"Row value misused" error in SQLite database - sqlite

Question

I'm getting an error from an sqlite3 query for which I can't find any reference material. Googling the string takes me deep in the SQLite code itself, and that's so opaque I can't make heads or tails of it.
The table schema:
CREATE TABLE quote (
seqnum INTEGER,
session STRING,
timestamp_sip INTEGER,
timestamp_1 INTEGER,
market_center STRING,
symbol STRING,
bid_price INTEGER,
bid_lots INTEGER,
offer_price INTEGER,
offer_lots INTEGER,
flags INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (symbol, seqnum) );
The query:
select (seqnum, session, timestamp_sip, timestamp_1, market_center, symbol)
from quote
where symbol = 'QQQ';
The error:
Error: row value misused
I have no idea how to proceed here. There is plenty of data in the table that would match the query:
sqlite> select count(*) from quote where symbol = 'QQQ';
2675931
Can anyone offer any guidance here? Sqlite version is 3.16.2.

Answer 1

Nevermind. Those parentheses around the select columns (left over from a copy/paste) are the problem. Poor error message, maybe. But my fault.

Answer 2

I had a similar when working with a Rails 5.2 Application.
For my case I was trying to write a search query for a model in application:
def self.search(params)
applications = all.order('created_at DESC') # for not existing params args
applications = applications.where("cast(id as text) like ?, email like ?, first_name like ?, last_name like ?, appref like ?", "#{params[:search]}", "%#{params[:search]}%", "#{params[:search]}", "#{params[:search]}", "#{params[:search]}",) if params[:search]
applications
end
The issue was that I was using a comma (,) to separate the search parameters, I simply corrected by using an OR instead:
def self.search(params)
applications = all.order('created_at DESC') # for not existing params args
applications = applications.where("cast(id as text) like ? OR email like ? OR first_name like ? OR last_name like ? OR appref like ?", "#{params[:search]}", "%#{params[:search]}%", "#{params[:search]}", "#{params[:search]}", "#{params[:search]}",) if params[:search]
applications
end

Answer 3

I deleted brackets from query and it work for me: from SELECT (column1, column2, ...) FROM table to SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM table

Answer 4

JUST
select seqnum, session, timestamp_sip, timestamp_1, market_center, symbol
from quote
where symbol = 'QQQ';
then it works.

Answer 5

Yeah, this bug is happing in my code, and I found this questions, but none of the answers helped me.
I fixed this problem with remove the same column in my SELECT command.
(It's stupid, because I can't select the column if the column is already in the condition subcommand.)
This is the problem SQL command (DO NOT USE THIS):
SELECT (`id`, `username`) FROM `users` WHERE `id` = 'someone_s id'
This is the fixed SQL command (PLEASE USE THIS):
SELECT (`username`) FROM `users` WHERE `id` = 'someone_s id'

Answer 6

The same error occurs when putting the elements of a GROUP BY clause inside brackets, as in
SELECT 1 as a, 2 as b FROM (SELECT 1) GROUP BY (a, b);
The correct syntax is, of course
SELECT 1 as a, 2 as b FROM (SELECT 1) GROUP BY a, b;