Error 518 When Trying To Insert A Pl/Sql Record Using %Rowtype (Doc ID 315823.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 09, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

1. Receiving gthe  error Error 518 - This INSERT statement requires VALUES clause containing a
parenthesised list of values".
when try to insert values into a row %TYPE

declare
r_alias_rec xx.n%type;
r_alias_rec_b xx.v%type;
CURSOR c1 IS SELECT n FROM xx;
BEGIN
open c1;
FETCH c1 INTO r_alias_rec;
INSERT INTO xx (n) VALUES r_alias_rec;
close c1;
END;

2. But the same code works fine in the SQL *PLUS that matches the DB version

Cause

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