How to fix the Oracle error KUP-04090: big endian byte order mark found when little endian expected in string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorKUP-04090: big endian byte order mark found when little endian expected in string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

KUP-04090: big endian byte order mark found when little endian expected in string

Reason for the Error KUP-04090: big endian byte order mark found when little endian expected in string

A big endian byte order mark was found at the beginning of the specified file and either the access parameters specified the data was in little endian order or the byte order mark for a previous file was little endian.

How to fix the Error KUP-04090: big endian byte order mark found when little endian expected in string ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

The file needs to be loaded separately. If a byte order was specified in the access parameters, make sure it is changed to be big endian.