Column not allowed here Oracle SQL on multiple columns

Question

I\'m trying to insert records into a table, and I\'m getting a \"column not allowed here\" error on my \"item rating column\" (\"PG\" in the example below) when I\'m inserting t

Answer 1

PG is in double quotes, which means it is not a string. Strings are delimited by single quotes in SQL. But I would recommend writing this as:

INSERT INTO ITEM ( list the columns here)
    SELECT item_s1.NEXTVAL, '786936161878', common_lookup_id, 
          'The Sandlot', 'American Baseball Classic', 'PG',
          TO_DATE('1993/04/01 01:00:00', 'yyyy/mm/dd hh24:mi:ss'),
          1, SYSDATE, 1, SYSDATE
    FROM common_lookup
    WHERE common_lookup_type = 'DVD_WIDE_SCREEN';