How to fix the Oracle error ORA-22871: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE is not allowed for pure incomplete types?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-22871: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE is not allowed for pure incomplete types with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-22871: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE is not allowed for pure incomplete types

Reason for the Error ORA-22871: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE is not allowed for pure incomplete types

An attempt to perform ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option for a pure incomplete type

How to fix the Error ORA-22871: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE is not allowed for pure incomplete types ?

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

Completely define the original type, before using the ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option.