What does the following Oracle error mean: invalid column index

Question

I got the following error while testing some code:

SQLException: Invalid column index

What exactly does that mean?

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Answer 1

It sounds like you're trying to SELECT a column that doesn't exist.

Perhaps you're trying to ORDER BY a column that doesn't exist?

Any typos in your SQL statement?

Answer 2

I also got this type error, problem is wrong usage of parameters to statement like, Let's say you have a query like this

SELECT * FROM EMPLOYE E WHERE E.ID = ?

and for the preparedStatement object (JDBC) if you set the parameters like

preparedStatement.setXXX(1,value);
preparedStatement.setXXX(2,value)

then it results in SQLException: Invalid column index

So, I removed that second parameter setting to prepared statement then problem solved