How to fix the Oracle error ORA-13042: invalid SDO_LEVEL and SDO_NUMTILES combination?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-13042: invalid SDO_LEVEL and SDO_NUMTILES combination with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-13042: invalid SDO_LEVEL and SDO_NUMTILES combination

Reason for the Error ORA-13042: invalid SDO_LEVEL and SDO_NUMTILES combination

An invalid combination of SDO_LEVEL and SDO_NUMTILES values was read from the _SDOLAYER table. The most likely cause is that the columns are NULL.

How to fix the Error ORA-13042: invalid SDO_LEVEL and SDO_NUMTILES combination ?

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

Verify the that SDO_LEVEL and SDO_NUMTILES columns contain valid integer values as described in the Oracle Spatial documentation. Then retry the operation.