Question

i get an error with the following statement in a hibernate hbm file:

...
<subselect>
   <![CDATA[
      select t.colA, right(t.colB, 12) b
   ]]>
</subselect>
...

The error is Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00904: "RIGHT": invalid Identifier

Database: Oracle 11g
Hibernate: 3.5.6-Final

On the Java side i use Hibernate Criteria to retrieve the data from the database.
Without the right function it works without error.
The statement runs without error too directly executed with an sql client on the database.

Could the Criteria API causes the problem?

Answer 1

Oracle doesn’t seem to support RIGHT function. You can try using SUBSTR function instead, something like:

select t.colA, substr(t.colB,-12) b 

References:

Oracle String Functions on oradev

Oracle String Functions on techonthenet

Oracle/PLSQL String Functions

Oracle right function