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False syntax error - Expected: '(',paren_expr_list,';',

Hi,

I was writing a login.sql script for SQLcl use in Oracle SQL Developer for VS Code - I was getting the following:

I didn't understand why the error was being flagged by the parser, especially when it executes without any errors and I can use the alias with no issues. I tried doing a bit of testing and the main thing was that it seemed to be picking up this syntax error for a few different things:

Hope this is helpful and let me know if you have any questions or confusion :)

Kind regards,

Jack

This post has been answered by thatJeffSmith-Oracle on Mar 26 2025
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