Re: SQL syntax question

Sean wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a statement that works on SQL server and doesn't on Oracle (v9):
>
> select FLD1, FLD2 from (select distict FLD1, FLD2, FLD3 from TBL1) As X
>
> Oracle error #93: SQL command not properly ended.
>
> What's the problem with the statement that Oracle doesn't like?...
> Thanks,
>
> Sean

Glad you solved the problem this time but in general doing things in Oracle as you did them in SQL Server is a bad idea. Even when the syntax is valid it is not necessarily the best practice.

Suggest you get a copy of Tom Kyte's book "Expert one-on-one Oracle" and give special attention to the first 3 chapters.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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