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  1. #1
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    Exclamation Error when inserting values to an employee table !

    Hi,

    Can someone help me out with this ?

    The problem is When I want to add :

    EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
    7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 15-AUG-98 1600 30
    7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 26-MAR -96 1550 300 30
    7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 10-APR-97 1250 10
    7288 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 14-MAY-99 1300 20

    the SQL code for individual insertions are:

    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7499),'ALLEN','SALESMAN',7698,'15-AUG-98,1600,NULL,30);

    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7521),'WARD','SALESMAN',7698,'26-MAR-96,1550,300,30);

    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7782),'CLARK','MANAGER',7839,'10-APR-97,1250,NULL,10);

    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7288),'SCOTT','ANALYST',7566,'14-MAY-99,1300,NULL,20);

    But When I eventually type them out in the console and enter

    This error pops up :
    ERROR:
    0RA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated


    Can someone explain to me what this means ?

    Thanks,

    Kind Regards,

    Manager00104,
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  2. #2
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    This insert statement will not work because all of the values that you are inserting need to be wrapped in one set of () or Parentheses. Also you have a date value that is missing the right quote. So the error message told you exactly what the issue is.

    Code:
    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7499),'ALLEN','SALESMAN',7698,'15-AUG-98,1600,NULL,30);
    This is what the inserts should look like.
    Code:
    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7499,'ALLEN','SALESMAN',7698,'15-AUG-98',1600,NULL,30);
    
    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7521,'WARD','SALESMAN',7698,'26-MAR-96',1550,300,30);
    
    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7782,'CLARK','MANAGER',7839,'10-APR-97',1250,NULL,10);
    
    INSERT INTO emp VALUES
    (7288,'SCOTT','ANALYST',7566,'14-MAY-99',1300,NULL,20);

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