How to fix the Oracle error ORA-13978: Invalid reference string parameter or value?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-13978: Invalid reference string parameter or value with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-13978: Invalid reference string parameter or value

Reason for the Error ORA-13978: Invalid reference string parameter or value

An invalid parameter/value was passed to a dbms_report API

How to fix the Error ORA-13978: Invalid reference string parameter or value ?

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

Ensure that the parameter names and values are alphanumeric.