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Error Messages

Error messages, how they are caused and what can be done about them.

MySQL

• Error 1052 Column 'name' in field list is ambiguous

• Error 1111 Invalid use of group function

• Error 1140 Mixing of GROUP columns (MIN(),MAX(),COUNT(),...) with no GROUP columns is illegal if there is no GROUP BY clause

• Error 1146 Table 'gisq.Bbc' doesn't exist

SQL Server

• Msg 1013, Ambiguous column name 'name'.

• Msg 147 An aggregate may not appear in the WHERE clause unless it is in a subquery contained in a HAVING clause or a select list, and the column being aggregated is an outer reference.

• Msg 208 Invalid object name 'noSuchTable'

• Msg 8120 Column 'xxx' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause. (SQL-42000)

Oracle

• ORA-00918: column ambiguously defined

• ORA-00934: group function is not allowed here

• ORA-00937: not a single-group group function

• ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

• ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression

DB2

• SQL0203N A reference to column "NAME" is ambiguous. SQLSTATE=42702

• SQL0120N A WHERE clause, GROUP BY clause, SET clause, or SET transition-variable statement contains a column function.

• SQL0204N "GISQ.NOSUCHTABLE" is an undefined name

• SQL0119N An expression starting with "xxx" specified in a SELECT clause, HAVING clause, or ORDER BY clause is not specified in the GROUP BY clause or it is in a SELECT clause, HAVING clause, or ORDER BY clause with a column function and no GROUP BY clause is specified. SQLSTATE=42803

Postgres

• Error 7 ERROR: Column reference "name" is ambiguous

• ERROR: Aggregates not allowed in WHERE clause

• ERROR: Relation "nosuchtable" does not exist

• Error 7 ERROR: Attribute xxx.xxx must be GROUPed or used in an aggregate function