How to fix the Oracle error ORA-08435: PICTURE MASK missing the leading sign when SIGN IS LEADING specified?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-08435: PICTURE MASK missing the leading sign when SIGN IS LEADING specified with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-08435: PICTURE MASK missing the leading sign when SIGN IS LEADING specified

Reason for the Error ORA-08435: PICTURE MASK missing the leading sign when SIGN IS LEADING specified

The input MASK passed to a UTL_PG RAW_TO_NUMBER conversion routine had no leading sign, but the mask options parameter specified a leading sign.

How to fix the Error ORA-08435: PICTURE MASK missing the leading sign when SIGN IS LEADING specified ?

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

Correct the input raw data or the mask options so that they match.