How to fix the Oracle error ORA-13243: specified operator is not supported for 3- or higher-dimensional R-tree?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-13243: specified operator is not supported for 3- or higher-dimensional R-tree with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-13243: specified operator is not supported for 3- or higher-dimensional R-tree

Reason for the Error ORA-13243: specified operator is not supported for 3- or higher-dimensional R-tree

Currently, an R-tree index with three or more index dimensions can be used only with the SDO_FILTER operator.

How to fix the Error ORA-13243: specified operator is not supported for 3- or higher-dimensional R-tree ?

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

Use the SDO_FILTER operator, and check the documentation for the querytype parameter for SDO_FILTER; or contact Oracle Support Services.