How to fix the Oracle error ORA-13377: invalid combination of elements with orientation?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-13377: invalid combination of elements with orientation with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-13377: invalid combination of elements with orientation

Reason for the Error ORA-13377: invalid combination of elements with orientation

An element of the geometry has orientation specified while some other element has no orientation specified (4-digit etype).

How to fix the Error ORA-13377: invalid combination of elements with orientation ?

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

Make sure all the polygon elements have orientation specified using the 4-digit etype notation.