Very Urgent: Invalid Number error

We are getting an invalid number error on a date field in a Form that has run this procedure for two years. The query is something like select max(upload_date) from pfe_time_report where ssn = :block_update.ssn. We think that an invalid number has been inserted into the database but we can't find out where. Has anyone run into this situation before? This is a crucial enterprise application (3000 people won't get paid w/o it!)
Thanks.

Infact I also got this error, I solved this problem by removing NLS_DATE_FORMAT from the registry you can try out this option and see it does work.
Rahamath

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Very Urgent: Invalid number in database

We are getting an invalid number error on a date field in a Form that has run this procedure for two years. The query is something like select max(upload_date) from pfe_time_report where ssn = :block_update.ssn. We think that an invalid number has been inserted into the database but we can't find out where. Has anyone run into this situation before? This is a crucial enterprise application (3000 people won't get paid w/o it!)
Thanks.

Jeremy:
I support a payroll app for 10000, I sympathize.
I think that your bad data is in either whatever table you get :block_update.ssn from , or in pfe_time_report.ssn
The invalid number error occurs when there is an implicit or explicit conversion from a string to a number, and the string contains alpha characters.
If pfe_time_report.ssn is defined as numeric, I would look at the block_update source which may be char or varchar.
Assuming that :block_update.ssn is VARCHAR2(10), you could use something like:
SELECT ROWID,identifying_columns
FROM block_update_source
WHERE RPAD(TRANSLATE(ssn,'1234567890','$$$$$$$$$$'),10,'$') <> '$$$$$$$$$$'This will change all valid numbers in :block_update.ssn to 10 $'s. Any non-numeric characters will remain as they were.
I hope everyone gets paid. Thanks for the advice. The table is pfe_time_report. SSN is a Varchar2(10) and upload_date is a date. The :block_update is based on this table. Would it be advisable to use the query you mentioned to update the table and correct any errors in these columns? I don't want to touch the query on the form because it is a client/server app and the customers are spread out all over the state of New Mexico.

Invalid Number Error Please help Urgent

Hi,
I am trying to create a report in discoverer where in I get an invalid number error for the statement
,DECODE(final.TYP,'Sales',to_char(final.future_supplpy),'B/O','B/O') sale_type.
We have the requirement that when TYP is Sales i need to display future supply and when the TYP is B/O i need to display B/O.
The query runs perfectly fine in TOAD but in Discoverer Desktop when i run the report i get an error message
invalid number.
Please help its urgent
Thanks
Ashwini

Hi Ashwani
First of all, your statement appears to not be handling anything other than Sales or B/O. Is that deliberate? If not, you need a default, catch all value at the end like this:
DECODE(final.TYP,'Sales',NVL(final.future_supply,to_char(final.future_supply),'B/O','B/O', default_value) sale_type
You also might want to make sure there aren't any NULL values in future_supply or in TYP and if there are you might want to consider using an NVL for these, like this:
DECODE(final.TYP,'Sales',NVL(to_char(final.future_supply,NULL),'B/O','B/O', default_value) sale_type
Also, when using DECODE you don't always need to use TO_CHAR as the DECODE conversion to a string typically takes place automatically. CASE is different as it insists that all results are of the same data type.
Hope this helps
Best wishes
Michael

Another ORA-01722: invalid number Error

Hello All,
I have 2 Validations on 1 Item, Not Null and Not Exists, very standard.
select fk_session_name_id
from hrt_session
where fk_session_name_id = :p9_fk_session_name_id
and fk_class_id = :p9_fk_class_id;My Item needs to be a Select List that returns the ID of FK_SESSION_NAME_ID.
select distinct SESSION_NAME display_value, PK_SESSION_NAME_ID return_value
from HRT_SESSION_NAME
order by 1My Form Page throws the ORA-01722 in invalid number Error only when I make the Item a Select List. If Item is a
Text Field and ID value entered and Create is clicked the data is saved but not when its a Select List. I have read alot
of threads that talk about converting this Item to_number but I have not been successful in doing this. Once the Item is
a Select List the Not Exists validation works but the Not Null Validation populates the Error Message. Can anyone
assist me with this please? Thanks
My Data Type is INTEGER for FK_SESSION_NAME_ID and SESSION_NAME is VARCHAR2.
SESSION_NAME data....
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
PMAS 1
PMAS 2
BASIC WORD 2003.....
Edited by: Charles A on Jan 11, 2010 1:42 PM

Hey Jari,
The PK_SESSION_NAME_ID in the select statement is the value that is going to be returned. FK_SESSION_NAME_ID is the Foreign Key value that will get the value from the Primary Key PK_SESSION_NAME_ID.
Yes, I do have an account that you can log into, thanks for assistance Jari.
Once you log in Select link 'Hrt_Class' which will populate Page 2. Region 'Cascading LOVs has 4 Items. Class Meridiem, Class Name, Class End Date and Class Location. Select these values then click 'Search'. Once the values are populated click the red button at the bottom 'Add Session Info'. This will populate Page 9 which will allow you to test the Create button. You should not be able to add any Session Name that exists in the Report below and you should not be able to Create a Null FK_SESSION_NAME_ID. Let me know if this is clear, thanks again.
The PK_SESSION_ID cannot be Null so just start with values 60116 on up to avoid that error message. I do not have any sequences or triggers created since this is just a testing app.
Edited by: Charles A on Jan 11, 2010 4:05 PM

Invalid Number Error in IR search bar.

Hi,
I am getting an invalid number error when i put a value in search bar without selecting the column name.
I followed ' "Invalid number" error using Interactive Report search on collection' thread and accordingly
1) Purged User preferences and session state.
2) Cleared browser settings and cache.
3) Deleted old region and Created a new region on the page with the same query.
If I select a column and search it works fine but when I just give an arrangement id which looks like 'ARR12345' directly in search bar it throws Invalid Number.
This is working perfectly fine in other environments which is replica of this one.
I also ran Apex util function to remove sort preferences.
Also my report is a very simple report like select * from a,b where a.id = b.id.
Please help me. This is a production issue.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Regards
Garima
Edited by: 860249 on Nov 4, 2011 11:40 AM

UPDATE SET as = '1', ad = '1', co = '1', pr = '1', date = localtimestamp, lus = 'username'SELECT * FROM sys.v_$reserved_words;
SQL> create table test1(as varchar2(10));
create table test1(as varchar2(10))
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: : invalid identifier
SQL> create table test1(sno number, date date);
create table test1(sno number, date date)
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: : invalid identifier
SQL> create table test1("as" varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> create table test2(sno number, "date" date);
Table created.
SQL> desc test1
Name                                      Null?    Type
as                                                 VARCHAR2(10)
SQL> desc test2
Name                                      Null?    Type
SNO                                                NUMBER
date                                               DATE
SQL>

Pl/SQL is prompting "invalid number" error

Hello Sir/Madam,
I'm not very clear why pl/sql cursor is prompting "invalid number" error.
I need to load single as well as multi Gas meter data for an automation process. The procedure is loading single meter data fine, but when I add multi meter data to that table it is halting and prompting "invalid number". I made sure that each record is unique. Define primary key based on three field ( they are: SERVICEPOINTID, METERID, and ENDDATE )
in the sample file, they are in that order
I would appricaite your help & explantions on this issue
sample procedure code:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure GSO_SBX_ADMIN.row_add_v2 is
rct_cnt number := 0;
    header_key gso_hourlylog_header.hrly_log_hdr_ky%TYPE;
    dailyorder_key gso_hourlylog_header.DLY_ORDER_KY%TYPE;
    customer_key gso_customer_log.CUST_KY%TYPE;
    channel_key gso_cust_channel_privs.CHNNL_KY%TYPE;
    custlog_key gso_customer_log.CUST_LOG_KY%TYPE;
    hourly_custlog_detail_key gso_hourly_cust_log_detail.HRLY_CUST_LOG_DTL_KY%TYPE;
    customer_name GSO_CUSTOMER_LOOKUP.CUST_NM%TYPE;
    row_processing_status VARCHAR2(100) := '';
    other_customerlog_issue VARCHAR2(5) := 'FALSE';
    ls_curr_user VARCHAR2(30) := 'GSO_PROCESS_IEE_INTO_GSO';
    record_processable VARCHAR2(5) := '';
    rec_processing_timestamp TIMESTAMP;
begin
for daily_gis_add in
        SELECT '', METERID, ENDDATE, HOURENDING, VOLUMEVALUE, CUSTOMERNAME, DEVICEID, CUSTOMERID, SERVICEPOINTID
        FROM GSO_IEE_STAGE gis where trunc(gis.loaded_dt) = trunc(sysdate)
loop
insert into gso_iee_process_log
    VALUES
          rec_processing_timestamp,
          daily_gis_add.METERID,
          daily_gis_add.ENDDATE,
          daily_gis_add.HOURENDING,
          daily_gis_add.VOLUMEVALUE,
          daily_gis_add.CUSTOMERNAME,
          daily_gis_add.DEVICEID,
          daily_gis_add.CUSTOMERID,
          daily_gis_add.SERVICEPOINTID,
          customer_name,
          customer_key,
          channel_key,
          dailyorder_key,
          header_key,
          custlog_key,
          hourly_custlog_detail_key,
          row_processing_status,
          SYSDATE
        commit;
      rct_cnt := rct_cnt + 1;
dbms_output.put_line(' rowadded '|| rct_cnt);
end loop;
end;
sample data:
32096040001 11048610FGI 5/25/2013 10 AM 10 Tower Hill School 1104861000217112 257808404 32096110001 6/21/2013 10:40:18 AM
26107010002 11086348FGI 5/25/2013 10 AM 10 Emily Bissell Hospital 1108634800050877 261070100 26107010002 6/21/2013 10:40:18 AM
32101140001 11086356FGI 5/25/2013 10 AM 10 Delaware River Bay Authority 1108635600413231 321011400 32101140001 6/21/2013 10:40:18 AM
31875230004 110680FGI 5/25/2013 10 AM 10 Arlon Inc. Gas 11068000021253 318752300 31875230004 6/21/2013 11:04:58 AM
31875230003 110681FGI 5/25/2013 10 AM 10 Arlon Inc. Gas 11068100022092 318752300 31875230003 6/21/2013 11:04:58 AM
Regards,
Vani Sonti

Hello,
I've commented out or removed the fields that are not listed.. here is the modified code.. I just added the part where is was prompting errors..
Yes, I tested just now and it is looping and printing all five record counters..
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure GSO_SBX_ADMIN.row_add_v3 is
rct_cnt number := 0;
begin
for daily_gis_add in
        SELECT '', METERID, ENDDATE, HOURENDING, VOLUMEVALUE, CUSTOMERNAME, DEVICEID, CUSTOMERID, SERVICEPOINTID
        FROM GSO_IEE_STAGE gis where trunc(gis.loaded_dt) = trunc(sysdate)
loop
insert into gso_iee_process_log
   TIMESTAMP_ID, PREMISEID,METERID,ENDDATE ,HOURENDING,VOLUMEVALUE ,
   CUSTOMERNAME,DEVICEID,CUSTOMERID,SERVICEPOINTID
    VALUES
          SYSDATE,
          daily_gis_add.METERID,
          daily_gis_add.ENDDATE,
          daily_gis_add.HOURENDING,
          daily_gis_add.VOLUMEVALUE,
          daily_gis_add.CUSTOMERNAME,
          daily_gis_add.DEVICEID,
          daily_gis_add.CUSTOMERID,
          daily_gis_add.SERVICEPOINTID
        commit;
      rct_cnt := rct_cnt + 1;
dbms_output.put_line(' rowadded '|| rct_cnt);
end loop;
end;
Vani

Case When Statement and ORA:01722 Invalid number error

Hi folks, I have posted this under another heading as well under E-business suite so apologies if some you have already seen it but I would really appreciate some help on this one. Any suggestions are most welcome.
We are trying to put together a calculation that returns the number of days absent an individual has had in a given time period. We need to cater for those absences that started before the period and are closed during it, absence that start during the period and end after it, and those that open and close within it.
The period is always a rolling 6 months from sysdate.
This is the calc we have come up with so far which works for some people but we get the invalid number error if the absence includes a half day - so 0.5, 1.5,etc.
This is probably over complicated but we are not techie at all so are learning as we go!
We are using the HRMS - Administration - Oracle Human Resources (Core) business area in 10G and the Absence Attendance and Person folders.
SUM(TO_NUMBER(NVL(( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date < TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') THEN ( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" > SYSDATE THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( Absence Attendance.Duration Days ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ),( DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") )),'999999990D00'))

Hi,
It could be that this is because you are using SYSDATE which contains the time as a fraction rather than TRUNC(SYSDATE) which just contains the current time. It could be that your working_dates_between raises this error.
However, your formula is far more complicated than it needs to be.
Firstly, you want to look at the date window ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6) to TRUNC(SYSDATE). Then you want to look at the portion of the absence that falls in the date window. This is GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6)) to LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE)). You may need to add 1 to the absence end date because this is the last day of their absence rather than the date they return. It depends how you calculate the days between the start and end
date of the absence. You can create calculations for the start and end date of the absences within the 6 months time window. Create calculation AbsenceStart as
GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6))
and AbsenceEnd as
LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE))
Then you need to only pick up absence that a part of the absence in your 6 month date window. You can use a condition in the workbook or a condition in a case statement to do this. You then need to calculate the difference between these dates and SUM all the values.
SUM(CASE WHEN AbsenceEnd >= AbsenceStart THEN WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(AbsenceStart, AbsenceEnd) END)
That's it. Not so complicated after all.
Rod West

Case When Statement and ORA:1722 Invalid number error

Sorry I posted this in the wrong forum - I have the answer now
Cheers
HELP!!!
We are trying to put together a calculation that returns the number of days absent an individual has had in a given time period. We need to cater for those absences that started before the period and are closed during it, absence that start during the period and end after it, and those that open and close within it.
The period is always a rolling 6 months from sysdate.
This is the calc we have come up with so far which works for some people but we get the invalid number error if the absence includes a half day - so 0.5, 1.5,etc.
This is probably over complicated but we are not Techie at all so are learning as we go! We are using the HRMS - Administration - Oracle Human Resources (Core) business area in 10G and the Absence Attendance and Person folders.
SUM(TO_NUMBER(NVL(( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date < TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') THEN ( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" > SYSDATE THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( Absence Attendance.Duration Days ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ),( DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") )),'999999990D00'))
Edited by: CPearce on Sep 25, 2008 8:03 AM

Hi,
It could be that this is because you are using SYSDATE which contains the time as a fraction rather than TRUNC(SYSDATE) which just contains the current time. It could be that your working_dates_between raises this error.
However, your formula is far more complicated than it needs to be.
Firstly, you want to look at the date window ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6) to TRUNC(SYSDATE). Then you want to look at the portion of the absence that falls in the date window. This is GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6)) to LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE)). You may need to add 1 to the absence end date because this is the last day of their absence rather than the date they return. It depends how you calculate the days between the start and end
date of the absence. You can create calculations for the start and end date of the absences within the 6 months time window. Create calculation AbsenceStart as
GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6))
and AbsenceEnd as
LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE))
Then you need to only pick up absence that a part of the absence in your 6 month date window. You can use a condition in the workbook or a condition in a case statement to do this. You then need to calculate the difference between these dates and SUM all the values.
SUM(CASE WHEN AbsenceEnd >= AbsenceStart THEN WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(AbsenceStart, AbsenceEnd) END)
That's it. Not so complicated after all.
Rod West

Recieving ORA-01722 invalid number error while creating a materialized view

Hi,
I am receiving a ORA-01722 invalid number error while creating a materialized view. when run the select statement of the view i don't get any error, but when i use the same select statement to create a materialized view i receive this error. Could any please help in resolving this error. Here is the code i am using to create a materialized view.
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW MV_EBS_CH_CLOSED
REFRESH FORCE ON DEMAND
AS
SELECT DISTINCT kr.request_id, org.org_unit_name,
ebs_ch_ticket_type (kr.request_id) ticket_type,
DECODE
(kr.status_code,
'CLOSED_SUCCESS', kr.last_update_date,
'IN_PROGRESS', (SELECT MAX (start_time)
FROM ebs_ch_datastore ecd1
WHERE kr.request_id = ecd1.request_id
AND workflow_step_name =
'Final BA Review and Deployment Exit Criteria')
) closed_date,
substr(krhd.visible_parameter12,1,10) siebel_start_date,
kr.creation_date itg_start_date
FROM kcrt_requests kr,
kcrt_request_types krt,
kcrt_req_header_details krhd, kcrt_request_details krd1,
(SELECT koum.user_id user_id,
DECODE (koup.org_unit_name,
'IT Implementations', 'CHS - Service Management BA',
koup.org_unit_name
) org_unit_name
FROM krsc_org_unit_members koum, krsc_org_units koup
WHERE 1 = 1
AND 'Y' = koup.enabled_flag
AND koum.org_unit_id = koup.org_unit_id
AND EXISTS (
SELECT 'X'
FROM krsc_org_units kouc
WHERE koup.org_unit_id = kouc.org_unit_id
START WITH kouc.parent_org_unit_id =
ANY (SELECT org_unit_id
FROM krsc_org_units krsc_org_units1
WHERE 'Clearinghouse' =
org_unit_name)
CONNECT BY kouc.parent_org_unit_id =
PRIOR kouc.org_unit_id)
UNION
SELECT kou.manager_id user_id,
DECODE
(kou.org_unit_name,
'IT Implementations', 'CHS - Service Management BA',
kou.org_unit_name
) org_unit_name
FROM krsc_org_units kou
WHERE 'Y' = kou.enabled_flag
START WITH kou.parent_org_unit_id =
(SELECT org_unit_id
FROM krsc_org_units krsc_org_units2
WHERE 'Clearinghouse' = org_unit_name)
CONNECT BY kou.parent_org_unit_id = PRIOR kou.org_unit_id) org
WHERE krt.request_type_id = kr.request_type_id
AND krt.request_type_name IN ('Bug Fix', 'IT Enhancement')
and kr.REQUEST_ID = krd1.request_id
and krd1.batch_number = 1
AND kr.request_id = krhd.request_id
AND org.user_id in (krd1.parameter4, krd1.parameter5, krd1.parameter7)
AND ( 'CLOSED_SUCCESS' = kr.status_code
OR 'IN_PROGRESS' = kr.status_code
AND kr.request_id IN (
SELECT request_id
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT request_id,
MAX
(start_time)
closed_date
FROM ebs_ch_datastore
WHERE 'Final BA Review and Deployment Exit Criteria' =
workflow_step_name
GROUP BY request_id))
Thanks,
Shaik Mohiuddin

This error occurs when you try to create a materialized view , but if you run the sql the results are perfectly fine. Well it happend to me also and to fix this I made sure all the coulmns have the same data type which are used in joins or in where clause.
use
where
to_number(col1)=to_number(col2) and to_number(col3)=to_number(col4)
hope this helps..

Invalid number error for bind dialog

Oracle SQL Developer version 1.1.2.25 BUILD MAIN-25.79
Running under WinXP
Issue description:
We get an invalid number error when bind variable filled with an enter in the bind dialog

It is hard to say what is causing your problem without the specifics (ie query and value entered for the bind variable). Try running the same statement with the value of the bind variable in place of the bind variable (ie instead of running "select * from dual where dummy = :var" with a value of 'x' for :var, run "select * from dual where dummy = 'x'"). If you get the same error, then it is not an issue with the use of bind variables.
Be aware that currently you cannot define the data type of bind variables (unlike TOAD, etc) and they are all treated as character values. I wouldn't have thought that this would cause you problem unless you are using a bind variable to restrict a numeric column to a specific value and you are entering a non-numeric bind (ie "select * from people where person_id = :id" and using 'xyz' as the value for :id).

How to determine offending column in ORA-01722: invalid number error ...

When an error like
ORA-01722: invalid number error
occurs and you are dealing with many columns that could be the 'culprit', does anyone have a method by which
you can quickly determine offending column?

SQL PLus will tell you:
SQL> create table t
2 (col1 number
3 ,col2 number
4 ,col3 number
5 ,col4 number
6 ,col5 number
7 );
Table created.
SQL> create table x
2 (col1 varchar2(10)
3 ,col2 varchar2(10)
4 ,col3 varchar2(10)
5 ,col4 varchar2(10)
6 ,col5 varchar2(10)
7 );
Table created.
SQL> insert into x values ('1','2','x','4','5');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t(col1,col2,col3,col4,col5)
2 select col1,col2,col3,col4,col5 from x;
select col1,col2,col3,col4,col5 from x
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-01722: invalid numberAnd if you rearrange your sql like this, sql plus will give you the line number of the offending column:
SQL> insert into t
2 (col1
3 ,col2
4 ,col3
5 ,col4
6 ,col5
7 )
8 select col1
9        ,col2
10        ,col3
11        ,col4
12        ,col5
13 from x;
      ,col3
ERROR at line 10:
ORA-01722: invalid number

Please help: Case Statement - ORA-01722: invalid number Error

Hi All,
I'm trying to use Case statement to recode Cancelled statuses into two groups
'Reject' if the difference between first date and last date is less than 29 and
'Accept' if the difference between first date and last date is greater than 30
Here is my 'test' data:
STATUS     FIRST_DATE     LAST_DATE
Transfer     10/08/2011     10/09/2011
Mover     10/08/2011     15/09/2011
Cancel     10/08/2011     16/09/2011
Cancel     10/08/2011     5/09/2011
Here is the syntax
select a.*,
(CASE WHEN a.STATUS ='Cancel' THEN (round(a.LAST_DATE-a.FIRST_DATE))
ELSE 0
END) CAN_DAYS,
(CASE WHEN 'CAN_DAYS' >29 THEN 'Reject'
WHEN 'CAN_DAYS' <30 THEN 'Accept'
END) Reject_Accept
from test a
The first CASE statement works fine and gives me this
STATUS     FIRST_DATE     LAST_DATE     CAN_DAYS
Transfer     10/08/2011     10/09/2011     0
Mover     10/08/2011     15/09/2011     0
Cancel     10/08/2011     16/09/2011     37
Cancel     10/08/2011     5/09/2011     26
but the second CASE produces ORA-01722: invalid number Error. It is something to do with the CAN_DAYS data type, Oracle doesn't see it as Numeric i think.
The result i want to see would be
STATUS     FIRST_DATE     LAST_DATE     CAN_DAYS Reject_Accept
Transfer     10/08/2011     10/09/2011     0
Mover     10/08/2011     15/09/2011     0
Cancel     10/08/2011     16/09/2011     37 Accept
Cancel     10/08/2011     5/09/2011     26 Reject
Could someone please help me to fix the syntax?
Thank you in advance,

This seems to give you your desired results...
with test as
( select 'Transfer' as status, to_date('10/08/2011') as first_date, to_date('10/09/2011') as last_date from dual union all
    select 'Mover'             , to_date('10/08/2011')              , to_date('15/09/2011')               from dual union all
    select 'Cancel'            , to_date('10/08/2011')              , to_date('16/09/2011')               from dual union all
    select 'Cancel'            , to_date('10/08/2011')              , to_date('05/09/2011')               from dual
select status
     , first_date
     , last_date
     , CAN_DAYS
     , CASE
          WHEN CAN_DAYS =   0 THEN NULL
          WHEN CAN_DAYS < 30 THEN 'Reject'
          WHEN CAN_DAYS >= 30 THEN 'Accept'
        END Reject_Accept
from ( select status
               , first_date
               , last_date
               , CASE
                    WHEN STATUS ='Cancel' THEN round(LAST_DATE-FIRST_DATE)
                    ELSE 0
                  END CAN_DAYS
            from test
;

Getting ORA-01722 invalid number error

what is wrong with the query throwing invalid number error
SELECT NVL(OPT_WA_FAIR_VAL_A,0)
FROM AUDIT_GRN ag
WHERE ag.ORG_GRP_I = 1
AND ag.GRN_N = 2
AND (ag.ED_EFF_M,NVL(ag.ED_END_M,SYSDATE)) IN (SELECT MAX(ED_EFF_M),MAX(NVL(ED_END_M,SYSDATE))
FROM AUDIT_GRN ag2
WHERE ag2.ORG_GRP_I= ag.org_grp_i
AND ag2.grn_n=ag.grn_n
AND To_Date(To_Char(ag2.ED_EFF_M,'MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY') <= TO_DATE(TO_CHAR('08/04/06','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY')
AND To_Date(To_Char(NVL(ag2.ED_END_M,SYSDATE),'MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY') >= TO_DATE(TO_CHAR('08/04/06','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY'));

Error occurs at this line-excluding these line iam getting output
Audit _grn striucture is
org_grp_i number(6)
grn_n number
ed_eff_m timestamp(6)
ed_end_m timestamp(6)
OPT_WA_FAIR_VAL_A number(18,6)
AND To_Date(To_Char(ag2.ED_EFF_M,'MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY') <= TO_DATE(TO_CHAR('08/04/2006','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY')
AND To_Date(To_Char(NVL(ag2.ED_END_M,SYSDATE),'MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY') >= TO_DATE(TO_CHAR('08/04/2006','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY'));

ORA-01722: invalid number error with Bulk collect

Hi ,
I have been using the script to delete old seasonal data from my application DB tables. The stored procedure has been created successfully but when i try to run the proc it has been throwing 'ORA-01722: invalid number' exception at line 'FETCH C1_CUR BULK COLLECT INTO C1_TYPE_VAR LIMIT v_bulklimit;'.
Could you please help me here?
Below is the stored proc:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE clean_old_season_data(P_SEASON VARCHAR2) AS
CURSOR C1_CUR IS SELECT ROWID RID,pro.* FROM PROPS pro where pro.ITEMPK IN
(SELECT sve.pk FROM SAVEDVALUEENTRY sve WHERE sve.p_parent IN
(SELECT s.pk FROM SAVEDVALUES s WHERE s.P_MODIFIEDITEM IN
(SELECT a.PK
FROM products a
WHERE a.p_season IN (select s.pk from Seasons s where s.P_code=P_SEASON)
) ) ) and rownum<5;
CURSOR C2_DEL IS SELECT RID FROM PROPS_HISTORY;
TYPE C1_TYPE IS TABLE OF C1_CUR%ROWTYPE;
C1_TYPE_VAR C1_TYPE;
TYPE C2_TYPE IS TABLE OF UROWID;
C2_TYPE_VAR C2_TYPE;
ex_dml_errors EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(ex_dml_errors, -24381);
l_error_count NUMBER;
err_num NUMBER;
err_msg VARCHAR2 (300);
COMMIT_VARIABLE PLS_INTEGER:=0;
v_bulklimit NUMBER:=2;
BEGIN
/*------------------ Data Selection and INSERTION IN HISTORY TABLE ---------------------------------------*/
OPEN C1_CUR;
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Cursor opend now in loop');
FETCH C1_CUR BULK COLLECT INTO C1_TYPE_VAR LIMIT v_bulklimit;//ERROR OCCURS HERE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Cursor count is'|| C1_TYPE_VAR.COUNT);
FORALL I IN 1..C1_TYPE_VAR.COUNT SAVE EXCEPTIONS
INSERT INTO PROPS_HISTORY VALUES C1_TYPE_VAR(I);
COMMIT_VARIABLE := COMMIT_VARIABLE + v_bulklimit;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Commit variable'|| COMMIT_VARIABLE.COUNT);
IF COMMIT_VARIABLE = v_bulklimit THEN
COMMIT;
COMMIT_VARIABLE := 0;
END IF;
EXIT WHEN C1_CUR%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Cursor closed now in loop and data inserted in history table');
CLOSE C1_CUR;
/*------------------ Data Selection and DELETION IN Live TABLE ---------------------------------------*/
COMMIT_VARIABLE := 0;
OPEN C2_DEL;
LOOP
FETCH C2_DEL BULK COLLECT INTO C2_TYPE_VAR LIMIT 2;
FORALL I IN 1..C2_TYPE_VAR.COUNT SAVE EXCEPTIONS
DELETE FROM PROPS WHERE ROWID = C2_TYPE_VAR(I);
COMMIT_VARIABLE := COMMIT_VARIABLE + 2;
IF COMMIT_VARIABLE = 2 THEN
COMMIT;
COMMIT_VARIABLE := 0;
END IF;
EXIT WHEN C2_DEL%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP;
CLOSE C2_DEL;
END;

Although there are many things which should not have been done in the posted code, I could not find any reason why the Invalid number error should occur at the Fetch clause.
I would suggest you to Insert into Table by providing the Order of Columns i.e. Insert into table (col1, ... colN) values (coll(i).col1...col(i).colN);
I tested below code and it did not give any errors.
drop table test_table;
create table test_Table
rid   varchar2(100),
emp_id number(5),
fname   varchar2(20),
lname   varchar2(50)
set serveroutput on;
declare
cursor c_cur is
      select rowid rid, e.*
        from employees e
       where rownum < 10;
type typ_cur is table of c_cur%rowtype;
typ typ_cur;
l_bulk_limit    number := 5;
begin
open c_cur;
loop
    fetch c_cur bulk collect into typ limit l_bulk_limit;
    dbms_output.put_line('Collection Count :: ' || typ.count);
    forall i in 1..typ.count --typ.first..typ.last
      insert into test_Table (rid, emp_id, fname, lname) values (typ(i).rid,typ(i).employee_id,typ(i).first_name,typ(i).last_name);
    dbms_output.put_line('Processed ' || l_bulk_limit || ' records.');
    exit when c_cur%notfound;
end loop;
commit;
end;
select * from test_table;PS:- 1. When you are processing only 4 Records, then why are you breaking them in 2 Loops?
2. Why Commit every time you are processing a DML? Why not maintain an Error Flag and Rollback the Transaction as soon as error is encountered?
3. Use "{code}" (Exclude Double Quotes) to format the code. I am not sure if works.
Regards,
P.

ORA-01722: invalid number error. In Update

create or replace procedure San_Test (sInNum varchar2, outMsg out varchar2)
is
begin
update mtest set
mname = 'Success'
where id in (sInNum);
commit;
outMsg :='Success';
exception
when others then
outMsg :='Err';
dbms_output.put_line(sqlerrm);
end;
This is my test sp where i am getting ORA-01722: invalid number error.
Which is because the column data type is Number of ID and i have sInNum parameter as varchar2.. How can i achieve this ?
I don't have other way to do this please help.

Great demonstration for SQL INJECTION, was that part of your OCP training?
CREATE TABLE mtest (id NUMBER, mname VARCHAR2(255));
INSERT INTO mtest VALUES (1, 'test');
INSERT INTO mtest VALUES (2, 'test2');
COMMIT;
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE san_test (sinnum VARCHAR2, outmsg OUT VARCHAR2)
IS
   mnum     VARCHAR2 (10);
   strsql   VARCHAR2 (250);
BEGIN
   mnum := REPLACE (sinnum, '''', '');
   strsql :=
       'update mtest set
mname = ''Success''
where id in (' || mnum || ')';
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE strsql;
   COMMIT;
   outmsg := 'Success';
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS
   THEN
      outmsg := 'Err';
      DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (SQLERRM);
END;
SELECT *
FROM mtest;
        ID MNAME
         1 test
         2 test2And now for the fun part:
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
v_put_msg VARCHAR2(255);
BEGIN
san_test('1) OR (1=1', v_put_msg);
dbms_output.put_line(v_put_msg);
COMMIT;
END;
SELECT *
FROM mtest;
        ID MNAME
         1 Success
         2 SuccessC.

Very Urgent: Invalid Number error

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