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ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number
Tags: variable, illegal
Hi,
I'm using formdetails to add/update data.
On one page, it is working fine, on another I keep getting the error 1036 (ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number) when I try to update a record.

I've taken the update statement down to as basic a statement as possible in order to identify the problem and have used sqlmonitor to see what is being passed to Oracle.

Below is what I get in the trace.
I just don't see what the problem can be.

sam_account_name is varchar(30)

-----------------------------------
Timestamp: 09:18:53.816
UPDATE t_users SET sam_account_name = :sam_account_name WHERE sam_account_name = :sam_account_name
sam_account_name = 'm'
Execution time: 0 ms

Runtime error occurred: 1036 (ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number)
-----------------------------------

this is the asp definition
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConflictDetection="CompareAllValues"
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Tempus %>" DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM t_users WHERE user_id = :original_user_id "
        InsertCommand="INSERT INTO t_users (user_id, sam_account_name, username, department_id, company_id, role_id) VALUES (seq_t_users.nextval, :sam_account_name, :username, :department_id, :company_id, :role_id)"
        OldValuesParameterFormatString="original_{0}" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM t_users"
        UpdateCommand="UPDATE t_users SET sam_account_name = :sam_account_name WHERE sam_account_name = :sam_account_name "
        ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Tempus.ProviderName %>">
        <DeleteParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="original_user_id" Type="Int32" />
        </DeleteParameters>
        <UpdateParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="sam_account_name" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="username" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="department_id" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="company_id"  />
            <asp:Parameter Name="role_id" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="original_user_id" Type="Int32" />
            <asp:ProfileParameter Name="userID" PropertyName="userID" Type="Decimal" />
        </UpdateParameters>
        <InsertParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="sam_account_name" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="username" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="department_id" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="company_id" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="role_id" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:ProfileParameter Name="userID" PropertyName="userID" Type="Decimal" />
        </InsertParameters>
    </asp:SqlDataSource>

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03.23.2006 at 03:56AM PST, ID: 16268127

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>>UPDATE t_users SET sam_account_name = :sam_account_name WHERE sam_account_name = :sam_account_name
This SQL really does not make much sense ..

it would mean something like this ..
UPDATE t_users SET sam_account_name = 'm'
WHERE sam_account_name = 'm'

how would that work?


 
03.23.2006 at 03:59AM PST, ID: 16268140
>I've taken the update statement down to as basic a statement as possible in order to identify the problem and have used sqlmonitor to see what is being passed to Oracle.


It's not supposed to make sense, I'm trying to solve a problem.
 
03.23.2006 at 04:01AM PST, ID: 16268149

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also, i assume when u have just
UPDATE t_users SET sam_account_name = :sam_account_name WHERE sam_account_name = :sam_account_name
as ur update query .. u have also changed ur update parameter list to just have that parameter
 
03.23.2006 at 04:04AM PST, ID: 16268163
Yes - no joy there.

    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConflictDetection="CompareAllValues"
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Tempus %>" DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM t_users WHERE user_id = :original_user_id "
        InsertCommand="INSERT INTO t_users (user_id, sam_account_name, username, department_id, company_id, role_id) VALUES (seq_t_users.nextval, :sam_account_name, :username, :department_id, :company_id, :role_id)"
        OldValuesParameterFormatString="original_{0}" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM t_users"
        UpdateCommand="UPDATE t_users SET sam_account_name = :sam_account_name WHERE sam_account_name = :sam_account_name "
        ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Tempus.ProviderName %>">
        <DeleteParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="original_user_id" Type="Int32" />
        </DeleteParameters>
        <UpdateParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="sam_account_name" />
        </UpdateParameters>
        <InsertParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="sam_account_name" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="username" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="department_id" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="company_id" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="role_id" Type="Empty" />
            <asp:ProfileParameter Name="userID" PropertyName="userID" Type="Decimal" />
        </InsertParameters>
    </asp:SqlDataSource>
 
03.23.2006 at 04:07AM PST, ID: 16268184

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just guessing .. is it because u have not specified a type for the updte parameter
<asp:Parameter Name="sam_account_name" type="string"/>
 
03.23.2006 at 04:09AM PST, ID: 16268191
No.
I've string, empty and no parameter at all.
 
03.23.2006 at 04:15AM PST, ID: 16268220

Rank: Genius

have a look at this link .. maybe one of these might be similar to ur issue .. like the space after the parameter name ..
http://objectsharp.com/Blogs/bruce/archive/2004/09/17/883.aspx
 
03.23.2006 at 04:20AM PST, ID: 16268246
Yes, I've seen that one before.
But my dataname is nowhere near 32 chars and there isn't a space at the end, or are you seeing something I'm not ?
 
03.23.2006 at 04:48AM PST, ID: 16268419
The daft thing is that I can run this in Toad with no problem at all.
 
03.23.2006 at 06:12AM PST, ID: 16269163
Found it !!
After so damn long.
Turns out it was the ConflictDetection parameter.
It was set to CompareAllValues. I changed it to OverwriteChanges and it all works.

Given that the parameter list was the same as the values I was updating, I can't see why this should have proved such a problem.
But that's MS, I guess.
 
05.11.2006 at 06:57AM PDT, ID: 16658404

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No comment has been added to this question in more than 21 days, so it is now classified as abandoned.

I will leave the following recommendation for this question in the Cleanup topic area:
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05.15.2006 at 02:51AM PDT, ID: 16680928
PAQed with points refunded (125)

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Accepted Solution
 
 
20080236-EE-VQP-29