How to fix the Oracle error ORA-22808: REF dereferencing not allowed?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-22808: REF dereferencing not allowed with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-22808: REF dereferencing not allowed

Reason for the Error ORA-22808: REF dereferencing not allowed

An attempt was made to access an object type’s attributes by dereferencing a REF item.

How to fix the Error ORA-22808: REF dereferencing not allowed ?

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

Make the item an object type instead of a REF to an object type.