How to fix the Oracle error ORA-13343: a polygon geometry has fewer than four coordinates?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-13343: a polygon geometry has fewer than four coordinates with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-13343: a polygon geometry has fewer than four coordinates

Reason for the Error ORA-13343: a polygon geometry has fewer than four coordinates

A geometry, specified as being a polygon, has fewer than four coordinates in its definition.

How to fix the Error ORA-13343: a polygon geometry has fewer than four coordinates ?

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

A polygon must consist of at least four distinct coordinates. Correct the geometric definition, or set the appropriate SDO_GTYPE or SDO_ETYPE attribute for this geometry.