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Why am i getting ORA-00909: invalid number of arguments for this querry ?

857480Apr 25 2011 — edited Apr 27 2011
SELECT d.DEPARTMENT_ID,
d.DEPARTMENT_NAME,
(select count(*)from oehr_employees where department_id = d.department_id)
"Number of Employees",
substr(e.first_name,1,1)||'.'||e.last_name "Manager Name",
c.COUNTRY_NAME "Location"
FROM OEHR_DEPARTMENTS d,
OEHR_EMPLOYEES e,
OEHR_LOCATIONS l,
OEHR_COUNTRIES c
WHERE d.LOCATION_ID=l.LOCATION_ID
AND l.COUNTRY_ID=c.COUNTRY_ID
AND d.DEPARTMENT_ID=e.department_id
AND d.manager_id=e.employee_id
AND instr((d.department_name),(nvl(:P2_REPORT_
SEARCH,d.department_name)))>0 ;
This post has been answered by kendenny on Apr 25 2011
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Ora
Try this: 
SELECT d.DEPARTMENT_ID,
d.DEPARTMENT_NAME,
(select count(*) from oehr_employees where department_id = d.department_id) as "Number of Employees",
substr(e.first_name,1,1)||'.'||e.last_name as "Manager Name",
c.COUNTRY_NAME as "Location"
FROM 
OEHR_DEPARTMENTS d,
OEHR_EMPLOYEES e,
OEHR_LOCATIONS l,
OEHR_COUNTRIES c
WHERE d.LOCATION_ID=l.LOCATION_ID
AND l.COUNTRY_ID=c.COUNTRY_ID
AND d.DEPARTMENT_ID=e.department_id
AND d.manager_id=e.employee_id
AND instr((d.department_name),(nvl(:P2_REPORT_SEARCH,d.department_name)))>0 ;
Edited by: Ora on Apr 25, 2011 5:38 AM
819888
You are not using instr function with correct number of arguments.

Regards
kendenny
Answer
Must be because you have a line break in the middle of p2_report_search.
Works for me without the line break. 
SQL> variable p2_report_search  varchar2(10) := 'D';
SQL> 
SQL> WITH oehr_departments AS
  2    (SELECT 1 department_id, 'D1' department_name
  3           ,1 location_id, 1 manager_id FROM dual)
  4      ,oehr_locations AS
  5    (SELECT 1 location_id, 1 country_id FROM dual)
  6      ,oehr_countries AS
  7    (SELECT 1 country_id, 'US' country_name FROM dual)
  8      ,oehr_employees AS
  9    (SELECT 1 employee_id, 1 department_id, 'Ken' first_name, 'Denny' last_name FROM dual
 10     UNION
 11     SELECT 2 employee_id, 1 department_id, 'John' first_name, 'Smith' last_name FROM dual)
 12  SELECT d.DEPARTMENT_ID,
 13         d.DEPARTMENT_NAME,
 14         (select count(*)from oehr_employees where department_id = d.department_id)
 15            "Number of Employees",
 16          substr(e.first_name,1,1)||'.'||e.last_name "Manager Name",
 17          c.COUNTRY_NAME "Location"
 18    FROM OEHR_DEPARTMENTS d,
 19         OEHR_EMPLOYEES e,
 20         OEHR_LOCATIONS l,
 21         OEHR_COUNTRIES c
 22   WHERE d.LOCATION_ID=l.LOCATION_ID
 23     AND l.COUNTRY_ID=c.COUNTRY_ID
 24     AND d.DEPARTMENT_ID=e.department_id
 25     AND d.manager_id=e.employee_id
 26     AND instr((d.department_name),(nvl(:P2_REPORT_SEARCH,d.department_name)))>0 ;
 
DEPARTMENT_ID DEPARTMENT_NAME Number of Employees Manager Name Location
------------- --------------- ------------------- ------------ --------
            1 D1                                2 K.Denny      US
Marked as Answer by 857480 · Sep 27 2020
857480
Thanks ora... made it..!! :)
857480
Thanks Ken... fixed it..!! have a great day too...!!
857480
well what is the difference between the above and yours ora.....? could you pls explain.

thanks
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