How to fix the Oracle error ORA-23659: Destination buffer is not large enough when converting column ‘string’ in ‘string.string’ (actual length: string; maximum length: string)?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-23659: Destination buffer is not large enough when converting column ‘string’ in ‘string.string’ (actual length: string; maximum length: string) with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-23659: Destination buffer is not large enough when converting column ‘string’ in ‘string.string’ (actual length: string; maximum length: string)

Reason for the Error ORA-23659: Destination buffer is not large enough when converting column ‘string’ in ‘string.string’ (actual length: string; maximum length: string)

The conversion between two character sets failed because a source column value is too large for the destination column.

How to fix the Error ORA-23659: Destination buffer is not large enough when converting column ‘string’ in ‘string.string’ (actual length: string; maximum length: string) ?

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

Check if size of the source and destination column matches.