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Jun 24, 2024

PLS-00399

different types of columns in UNION, INTERSECT, or MINUS expression

Cause

The select lists to the left and right of a UNION, INTERSECT, or MINUS expression select at least one column that is mismatched in datatype. For example, the following statement is faulty because the constant 3 has datatype NUMBER, whereas SYSDATE has datatype DATE: CURSOR my_cur IS SELECT 3 FROM emp INTERSECT SELECT SYSDATE FROM emp;


Action

Change the select lists so that they match in datatype. You might want to use datatype conversion functions in the select list of one or more queries.