yes I'll have to include that. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Larry why don't ya try adding "is not null" in there somewhere > > /me ducks and runs 'cause I just added nothing to the conversation except to > be a smartass.. plus I know dick about advanced PL/SQL > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:59 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Weird error returned from a query. > > > that may be the problem, there are a lot of rows where the column's > value is empty. That gives me a lot to go on. > > many thanks, > larry > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Are there definately at least 3 chars in every row of the query? >> >> Could you try adding a where clause? Where length(region_abbrev) >= 3 >> >> Not sure if that's the right syntax for Oracle, but you get the idea. >> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons > <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> H all, >>> >>> I'm getting a weird error instead of some query results. >>> some background - its an oracle database and I'm trying to do a select >>> based on the last 3 letters of a column >>> >>> here's my sql: >>> select distinct SUBSTR(region_abbrev, -3, 3) >>> from cls_regioninfo >>> >>> this works fine when I try it in SQL Developer but when i use it in a >>> CF Query i get the following error. >>> >>> [Table (rows 70 columns SUBSTR(REGION_ABBREV,-3,3)): >>> [SUBSTR(REGION_ABBREV,-3,3): coldfusion.sql.querycol...@e6e108] ] is >>> not indexable by SUBSTR(REGION_ABBREV >>> >>> Any hints, suggestions or solutions would be very appreciated. >>> >>> larry >>> >>> -- >>> Larry C. Lyons >>> web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons >>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons >>> -- >>> The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. >>> - B. F. Skinner - >>> >>> >> >> > > > >
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