ORA-00975 date + date not allowed
What causes an ORA-00975 error?
An attempt was made to add two date fields together. Dates may be added only to numeric fields, not to other dates.
How Xynomix can help
Use the Oracle function TO_NUMBER to convert one of the date fields to a numeric field before adding it to the other date field.
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