How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19226: XPTY0006 – XQuery dynamic type mismatch: expected string got string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19226: XPTY0006 – XQuery dynamic type mismatch: expected string got string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19226: XPTY0006 – XQuery dynamic type mismatch: expected string got string

Reason for the Error ORA-19226: XPTY0006 – XQuery dynamic type mismatch: expected string got string

The expression could not be used because it’s dynamic type did not match the required type as specified by XQuery sequencetype matching rules.

How to fix the Error ORA-19226: XPTY0006 – XQuery dynamic type mismatch: expected string got string ?

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

Fix the expression to return the expected type or use appropriate cast functions.