Oracle Message PLS-00405 - subquery not allowed in this context

ERRORsubquery not allowed in this context
CAUSEA subquery was used in an inappropriate context, such as: if (SELECT deptno FROM emp WHERE ... ) = 20 then ... Subqueries are allowed only in SQL statements.
ACTIONThe same result can be obtained by using a temporary variable, as in: SELECT deptno INTO temp_var FROM emp WHERE ...; IF temp_var = 20 THEN ...