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Updated
Jun 24, 2024

PLS-00486

select list cannot be enclosed in parentheses

Cause

In a SELECT statement, the select list was enclosed in parentheses, as in: SELECT (deptno, dname, loc) FROM dept INTO ... This breaks the rules of SQL syntax. Parentheses are not required because the keywords SELECT and FROM delimit the select list.


Action

Remove the parentheses enclosing the select list.