"Error at Command Line : 1 Column : 698 Error report - SQL

Error: ORA-00984: column not allowed here

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INSERT INTO
FLAG ("OPT_FLAG_KEY","H_KEY","FIRST_NAME","LAST_NAME",
"MIDDLE_NAME","TITLE","CREDENTIALS","ADDRESS_LINE_1",
0 "ADDRESS_LINE_2","ADDRESS_LINE_3","CITY","STATE",
"POSTAL_CODE","PHONE_NUMBER","BUSIN_PHONE","DECEASED",
"OPT_FLAG","OPT_FLAG_DATE","SOU_KEY","SOU_FILE_ID",
"SOU_FILE_ID_TEXT","BAT_ID","PHONE_NUMBER_SOURCE","BIRTH_DATE")
VALUES(37009326,4,'Daniel','Boyle',NULL,NULL,NULL,'368 Road',
NULL,NULL,'Doylown','BVBV',1801,NULL,NULL,'NO','OUT',
TO_CHAR('10-AUG-16','DD/MM/YYYY'),201,
TO_DATE(SUBSTR('vhic_pavir_20160810.txt',12,8),YYYYMMDD),
'2016-08-10',598441,NULL,TO_DATE('03-FEB-1952',DD-MM-YYYY));

I have run this query in my DB am getting some error like below

Error at Command Line : 1 Column : 698

Error report
SQL Error: ORA-00984: column not allowed here
00984. 00000 - "column not allowed here" *Cause:
*Action:"

Edit: this is my desc of my table:

Name Null Type

------------------- ---- -------------
OPT_FLAG_KEY NUMBER(14)
H_KEY NUMBER(14)
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(50)
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(50)
MIDDLE_NAME VARCHAR2(50)
TITLE VARCHAR2(50)
CREDENTIALS VARCHAR2(50)
ADDRESS_LINE_1 VARCHAR2(100)
ADDRESS_LINE_2 VARCHAR2(100)
ADDRESS_LINE_3 VARCHAR2(100)
CITY VARCHAR2(50)
STATE VARCHAR2(20)
POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2(20)
PHONE_NUMBER VARCHAR2(100)
BUSIN_PHONE VARCHAR2(100)
DECEASED VARCHAR2(5)
OPT_FLAG VARCHAR2(10)
OPT_FLAG_DATE DATE
SOU_KEY NUMBER(14)
SOU_FILE_ID DATE
SOU_FILE_ID_TEXT VARCHAR2(20)
BATCH_ID NUMBER(14)
PHONE_NUMBER_SOURCE VARCHAR2(100)
BIRTH_DATE DATE

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 Share Improve this question Follow edited Aug 29, 2016 at 18:58 asked Aug 29, 2016 at 18:38
Kenster PANDIA LAKSHMANAN
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1 can you provide desc table (using desc table_name command) ? – Abhishek Aug 29, 2016 at 18:39

i cannot give it for all the column here, i have pasted in my answer@abhishek – PANDIA LAKSHMANAN Aug 29,
2016 at 18:43

what is the table name? – Abhishek Aug 29, 2016 at 18:51

table name is FLAG – PANDIA LAKSHMANAN Aug 29, 2016 at 18:57

I don't expect a ORA-00984 error for that reason, but the column names should go without quotes, i.e. INSERT
INTO FLAG (OPT_FLAG_KEY, H_KEY, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, MIDDLE_NAME, TITLE, CREDENTIALS,
ADDRESS_LINE_1, ADDRESS_LINE_2, ADDRESS_LINE_3, CITY, STATE etc Hope it helps. – lrnzcig Aug 29, 2016 at
19:20

1 Answer Sorted by: Highest score (default)

There are several issue with your statement. First, double-quotes are not required on column names
(unless you have mixed cases or space), remove them.
1
TO_CHAR('10-AUG-16','DD/MM/YYYY') -> 10-AUG-16 is a string, not a date. Thus it does not make any
sense to convert a string to a string

TO_DATE(SUBSTR('vhic_pavir_20160810.txt',12,8),YYYYMMDD) -> Format must be in single-quotes, i.e.

TO_DATE(SUBSTR('vhic_pavir_20160810.txt',12,8),'YYYYMMDD')

'2016-08-10' -> do you like to insert a DATE value or a string? You provided a string, not a date.

TO_DATE('03-FEB-1952',DD-MM-YYYY)) -> Format must be in single-quotes, see above. MM means the

month number, not the month name.

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Wernfried Domscheit
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