ok, i've been trying this for hours now and i keep getting errors. here is my scripts for creating the VIEW in PL/SQL. if i do it with double-quotes like this:


SQL> CREATE VIEW
2 "MY_ADDSTUDENTTARGET" ("DEMOGRAPHICID","ETHNICITYID","REFERRERID","DEMOG RAPHICSTUDENTID","ACADE
MICYEARID","DOB","EMAIL","FNAME","HOMEADDRESS1","H OMEADDRESS2","HOMECITY","HOMECOUNTRY","HOMEPOST","
HOMESTATE","LNAME","MAILINGADDRESS1","MAILINGADDRE SS2","MAILINGCITY","MAILINGCOUNTRY","MAILINGPOST" ,
"MAILINGSTATE","MNAME","PHONE1","SEX","SSN","STUDE NTSTATUS","STUDENTTYPE","SUPPCOLLEGEID","CURRENTOU
","MAJORID","OUSTUDENTTYPE","VA","SUPPHSID","HOMEH S","HSADDR1","HSADDR2","HSCITY","HSSTATE","HSPO ST"
,"HSPHONE","LOGINID","STUDENTACCOUNTID", "ACCOUNTID", "ACCOUNTSTUDENTID")
3 AS
4 SELECT DEMOGRAPHIC.DEMOGRAPHICID, DEMOGRAPHIC.ETHNICITYID, DEMOGRAPHIC.REFERRERID, DEMOGRAPHIC.
STUDENTID, STUDENT.ACADEMICYEARID, STUDENT.DOB, STUDENT.EMAIL, STUDENT.FNAME, STUDENT.HOMEADDRESS1,S
TUDENT.HOMEADDRESS2, STUDENT.HOMECITY, STUDENT.HOMECOUNTRY, STUDENT.HOMEPOST, STUDENT.HOMESTATE, STU
DENT.LNAME, STUDENT.MAILINGADDRESS1, STUDENT.MAILINGADDRESS2, STUDENT.MAILINGCITY, STUDENT.MAILINGCO
UNTRY, STUDENT.MAILINGPOST, STUDENT.MAILINGSTATE, STUDENT.MNAME, STUDENT.PHONE1, STUDENT.SEX, STUDEN
T.SSN, STUDENT.STUDENTSTATUS, STUDENT.STUDENTTYPE, SUPPCOLLEGE.SUPPCOLLEGEID, SUPPCOLLEGE.CURRENTOU,
SUPPCOLLEGE.MAJORID, SUPPCOLLEGE.OUSTUDENTTYPE, SUPPCOLLEGE.VA, SUPPHS.SUPPHSID, SUPPHS.HOMEHS, SUP
PHS.HSADDR1, SUPPHS.HSADDR2, SUPPHS.HSCITY, SUPPHS.HSSTATE, SUPPHS.HSPOST, SUPPHS.HSPHONE, STUDENT.L
OGINID, STUDENTACCOUNT.STUDENTACCOUNTID, STUDENTACCOUNT.ACCOUNTID, STUDENTACCOUNT.STUDENTID
5 FROM DEMOGRAPHIC, STUDENT, SUPPCOLLEGE, SUPPHS, STUDENTACCOUNT;

i get the followimg error: "MY_ADDSTUDENTTARGET" ("DEMOGRAPHICID","ETHNICITYID","REFERRERID","DEMOG RAPHICSTUDENTID","ACADEMICYE

ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00972: identifier is too long


if i do it without the quotes around the VIEW name and column names, i get this error: MICYEARID,DOB,EMAIL,FNAME,HOMEADDRESS1,HOMEADDRESS 2,HOMECITY,HOMECOUNTRY,HOMEPOST,
*
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis

help, i don't know what to do.
thanks.

system: WinXP, Oracle8i

Each column name has a limit of 30 characters from SQL / PLSQL.

"SESTUDENTACCOUNT.STUDENTACCOUNTID"

well, i got rid of that really long column name (31 chars), but i am still getting the same error. any ideas?

never mind, i figured it out. apparently, there is a command line string limit in pl/sql. you learn something new every day i guess.