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Why am I getting errors writing a query after installing Splunk DB Connect and connecting to Oracle database?

gajananh999
Contributor

Hello,

I have installed splunk db connnect app and connecting to oracle database i am trying to write query
select * from etl_job;
i am getting this error can anyone please help me

command="dbquery", A database error occurred: ORA-00911: invalid character

Thank

Gajanan Hiorji

Ayn
Legend

I imagine the semicolon (;) shouldn't be there?

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gajananh999
Contributor

I am doing a database query in database Query tab. and my query is "select process_flag from etl_job"

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gaikarmayur
New Member

use below format

| dbxquery query="(your db query)" connection="(nameof DB Connection)"

use command dbxquery remove ( ,) after dbxquery

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Ayn
Legend

Exactly how does your complete search string in Splunk look?

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gajananh999
Contributor

I have tried that also but no luck here is the another error
command="dbquery", A database error occurred: ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

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