PRB: "ORA-00923" Oracle Error when Executing or Verifying Query

Last reviewed: December 11, 1997
Article ID: Q166892

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Database Tools, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

The following error occurs when executing a query against an Oracle 7.0 database:

   ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

The error occurs when the query is of the following form:

   Select *, columnname
   From Table

CAUSE

The query is not a valid query, Oracle allows an asterisk (*) or a column list in the project list, not both.

RESOLUTION

Use a column list or the asterisk, but not both.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/

Keywords          : kbDtQDesigner kbinterop kbtool
Version           : 1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: December 11, 1997
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