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Re: Learning Oracle - ORA-00907

From: Billy O'Connor <billy_at_dpscon.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 06:01:24 GMT
Message-ID: <m3663cot3o.fsf@dps2.dpscon.com>


"Missy Pont" <missyp_at_excite.com> writes:

> SELECT (X < Y) AS X_Is_Smaller, ....
> ORA-00907: Missing right parenthesis
>
> Your time will be appreciated. Thanks.

If you're trying to implement a conditional in straight SQL(as I suspect), try:

select 'x' from dual where ( X < Y ); Received on Tue Apr 02 2002 - 00:01:24 CST

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