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ORA-00922: missing or invalid option - while running user defined report.

EdStevensMay 8 2019 — edited May 9 2019

Oracle 12.1.0.2 SE-2

SQL Dev 18.3.0.277

So, while I'm not a complete stranger to creating user-defined reports, it's not something I do a lot of.

I create a report:

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And when I try to run it

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So I would like to buy a clue as to what it thinks is missing or invalid. The exact same script, pasted into a SQL Dev worksheet, performs perfectly.

Ok, so on a guess I commented out the SET, COL, and BREAK commands. Now the report runs, but of course without any of the formatting I intended. Am I overlooking something, or expecting what really isn't there?
This post has been answered by thatJeffSmith-Oracle on May 9 2019
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it wants a sql query, but you gave it sqlplus commands instead

back up a level and share the type of report you have, and what kind of output you want, grid, chart, report, html, etc...

EdStevens 
thatJeffSmith-Oracle wrote:
it wants a sql query, but you gave it sqlplus commands instead 
back up a level and share the type of report you have, and what kind of output you want, grid, chart, report, html, etc...

Just a simple report, with the formatting as suggested by the sqlplus commands that were shown.

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if you want to use the sql formatting stuff, set your report type to script

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Then you can have at it...but instead of using COL formats, why not try SET SQLFORMAT ansiconsole?

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