"FROM keyword not found where expected" (Oracle SQL) - sql

So I have the following query which gives me the error in the title. I have no idea why it's giving me the error.
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW AUSTRALIANMEDALTALLY
AS
SELECT concat(SG_HOSTCITY, SG_YEAR) as 'ioc_game',
SUM(p.part_gold) as 'gold_medals',
SUM(p.part_silver) as 'silver_medals',
SUM(p.part_bronze) as 'bronze_medals'
FROM GAMES.SUMMERGAMES, GAMES.PARTICIPATION
WHERE COUNTRY_ISOCODE = AUS
GROUP BY COUNTRY_ISOCODE;
Any idea why I'm getting the error?

As well as AUS needing to to be quoted as 'AUS', your aliases either need to be double-quoted:
SELECT concat(SG_HOSTCITY, SG_YEAR) as "ioc_game",
which makes them case-sensitive, or not quoted at all:
SELECT concat(SG_HOSTCITY, SG_YEAR) as ioc_game,
And the same for the other aliases.
You also refer to a p as a table alias but you don't define that - presumably that's for participants - and you aren't defining how the tables are related, so you're doing a cross-join. Seems like you probably have the country in both tables, too, so you need to prefix the references with the table alias.
And you're grouping by a column that isn't in the select-list, which will cause its own error; you need to group by any columns you aren't aggregating.
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW AUSTRALIANMEDALTALLY
AS
SELECT concat(s.SG_HOSTCITY, s.SG_YEAR) as ioc_game,
SUM(p.part_gold) as gold_medals,
SUM(p.part_silver) as silver_medals,
SUM(p.part_bronze) as bronze_medals
FROM GAMES.SUMMERGAMES s
JOIN GAMES.PARTICIPATION p
ON p.gamesno = s.gamesno
WHERE p.COUNTRY_ISOCODE = 'AUS'
GROUP BY s.SG_HOSTCITY, s.SG_YEAR;

WHERE COUNTRY_ISOCODE = AUS
change to
WHERE COUNTRY_ISOCODE = 'AUS'

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Ambigously defined column in a subquery

I've the following subquery in an sql query:
(
SELECT ID_PLAN, ID_CURSO, NEDICION, NOMBRE AS NOMBREUNIDAD FROM ASISTEN, ALUMNOS, UNIDADES
WHERE ASISTEN.COD = ALUMNOS.COD AND UNIDADES.IDESTRUCTURA = ALUMNOS.IDESTRUCTURA
AND UNIDADES.CDUNDORG = ALUMNOS.CDUNDORG
AND UPPER(TRANSLATE(UNIDADES.NOMBRE, 'áéíóúÁÉÍÓÚ', 'aeiouAEIOU')) LIKE '%CONSEJERIA%'
GROUP BY ID_PLAN, ID_CURSO, NEDICION) ASIS
Problem I have I believe lies in that both table ALUMNOS and UNIDADES have a column named 'NOMBRE' so if I attempt to execute the query I obtain:
00000 - "column ambiguously defined"
To avoid that I thought about changing NOMBRE AS NOMBREUNIDAD to:
UNIDADES.NOMBRE AS NOMBREUNIDAD
But if I do that I get a:
00000 - "not a GROUP BY expression"
So, I don't know what to do so that subquery executes properly.
What should I change to properly execute query without changing the column name?
Aliases are pretty useful, if you use them. The simplify queries and make them easier to read and maintain. I'd suggest you to do so, as it'll also help query to work because Oracle doesn't know which table you actually meant when you selected those 4 columns - which tables do they belong to?
This is just a guess as I don't know your tables so you'll have to fix it yourself. Also, I literally JOINed tables; try to avoid comma-separating them in FROM clause and doing join in WHERE clause as it is supposed to filter data.
GROUP BY, as already commented, is probably useless. If you wanted to fetch distinct set of values, then use appropriate keyword: distinct.
SELECT DISTINCT n.id_plan,
s.id_curso,
u.nedicion,
u.nombre
FROM asisten n
JOIN alumnos s ON n.cod = s.cod
JOIN unidades u
ON u.idestructura = s.idestructura
AND u.cdundorg = s.cdundorg
WHERE UPPER (TRANSLATE (u.nombre, 'áéíóúÁÉÍÓÚ', 'aeiouAEIOU')) LIKE '%CONSEJERIA%'
I managed to solve my problem:
(
SELECT ID_PLAN, ID_CURSO, NEDICION, UNIDADES.NOMBRE AS NOMBREUNIDAD
FROM ASISTEN, ALUMNOS, UNIDADES
WHERE ASISTEN.COD = ALUMNOS.COD AND UNIDADES.IDESTRUCTURA = ALUMNOS.IDESTRUCTURA
AND UNIDADES.CDUNDORG = ALUMNOS.CDUNDORG
AND UPPER(TRANSLATE(UNIDADES.NOMBRE, 'áéíóúÁÉÍÓÚ', 'aeiouAEIOU')) LIKE '%CONSEJERIA%'
GROUP BY UNIDADES.NOMBRE,ID_PLAN, ID_CURSO, NEDICION
)

What is the syntax problem here using this subquery inside where clause

SELECT p.pnum, p.pname
FROM professor p, class c
WHERE p.pnum = c.pnum AND c.cnum = CS245 AND (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT MAX(m.grade), MAX(m.grade) - MIN(m.grade) AS diff
FROM mark m WHERE m.cnum = c.cnum AND m.term = c.term AND m.section = c.section AND diff <= 20)) = 3
Incorrect syntax near ')'. Expecting AS, FOR_PATH, ID, or QUOTED_ID.
Consider the following example:
SELECT COUNT(1)
FROM SYSCAT.TABLES T
WHERE
(
-- SELECT COUNT(1)
-- FROM
-- (
SELECT COUNT(1)
FROM SYSCAT.COLUMNS C
WHERE C.TABSCHEMA=T.TABSCHEMA AND C.TABNAME=T.TABNAME
-- )
) > 50;
The query above works as is. But the problem is, that if you uncomment the commented out lines, you get the following error message: "T.TABNAME" is an undefined name. and least in Db2 for Linux, Unix and Windows.
You can't push external to the sub-select column references too deeply.
So, your query is incorrect.
It's hard to correct it, until you provide the task description with data sample and the result expected.
I can see a potential syntax errors: It seems that CS245 refers to a value c.cnum may take and not a column name. If that is the case, it should be enclosed in single quotes.

Access syntax error when using Join

I have those two tables (Members and Now) I just need to make sure that no one in Members is actually in Now. Both tables have different structures but can be joined on firsname, lastname and postalcode.
So I tried this (in access)
SELECT Members.Prenom, Members.Nom, Members.Adresse, Members.[Adresse 2], Members.ville, Members.Province, Members.CodePostal
FROM Members
Left JOIN now ON (members.prenom = now.firstname AND members.nom = now.lastname
AND members.codepostal = now.postcode) WHERE now.id IS NULL
And it gives me a wonderful error message
invalid use of '.' ' ' or '()'. in query expression
May someone enlighten me on what I did wrong?
Pretty sure you cannot use 'now' as a table name, there are certain reserved words that MS Access need (in this case for function Now(), I guess the error message is telling you have missed the parentesis' ()). You could try encasing it in square brackets but I would strongly recommend changing your table name. A useful format I use is to prefix objects such as tblTableName, qryQueryName, rptReportName, frmFormName etc but whatever works for you.
SELECT Members.Prenom, Members.Nom, Members.Adresse, Members.[Adresse 2],
Members.ville, Members.Province, Members.CodePostal
FROM Members
Left JOIN [now] a ON (members.prenom = a.firstname AND members.nom = a.lastname
AND members.codepostal = a.postcode) WHERE a.id IS NULL

Error in select statement, with union all in a subquery

In Oracle 11g, I came across an error for a query and cannot figure why it is erroring on me. Here is the query:
select
main_data.issue_number,
main_data.transaction_number
from
(
select
p1.payment_date,
p1.media_number,
p1.payment_amount,
p1.issue_number,
p1.advice_na_number,
name.name_address_line_1,
name.name_address_line_2,
name.name_address_line_3,
name.name_address_line_4,
name.name_address_line_5,
name.name_address_line_6,
name.name_address_line_7,
name.name_address_city,
name.state_code,
name.address_country_code,
name.zip_code,
name.tax_id_number,
p1.output_tx_number_prin,
p1.output_tx_number_int,
'' as "transaction_number",
p1header.check_account_number
from
p1
left join name on p1.name_address_number = name.name_address_number
left join p1header on p1.issue_number = p1header.issue_number
UNION ALL
select
check.date_of_payment,
check.media_number,
check.payment_amount,
check.issue_number,
check.payee_na_number,
name.name_address_line_1,
name.name_address_line_2,
name.name_address_line_3,
name.name_address_line_4,
name.name_address_line_5,
name.name_address_line_6,
name.name_address_line_7,
name.name_address_city,
name.state_code,
name.address_country_code,
name.zip_code,
name.tax_id_number,
'' as "output_tx_number_prin",
'' as "output_tx_number_int",
check.transaction_number,
check.dda_number as "check_account_number"
from check
left join name on check.payee_na_number = name.name_address_number
) main_data
Selecting individual fields like above will give me an "invalid identifier error". If I do select * then it gives me back the data without any error. What am I doing wrong here? Thank you.
The old quoted identifier problem... see point 9 in the database object naming documentation, and note that Oracle does not recommend using quoted identifiers.
You've put your column alias as lower case inside double-quotes. That means that any references to it also have to be quoted and exactly match the case. So this would work:
select
main_data.issue_number,
main_data."transaction_number"
from
...
But unless you have a burning need to have that alias like that - and I doubt you do as all the identifier names from the actual table columns are not quoted - it would be simpler to remove the double quotes from the inner selects:
select
main_data.issue_number,
main_data.transaction_number
from
(
select
...
'' as transaction_number,
p1header.check_account_number
...
UNION ALL
select
...
'' as output_tx_number_prin,
'' as output_tx_number_int,
check.transaction_number,
check.dda_number as check_account_number
...
You don't actually need to alias the columns in the second branch of the union; the column identifiers will all be taken from the first branch.

What to do with the error "Ambiguous Columns Defined"?

This is my sql command:
select INCOME_TYPE_ID,
REGION_CODE,
FIN_YEAR_CODE,
PORTION_AMOUNT
from INCOME.INCOME_TYPE,
COMMON.REGION,
INCOME.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION,
INCOME.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM,
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC,
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM,
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER,
ACCOUNTING.FIN_YEAR
where INCOME.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM_ID = INCOME.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM_ID
and INCOME.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM.INCOME_TYPE_ID=INCOME.INCOME_TYPE.INCOME_TYPE_ID
and INCOME.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION_ID = ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION_ID
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC.VOUCHER_ITEM_ID = ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM.VOUCHER_ITEM_ID
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM.VOUCHER_ID = ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER.VOUCHER_ID
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER.REGION_CODE = COMMON.REGION.REGION_CODE
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER.FIN_YEAR_CODE = ACCOUNTING.FIN_YEAR.FIN_YEAR_CODE
and I got this error:
Ambiguous Columns Defined
I'm Using SQL Developer as Oracle client.
Apparently one (or more) column names in your select list exists in more than one table of the FROM list.
You need to prefix every column in the SELECT list with the table it's coming from (it's also a good practice to always do that, regardless of the fact if they are ambigous)
Mention name of table before every column in select query.
Ambiguous column means that you have more than one column with the same name in one of the SELECT statements.
Try this instead, prefgixing all selected columns with their fully qualified names (as you have done elsewhere in your SELECT):
select INCOME.INCOME_TYPE.INCOME_TYPE_ID,
COMMON.REGION.REGION_CODE,
ACCOUNTING.FIN_YEAR.FIN_YEAR_CODE,
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC.PORTION_AMOUNT
from INCOME.INCOME_TYPE,
COMMON.REGION,
INCOME.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION,
INCOME.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM,
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC,
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM,
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER,
ACCOUNTING.FIN_YEAR
where INCOME.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM_ID = INCOME.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM_ID
and INCOME.ASSESS_ORDER_ITEM.INCOME_TYPE_ID = INCOME.INCOME_TYPE.INCOME_TYPE_ID
and INCOME.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION_ID = ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION_ID
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC.VOUCHER_ITEM_ID = ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM.VOUCHER_ITEM_ID
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM.VOUCHER_ID = ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER.VOUCHER_ID
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER.REGION_CODE = COMMON.REGION.REGION_CODE
and ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER.FIN_YEAR_CODE = ACCOUNTING.FIN_YEAR.FIN_YEAR_CODE
I had to guess the filly qualified name for
ACCOUNTING.VOUCHER_ITEM_RECEIVE_DOC.PORTION_AMOUNT
It might be
INCOME.RECEIVE_DOC_PORTION.PORTION_AMOUNT
But you should be able to resolve that easily.
Hope it helps...