Re: [Q] need help on SQLplus select "distinct" !!

You got an extra comma in your statement.

Btw, check your statement construction, you probably want the subquery named as employee not hiredate column..
Tanel.

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> I plan to select distinct data from table. anyone has
> suggestion?
>
> Thanks.
>
> select distinct employee
> from (select employee_id, lname, fname, mi, hiredate
> , as employee from emp)
> SQL>
> SQL> /
> from (select employee_id, lname, fname, mi, hiredate ,
> as employee from emp)
>
> *
> ERROR at line 2:
> ORA-00936: missing expression
>
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