Hi, I have sql alchemy , cx_Oracle installed , Python 2.7 installed on my windows machine.
Trying to run a sql using SQL Alchemy and it fails with the below error: "sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError: (cx_Oracle.DatabaseError) ORA-00906: missing left parenthesis" This is the SQL i have: ('SELECT count(:count_2) AS count_1 \nFROM measure \nWHERE lower(CAST(measure.measure_code AS NVARCHAR2)) LIKE lower(:param_1) OR lower(CAST(measure.measure_name AS NVARCHAR2)) LIKE lower(:param_2)' , {'param_1': u'%da%', 'count_2': '*', 'param_2': u'%da%'}) Stack Trace: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Project\flask-admin-project\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\engine\base.py", line 939, in execute return self._execute_text(object, multiparams, params) File "C:\Project\flask-admin-project\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\engine\base.py", line 1097, in _execute_text statement, parameters File "C:\Project\flask-admin-project\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\engine\base.py", line 1189, in _execute_context context) File "C:\Project\flask-admin-project\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\engine\base.py", line 1402, in _handle_dbapi_exception exc_info File "C:\Project\flask-admin-project\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\util\compat.py", line 203, in raise_from_cause reraise(type(exception), exception, tb=exc_tb, cause=cause) File "C:\Project\flask-admin-project\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\engine\base.py", line 1182, in _execute_context context) File "C:\Project\flask-admin-project\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\engine\default.py", line 470, in do_execute cursor.execute(statement, parameters) sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError: (cx_Oracle.DatabaseError) ORA-00906: missing left parenthesis [SQL: 'SELECT count(:count_2) AS count_1 \nFROM measure \nWHERE lower(CAST(measure.measure_code AS N ARCHAR2)) LIKE lower(:param_1) OR lower(CAST(measure.measure_name AS NVARCHAR2)) LIKE lower(:param_2)'] [parameters: {'param_1': u'%da%', 'count_2': '*', 'param_2': u'%da%'}] I modified the SQL to remove the CAST function and tried again . It worked. As the first SQL is system generated SQL, i cannot modify it . Is there any way i can force SQL Alchemy not to do CAST on the measure code column? Request you please help. Thanks, Venugopal. -- SQLAlchemy - The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper http://www.sqlalchemy.org/ To post example code, please provide an MCVE: Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable Example. See http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve for a full description. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.