How to fix the Oracle error ORA-22999: CLOB or NCLOB data may have been corrupted?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-22999: CLOB or NCLOB data may have been corrupted with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-22999: CLOB or NCLOB data may have been corrupted

Reason for the Error ORA-22999: CLOB or NCLOB data may have been corrupted

CLOB or NCLOB contains invalid character data. One possible cause is that the wrong csid was specified for the external file when calling DBMS_LOB.LOADCLOBFROMFILE or DBMS_XSLPROCESSOR.READ2CLOB to load CLOB or NCLOB data from external files.

How to fix the Error ORA-22999: CLOB or NCLOB data may have been corrupted ?

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

Reload the CLOB/NCLOB data with the correct csid specified for the external file.