Error: PL/SQL ORA - 00932 data type incompatible when using the value of LONG type

Hello:

I use a PL/SQL job script where I use a value of type LONG in a cursor. When I run it, I get:

Incompatible data type of PL/SQL ORA-00932: expected NUMBER got LONG

set serveroutput ON SIZE 1000000
set heading off                
set feedback off                
set trimspool off               
set echo off 
set term off                   
set pagesize 0         

SPOOL &so_outfile;




DECLARE
  v_data_file          varchar2(30);
 --   v_sch_code            varchar2(10);
 --   v_instance_name       varchar2(10);
    ws_path            payroll.pybutfl.pybutfl_utl_file_path%TYPE; 
    v_data_line           VARCHAR2 (2000)                              := NULL;
    fhandle_o             UTL_FILE.file_type;
    v_line_count          NUMBER                                       := 0;
    v_selected_count      NUMBER                                       := 0;
    v_error_count         NUMBER                                       := 0;
    v_written_count       NUMBER                                       := 0;
    v_error_text          VARCHAR2 (50)       := ' AMACONF_ERR: Unable to write the line. ';
    v_errm                VARCHAR2 (255);
    v_sqlerrm             VARCHAR2 (255);
    v_payment_type        VARCHAR2(10);


CURSOR C1 IS
select RTRIM
      ( 
        AMRCONF_PIDM_ERR            ||'|'||
        AMRCONF_IDEN_CODE_ERR       ||'|'||
        AMRCONF_ENTRY_DATE_ERR      ||'|'||
        AMRCONF_CONFID_IND_ERR      ||'|'||
       *AMRCONF_COMMENT_ERR        ||'|'||*
        AMRSUBJ_SUBJ_CODE_ERR       ||'|'||
        ERROR_CODE                  ||'|'||
        ERROR_CODE_TEXT                 ) data_line
        from WSUALUMNI.AMRCONF_ERR;



BEGIN


DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Program Generating AMACOMT Mass Update Error File ');
IF UTL_FILE.is_open (fhandle_o)
    THEN   
   UTL_FILE.fclose (fhandle_o);
END IF;

/* Name The File Here */
v_data_file := ('Amaconf_error.txt');



SELECT RTRIM (pybutfl_utl_file_path)
      INTO ws_path
      FROM payroll.pybutfl;
      
      fhandle_o := UTL_FILE.fopen (ws_path, v_data_file, 'w');
      DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('UTLFILE file for this run is: ' || ws_path||'/'||v_data_file);
      v_written_count := 0;   

FOR c1_rec IN C1 LOOP
      BEGIN
        v_selected_count := v_selected_count + 1;
        v_data_line := rtrim(c1_rec.data_line);
        UTL_FILE.put_line (fhandle_o, v_data_line);
        v_written_count := v_written_count + 1;
    EXCEPTION
     WHEN OTHERS
      THEN
       DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_error_text);
       v_error_count := v_error_count + 1;
    END;
END LOOP;

     DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Number of Records Selected: ' || v_selected_count);
     DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Number of Records Written: ' || v_written_count);

      IF UTL_FILE.is_open (fhandle_o)
      THEN
         UTL_FILE.fclose (fhandle_o);
      END IF;

END;
/

SPOOL OFF;

If I comment on the ' AMRCONF_COMMENT_ERR |'| ' | ' line, then the script works fine. The table has been created as:

Create Table WSUALUMNI.AMRCONF_ERR
(
    AMRCONF_PIDM_ERR             NUMBER (8)    NOT NULL,
    AMRCONF_IDEN_CODE_ERR        VARCHAR2(5)   NOT NULL,
    AMRCONF_ENTRY_DATE_ERR       DATE          NOT NULL,
    AMRCONF_CONFID_IND_ERR       VARCHAR2(1),
    AMRCONF_COMMENT_ERR          LONG,          
    AMRSUBJ_SUBJ_CODE_ERR        VARCHAR2(5)   NOT NULL,
    ERROR_CODE                   VARCHAR2(12)  NOT NULL,
    ERROR_CODE_TEXT              VARCHAR2(50)  NOT NULL
);

I don't understand what the problem here is in the script.

Hello
Feew suggestions
(1) LONG is an obsolete type so if possible start working on this column change
(2) CLOB will be your favorite type of data on long.
(3) you cannot use RTRIM on long.

Here's a very quick example

drop table h
create table h (x long,y varchar2(100))
select rtrim(x) from h
select rtrim(y) from h

Solution:
[http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/code/tips2003/052503.html]

need to better implement the clob data type and

drop table h
create table h (x clob,y varchar2(100))
select  dbms_lob.substr( x, 4000, 1 ) from h
select rtrim(y) from h

See you soon!
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