How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01314: Name of the column to be mined should be a string literal?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01314: Name of the column to be mined should be a string literal with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01314: Name of the column to be mined should be a string literal

Reason for the Error ORA-01314: Name of the column to be mined should be a string literal

The fully qualified name of the column to be mined by the LogMiner functions should be string literal.

How to fix the Error ORA-01314: Name of the column to be mined should be a string literal ?

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

If the fully qualified name of the column to be mined is a.b.c.d, enclose the column name in quotes as in ‘a.b.c.d’.