How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19246: validation failed – element string not found in in-scope element declarations?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19246: validation failed – element string not found in in-scope element declarations with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19246: validation failed – element string not found in in-scope element declarations

Reason for the Error ORA-19246: validation failed – element string not found in in-scope element declarations

The validation mode was strict and the element-constructor contained an element name that was not present in the in-scope element declarations.

How to fix the Error ORA-19246: validation failed – element string not found in in-scope element declarations ?

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

Fix the validation mode to be lax or import the schema definition that contains the required element declaration.