How to fix the Oracle error ORA-22132: hexadecimal string does not correspond to a valid REF?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-22132: hexadecimal string does not correspond to a valid REF with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-22132: hexadecimal string does not correspond to a valid REF

Reason for the Error ORA-22132: hexadecimal string does not correspond to a valid REF

The given hexadecimal string is invalid.

How to fix the Error ORA-22132: hexadecimal string does not correspond to a valid REF ?

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

Provide a valid hexadecimal string which was previously returned by a call to OCIRefToHex().