How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24787: remote cursors must be closed before a call completes?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24787: remote cursors must be closed before a call completes with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24787: remote cursors must be closed before a call completes

Reason for the Error ORA-24787: remote cursors must be closed before a call completes

The previous operation did not close all the remote cursors it opened. Since separated transactions are enabled, this is not allowed.

How to fix the Error ORA-24787: remote cursors must be closed before a call completes ?

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

Close all remote cursors in each call, or start a regular (non-separated) transaction.