SYNTAX_ERROR: line 7:30: '=' cannot be applied to decimal(4,0), varchar(4)

Question

The following line is where the problem is: where MATERIAL_DOCUMENT_YEAR = '2021'
SYNTAX_ERROR: line 7:30: '=' cannot be applied to decimal(4,0), varchar(4)
This query ran against the "us_aftersales_atlas_pre" database, unless qualified by the query. Please post the error message on our forum  or contact customer support  with Query Id: 08249017-ee19-4f2d-9b9c-4cdfe80d8d98

Nitin_S · Answer

Hello,

In Athena, values enclosed within single quotes represent `string` values. I checked through table details and could see column 'MATERIAL_DOCUMENT_YEAR' is defined as `decimal(4,0)` and thus the error.

To fix this, you can consider any one of the below approaches:
```
where MATERIAL_DOCUMENT_YEAR = 2021
```
Or 
```
where MATERIAL_DOCUMENT_YEAR = decimal '2021'
```

SYNTAX_ERROR: line 7:30: '=' cannot be applied to decimal(4,0), varchar(4)

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