Question

Why does Oracle’s Report builder(connected to 11g DB) not allowing the following valid SQL?

with abc as 
(Select 1 as x from dual),
def as
(Select 2 as y from abc)
select x,y from abc,def

I am getting ORA-00942: table or view does not exist (Select 2 as y from ==>abc)
for the above.
When I execute the above SQL from SQL Developer connected to the same 11g database, it runs without any problems.
The following independent WITH clauses is accepted by the reports builder though,

with abc as 
(Select 1 as x from dual),
def as
(Select 2 as y from dual)
select x,y from abc,def

Is there a way to do this in reports builder or should I just have to cram the first WITH clause in the second one’s FROM clause?. Thanks in advance.

PS:Report Builder version is 10.1.2.0.2

Answer 1

There is a workaround for WITH clause problems posted on the Oracle forums here:
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=710036

That you could implement to get around your problem.

Alternatively, could you not just use the current WITH queries within inline views in your query?

EDIT:
Like this (using your code).

SELECT x, y
  FROM 
       (SELECT 1 AS x
          FROM dual) abc,
       (SELECT 2 AS y
          FROM dual) def