How to fix the Oracle error ORA-06547: RETURNING clause must be used with INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-06547: RETURNING clause must be used with INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-06547: RETURNING clause must be used with INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements

Reason for the Error ORA-06547: RETURNING clause must be used with INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE with a RETURNING clause is used to execute dynamic UPDATE, INSERT, or DELETE statements only.

How to fix the Error ORA-06547: RETURNING clause must be used with INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements ?

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

use RETURNING clause in EXECUTE IMMEDIATE for INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements only. For other statements, use USING clause instead.