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PL/SQL: ORA-00984: column not allowed here

Hi,

i have an insert statement in my procedure and i m using the cursor value in it ..

eg:

insert into sample(sid,sname) values(cursor1.sid,cursor1.sname);

and when i try to execute the procedure it gives the error

PL/SQL: ORA-00984: column not allowed here

so what is the cause for this error.i CANNOT POST THE PROC AS IT TOO BIG. Can anyone help me with this.

Thanks

sathyagiri

Are you using EXECUTE immediate to do this?

Also post the cursor loop with in which you're doing this insert

GGuzdziol

Probably You want to insert values from record/variable, not cursor itself!

SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf

1 declare
2 cursor cr is select * from tab_test;
3 begin
4 for rec in cr loop
5 insert into tab_test(desc_id) values (cr.desc_id);
6 end loop;
7* end;
SQL> /
insert into tab_test(desc_id) values (cr.desc_id);
*
ERROR at line 5:
ORA-06550: line 5, column 43:
PLS-00225: subprogram or cursor 'CR' reference is out of scope
ORA-06550: line 5, column 46:
PL/SQL: ORA-00984: column not allowed here
ORA-06550: line 5, column 5:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored

but

SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf

1 declare
2 cursor cr is select * from tab_test;
3 begin
4 for rec in cr loop
5 insert into tab_test(desc_id) values (rec.desc_id);
6 end loop;
7* end;
SQL> /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

GGuzdziol

or if You use variables instead of records it would be

SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf

1 declare
2 cursor cr is select * from tab_test;
3 desc_id varchar2(30);
4 begin
5 open cr;
6 loop
7 fetch cr into desc_id;
8 exit when cr%notfound;
9 insert into tab_test(desc_id) values (desc_id);
10 end loop;
11 close cr;
12* end;
SQL> /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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