How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24423: Cannot set the ROWID attribute – OCI_ATTR_FETCH_ROWID?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24423: Cannot set the ROWID attribute – OCI_ATTR_FETCH_ROWID with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24423: Cannot set the ROWID attribute – OCI_ATTR_FETCH_ROWID

Reason for the Error ORA-24423: Cannot set the ROWID attribute – OCI_ATTR_FETCH_ROWID

An attempt was made to set the implicit ROWID attribute.

How to fix the Error ORA-24423: Cannot set the ROWID attribute – OCI_ATTR_FETCH_ROWID ?

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

Use a SELECT … FOR UPDATE statement that has not previously been described or executed before setting this ROWID attribute.