Learn the cause and how to get to the bottom of the ORA-00927 error message in Oracle.
Description
When you stumble upon an ORA-00927 error, the following error message will appear:
ORA-00927: missing equal sign
Cause
You tried to execute a statement, but ignored an equal sign. This can happen in both the SET clause of a UPDATE assertion or in a search condition.
Resolution
The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:
Option #1
If this error came about in the SET clause of an UPDATE statement, add the missing equal signal and re-execute the statement.
For example, if you tried to execute the following:
UPDATE suppliers
SET supplier_name 'IBM'
WHERE supplier_id = 1000;You would receive the following error message:
You could right this error with the aid of including the missing equal sign, as follows:
UPDATE suppliers
SET supplier_name = 'IBM'
WHERE supplier_id = 1000;Option #2
If this error happened in a search condition when you are attempting to decide a “not equals” condition, add the lacking equal sign and re-execute the statement.
For example, if you tried to execute the following:
SELECT *
FROM suppliers
WHERE supplier_id ! 1000;You would receive the following error message:
You may want to right this error via including the missing equal sign, as follows:
SELECT *
FROM suppliers
WHERE supplier_id != 1000;This announcement would return all suppliers whose supplier_id is now not equal to a thousand