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ORA-00923 Using "SYSTIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE" In A Select Statement From A Java Program Using JDBC (Doc ID 2759498.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 01, 2023

Applies to:

JDBC - Version 12.1.0.2.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A java program using  a SQL query with SYSTIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE reports the following error:

SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE ? -(120/1440) FROM DUAL)


ERROR

2020-10-06 13:41:35.093 0 Error Exception SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE ? -(?/?) FROM DUAL);
  java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:445)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:396)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.processError(T4C8Oall.java:879)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.receive(T4CTTIfun.java:450)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.doRPC(T4CTTIfun.java:192)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.doOALL(T4C8Oall.java:531)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.doOall8(T4CPreparedStatement.java:207)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.executeForDescribe(T4CPreparedStatement.java:884)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeMaybeDescribe(OracleStatement.java:1167)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1281)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3584)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeQuery(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3628)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.executeQuery(OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.java:1493)
...

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Cause

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