How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24370: illegal piecewise operation attempted?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24370: illegal piecewise operation attempted with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24370: illegal piecewise operation attempted

Reason for the Error ORA-24370: illegal piecewise operation attempted

Data of a certain datatype that does not support piecewise operation is being sent or fetched in pieces.

How to fix the Error ORA-24370: illegal piecewise operation attempted ?

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

Always set the piece value to OCI_ONE_PIECE for datatypes that does not support piecewise operation.