[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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.
>
INSERT INTO contacts (cont_id,cont_contact_surname)
SELECT seq_cont.nextval, a.delegated_person
FROM (select distinct delegated_person
from sierras
WHERE delegated_person is not null) a
should probably work but is ugly (whenever I can get rid of DISTINCT, I
do).
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