this sentence has a black dog in it' as str from dual union all
3    select 2, 'this sentence does not' from dual union all
4    select 3, 'yet another dog that is black' from dual union all
5    select 4, 'yet another black dog' from dual union all
6    select 5, 'black dogs everywhere...' from dual union all
7    select 6, 'black dog running after me...' from dual union all
8    select 7, 'i saw a black dog' from dual)
9 --
10 select num, str
11 from t
12 where regexp_like(str,'black dog');
       NUM STR
         1 this sentence has a black dog in it
         4 yet another black dog
         5 black dogs everywhere...
         6 black dog running after me...
         7 i saw a black dog
5 rows selected.
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G>pratz
Also, 'x' ignores whitespace characters. Link to doc:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/conditions007.htm#i1048942
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pratz

ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error

HI All,
I am facing the following issue and looking forward for help to find the cause.
We are converting PDF documents in our repository to HTML using Oracle API
ctx_doc.ifilter (v_datablob, v_dataclob);
a highly simplified version of our code will be something like this..
1) Create table to store the BLOB(Binary PDF documents)
create table tbl_pdf_store(pdf_doc blob);
2) Insert a row and store a PDF.
3) Convert the PDF into HTML and store it in a CLOB object..
DECLARE
v_datablob BLOB;
v_dataclob CLOB;
BEGIN
--Create temporary clob objects
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary (v_dataclob, TRUE, DBMS_LOB.SESSION);
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary (v_datablob, TRUE, DBMS_LOB.SESSION);
--get the pdf to be converted from store table
SELECT pdf_doc
INTO v_datablob
FROM tbl_pdf_store
WHERE rownum < 1;
 --convert the BLOB to HTML and store it in CLOB
 ctx_doc.ifilter (v_datablob, v_dataclob);
exception
 when others then
 dbms_output.put_line(sqlerrm||' - '||sqlcode);
end;
Now the issue I am facing is, the above code works fine for few documents and for few others I get this cryptic error message
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.DRUE", line 180
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.CTX_DOC", line 1142
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error - -6502
I cant reproduce the exact code here, but if anyone had faced the similar issue, then it would be great if they help me out.
thanks,
Prashant

> Billy, its not just plain wrong its a sin :). "When
others" should itself be avoided if possible(it just
shows you don't know what error can occur). In the
actual code, we are using separate package to handle
and log errors. Here it was just for simplification I
added that putline code.
Phew.. You had me worried there... :-)
> I ran my procedure in debug mode and it throws this
exception when its executing the Oracle API
ctx_doc.ifilter
And there is very little you can do debugging that, as that source code is encoded (wrapped).
Which means that unfortunately you have to treat that code as a black box and investigate the bug with respects to:
a) the "environment" from which the call is made (ito of session settings, the sequence of calls made, etc)
b) the data and parameters passed
> this is not the case with all the PDFs..I was able to
convert more than 11 thousand documents without any
issues. I have this for only few hundred documents.
This would seem to point to a bug in Oracle's CTX conversion/filter code. Maybe those PDFs are a newer version and is not correctly supported. Maybe they're an older version that is not supported.
Which is why I said you need to isolate the error. Determine which PDFs are failing. Create a test harness (simplified code as you've posted) to perform a conversion (and nothing else).
Determine which PDFs fail and which works. Look at the differences between PDFs. E.g. can those problem PDFs be opened with different Acrobat Reader version - or do some of them fail?
> Another issue is I cannot view the content of the
these documents to check if anything is different :(.
You can with Acrobat Reader.. right?
> so no sure how to go from here...is there a
printstack method in Oracle 9i(similar to 10g I
guess) which can give me more information as I am
currently lost and not sure where to look.
Dumping the stack will not be of much help. In fact, the error message sequence you pasted already show the call sequence. And as these are in Oracle PL/SQL code, there is nothing really you can do about it.
My suggestion is to
a) isolate the error
b) consult the manual(s) to ensure that the Oracle PL/SQL s/w is used correctly
c) determine if this is data related (e.g. different PDF versions for example)
d) log a SR (Service Request) with Oracle Support
The more you can do ito of (a) - (c), the better the chance for finding the root cause, and the quicker resolution when you have no choice but to do (d).

Numbers Question, Finding Values In Multiple Sheets and Tables

I would like for a cell to be looking at all sheets, and calculate the Debt 1 or Debt 2 allocated funds. It would need to find the word, Debt 1 and take the number two cells to the right...I have attached a document to my webpage...
http://web.me.com/chris.ducasse/Forum/ForumBlog/Entries/2010/1/12009_Bi-Weekly_Budgets_ForForums.html

Hello
Working on the OP's document, I discovered a surprising odd behaviour.
In a table I grab datas from other tables using VLOOKUP.
The formula is :
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A$1,INDIRECT("Outgo "&ROW()&" :: A:C"),3,FALSE),0)
The cell in B1 grabs a value from table Outgo 1
The cell in B2 grabs a value from table Outgo 2
As the OP named its first table Outgo, when I named it Outgo 1,
I decided to edit the formula in cell B1. It becomes ::
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A$1,INDIRECT("Outgo :: A:C"),3,FALSE),0)
The funny behaviour is that in a sheet where there is no Outgo table (I had the "Outgo 1" one),
the formula continue to return the value grabbed from the table "Outgo 1".
For see, I renamed "Outgo 1" as "Outgo 3" with a different numerical value.
The formula referencing "Outgo" continue to return the value which was in "Outgo 1"
Continuing to play with this problem.
I edited the formula as:
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A$1,INDIRECT("Outgo 3 :: A:C"),3,FALSE),0)
Bingo, it grabbed the value from the true Outgo 3 table.
One more time I edited the formula as:
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A$1,INDIRECT("Outgo :: A:C"),3,FALSE),0)
Son of a …, it gives again the value which was in the now unavailable table "Outgo 1".
I guess that it grabs it from the undo buffer but it's absolutely foolish.
Serious smelling of bug but I wish to know if you get the same behaviour in other machines (maybe something is odd on mine).
Happily, there is a way to get rid of this odd behaviour :
cut the entire formula
press return
The cell is now empty.
Select it then paste.
The pasted formula will have a correct behaviour.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 2 janvier 2010 16:37:16

The range can't be used as a single value.

Sorry all, a bit new to spreadsheets
I am creating a budget spreadsheet in Numbers to learn how it all works
I have a costing for Oil use; 12 monthly columns that are added together to produce a total for the year.
However there is a standing charge to be added to this for the oil tank and that is £60 per year.
So I started with a formula that states simply:
SUM(B6:M6)
This returns my yearly oil consumption cost but when I amend it to add the standing charge of £60p.a. like this
SUM(B6:M6)+60
I get the syntax error message "The range B6:M6 can't be used as a single value"
I am sure there must be an easy work around for this but I haven't found it yet.
Anyone got any thoughts ?

Hmmm - this is quite a bit to take in !
OK let me ask you about another instance.
I have a column and at the top I have my Income for that month and below I have expenses incurred during that month.
What I am aiming to do is out put the profit i.e. Income minys expenses.
If I do this:
I get an error
But if I do this
I get a result but obviously it shows my Profit as a negative number.
That's why I find it strange.
Simply reversing the order of the values stops the formula working.
In one case the "range" (B3:B8) is producing a number value, and in the other it isn't.

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