How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24780: cannot recover a transaction while in an existing transaction?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24780: cannot recover a transaction while in an existing transaction with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24780: cannot recover a transaction while in an existing transaction

Reason for the Error ORA-24780: cannot recover a transaction while in an existing transaction

An attempt was made to commit or roll back a transaction while in a different transaction, and the transaction for which the action is requested is in a recovery state (this happens if it is idle too long).

How to fix the Error ORA-24780: cannot recover a transaction while in an existing transaction ?

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

Detach from the current transaction and retry the operation.