ORA-00927

ORA-00927 missing equal sign

What causes an ORA-00927 error?

An equal sign has been omitted in one of the following places:



Cause: 

In the SET clause of an UPDATE statement
Following “!” in a search condition to signify not equal
Action: Correct the syntax. Insert the equal sign where required and retry the statement.

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