Try this:
INSERT INTO contacts (cont_id,cont_contact_surname)
(SELECT seq_cont.nextval, delegated_person from
(select distinct delegated_person
FROM sierras
WHERE delegated_person is not null));
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Hi i am trying to insert records into a table by selectiog from table 2,
i
want to insert a sequence,, and the distinct values from table 1 but i
get
an error:
Query used:
INSERT INTO contacts (cont_id,cont_contact_surname)
(SELECT seq_cont.nextval,distinct delegated_person
FROM sierras
WHERE delegated_person is not null)
Error;
select seq_cont.nextval,distinct delegated_person
*
ORA-00936: missing expression
How can i modify the query to obtain the correct results
cheers all.
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