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    Error in Sql Statement

    SQL> SELECT a.deptno, a.dname, a.loc,
    2 rowtocol('SELECT DISTINCT job FROM emp WHERE deptno = ' ||a.deptno) as jobs
    3 FROM dept a;

    DEPTNO DNAME LOC JOBS
    ---------- -------------- ------------- -----------------------
    10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK CLERK,MANAGER,PRESIDENT
    20 RESEARCH DALLAS ANALYST,CLERK,MANAGER
    30 SALES CHICAGO CLERK,MANAGER,SALESMAN
    40 OPERATIONS BOSTON

    SQL> SELECT a.deptno, a.dname, a.loc,
    2 rowtocol('SELECT DISTINCT job FROM emp WHERE LOC='NEW YORK' AND deptno = ' ||a.deptno) as jobs
    3 FROM dept a;
    rowtocol('SELECT DISTINCT job FROM emp WHERE LOC='NEW YORK' AND deptno = ' ||a.deptno) as jobs
    *
    ERROR at line 2:
    ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis

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    Code:
    SELECT a.deptno, a.dname, a.loc,
    rowtocol('SELECT DISTINCT job FROM emp WHERE LOC=''NEW YORK'' AND deptno = ' ||a.deptno) as jobs
    FROM dept a;
    Double-up on the single quotes inside literal strings. Not double-quotes, two single-quotes.
    David Aldridge,
    "The Oracle Sponge"

    Senior Manager, Business Intelligence Development
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    Oracle ACE

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    Thanks.It worked..

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