How to fix the Oracle error ORA-13026: unknown element type for element string.string.string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-13026: unknown element type for element string.string.string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-13026: unknown element type for element string.string.string

Reason for the Error ORA-13026: unknown element type for element string.string.string

The SDO_ETYPE column in the _SDOGEOM table contains an invalid geometric element type value.

How to fix the Error ORA-13026: unknown element type for element string.string.string ?

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

Redefine the geometric element type in the _SDOGEOM table for the specified geometric element using one of the supported SDO_ETYPE values. See the Oracle Spatial documentation for an explanation of SDO_ETYPE and its possible values.