ORA-00932: inconsistant data types: expect CHAR got NUMBER

[Carscomp]

With this case when statement i get the above error. I no the the Sales Order is the issue, but i have not been able to figure this out.
in the data base the TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE is formatted as NUMBER(10)

case when TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE = '-6'
then ("Sale Order") else TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE
end case

 

[Joe4]

What program are you doing this in?
You posted it in the Excel Questions forum, but it does not look like Excel VBA code to me.

 

[Carscomp]

What program are you doing this in?
You posted it in the Excel Questions forum, but it does not look like Excel VBA code to me.

Excel SQL is where the code is in

 

[Joe4]

Excel SQL is where the code is in

OK. For future reference, be sure to mention that in your post so people know where you are trying to do this.

Knowing what I know about SQL, if TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE is indeed formatted to be a number, then this line:

case when TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE = '-6'

probably needs to look like this:

case when TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE = -6

as single and double quotes are used to designate Text entries, not Numeric ones.
Numeric entries should NOT have any quotes around them.

 

[Cubist]

It's probably the double quotes around "Sale Order" as well.

case
    when TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE = '-6' then 'Sale Order'
    else TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE
end

 

[Carscomp]

It's probably the double quotes around "Sale Order" as well.

case
    when TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE = '-6' then 'Sale Order'
    else TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE
end

Thanks for your help. I still get the same error. I don't understand why though. If i remove the wording 'Sale Order' and place a number (1 for example) there, it places that value on the sheet. I just have not been able to figure out a work around for replacing a number with 'Sale Order'. I have tried to_char('Sale Order') and still get the same error.
I am using excel 365 64 bit if that helps.

 

[Joe4]

Did you see my reply?
Try removing the quotes from around -6 too!

 

[FormR]

Hi, it looks like you a trying to query an Oracle database, if that's the case you can try like this:

case
    when TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE = -6 then 'Sale Order'
    else TO_CHAR(TOP_LEVEL_DEMAND_TYPE)
end

All the values returned by the case statement need to be of the same type.

 

[Carscomp]

Did you see my reply?
Try removing the quotes from around -6 too!

Yes i tries that, it did not work. thanks.