Error Code 1292 - Truncated incorrect DOUBLE value - Mysql

TL; DR

This might also be caused by applying OR to string columns / literals.

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I got the same error message for a simple INSERT statement involving a view:

insert into t1 select * from v1

although all the source and target columns were of type VARCHAR. After some debugging, I found the root cause; the view contained this fragment:

string_col1 OR '_' OR string_col2 OR '_' OR string_col3

which presumably was the result of an automatic conversion of the following snippet from Oracle:

string_col1 || '_' || string_col2 || '_' || string_col3

(|| is string concatenation in Oracle). The solution was to use

concat(string_col1, '_', string_col2, '_', string_col3)

instead.


This message means you're trying to compare a number and a string in a WHERE or ON clause. In your query, the only potential place where that could be occurring is ON ac.company_code = ta.company_code; either make sure they have similar declarations, or use an explicit CAST to convert the number to a string.

If you turn off strict mode, the error should turn into a warning.


I was facing the same issue. Trying to compare a varchar(100) column with numeric 1. Resulted in the 1292 error. Fixed by adding single quotes around 1 ('1').

Thanks for the explanation above


I corrected this error as there was a syntax error or some unwanted characters in the query, but MySQL was not able to catch it. I was using and in between multiple fields during update, e.g.

update user 
set token='lamblala', 
    accessverion='dummy' and 
    key='somekey' 
where user = 'myself'

The problem in above query can be resolved by replacing and with comma(,)