Confusing error about missing left parenthesis in SQL statement

Question

SQLPLUS says I have missing left parenthesis with this statement in my sql script..

CREATE TABLE people(
    id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    name VARCHAR2
)         


        

Answer 1

You need to specify the size of Varchar2.

For example:- Name Varchar2(50)

Note:- The maximum size of the Varchar2 is 4000.