Harv, 

Well, it depends on the type of dd and dd1, doesn't it?


how about: (for the case where these are VARCHAR2)

cursor c1 is 
select dd,dd1,dd2,dd3 from dd
union
select 'ddstub','dd1stub',dd2,dd3 from dd1;

and likewise for other datatypes, mutatis mutandis.


Yours in Data, 

etc. 

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|| Subject: what to put in place of null
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|| Hi,
|| 
|| I have a cursor declared as 
|| cursor c1 is 
|| select dd,dd1,dd2,dd3 from dd
|| union
|| select null,null,dd2,dd3 from dd1;
|| 
|| i am getting error:
|| *
|| ERROR at line 1:
|| ORA-01790: expression must have same datatype as 
|| corresponding expression
|| ORA-06512: at "DY.REST", line 4
|| ORA-06512: at "DY.REST", line 10
|| ORA-06512: at line 1
|| 
|| what to replace null with......
|| dd1 has only 2 columns dd2 and dd3.....
|| 
|| Thanks
|| Harvinder
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