How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19239: XPTY0019 – It is a type error if the result of an step (other than the last step) in a path expression contains an atomic value?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19239: XPTY0019 – It is a type error if the result of an step (other than the last step) in a path expression contains an atomic value with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19239: XPTY0019 – It is a type error if the result of an step (other than the last step) in a path expression contains an atomic value

Reason for the Error ORA-19239: XPTY0019 – It is a type error if the result of an step (other than the last step) in a path expression contains an atomic value

The step expression returned a sequence containing an atomic value.

How to fix the Error ORA-19239: XPTY0019 – It is a type error if the result of an step (other than the last step) in a path expression contains an atomic value ?

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

Fix the path expression to return only nodes.