RE: Bad SQL.....

From: Jack C. Applewhite <japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:20:04 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0030F8D3.20010525094739@fatcity.com>

Dave,

You need to use a subquery in your Where clause:

..
WHERE available_power.driver_id =
 (Select manpowerprofile.mpp_id
  From manpowerprofile
  Where manpowerprofile.mpp_terminationdt <>

          TO_DATE('31-DEC-2049','DD-MON-YYYY')  )

Jack

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-----Original Message-----
Dave
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:01 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I am trying to write an update statement but seem to be having problems. Below is my statement and the error in SQL*Plus.

  1 UPDATE AVAILABLE_POWER SET available_power.driver_terminated = 'Y'   2 WHERE available_power.driver_id = manpowerprofile.mpp_id   3* and manpowerprofile.mpp_terminationdt <> TO_DATE('31-DEC-2049','DD-MON-YYYY')
SQL> /
   and manpowerprofile.mpp_terminationdt <> TO_DATE('31-DEC-2049','DD-MON-YYYY')

                       *

ERROR at line 3:
ORA-00904: invalid column name

I know that manpowerprofile.mpp_terminationdt is a valid table column. Do I need to do some type of join on these two tables? Or is it just Friday and I should give up and go have a cold beer!!:o) Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

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