RE: SQL question

From: Vadim Gorbounov <vgorbounov_at_simplyengineering.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:22:47 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003F44D8.20020118124534@fatcity.com>

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));

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:51 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

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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