Question

When I run the query below I get this message:

SQL Error: ORA-00904: “B”.”MEMBERS_COUNT”: invalid identifier
00904. 00000 – “%s: invalid identifier”

select pt.paym_type_name, pt.dvd_allowed, b.members_count
from payment_type pt
where paym_type_id in (select paym_type_id
                        from (SELECT paym_type_id, 
                                     count(paym_type_id) as members_count
                              FROM user_payment
                              WHERE (paym_type_id=1   OR
                                     paym_type_id=2   OR
                                     paym_type_id=3)  AND 
                                     SYSDATE <= (ADD_MONTHS(paym_date, 12) ) 
                              GROUP BY paym_type_id
                              ORDER BY MEMBERS_COUNT DESC) b
                        where rownum=1)
;

I don’t understand why. How can I fix it? I do need to add the column MEMBERS_COUNT at the end.

Answer 1

select pt.paym_type_name, pt.dvd_allowed, b_outer.members_count
from payment_type pt,
    (select paym_type_id,members_count
      from (SELECT paym_type_id, 
                   count(paym_type_id) as members_count
             FROM user_payment
            WHERE (paym_type_id=1   OR
                   paym_type_id=2   OR
                   paym_type_id=3)  AND 
                   SYSDATE <= (ADD_MONTHS(paym_date, 12) ) 
                   GROUP BY paym_type_id
                   ORDER BY MEMBERS_COUNT DESC) b_inner
                   where rownum=1) b_outer
where paym_type_id =b_outer.paym_type_id