How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24817: Unable to allocate the given chunk for current lob operation?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24817: Unable to allocate the given chunk for current lob operation with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24817: Unable to allocate the given chunk for current lob operation

Reason for the Error ORA-24817: Unable to allocate the given chunk for current lob operation

The given size is increased to accomodate the number of bytes from server due to varying width db char/nchar set.

How to fix the Error ORA-24817: Unable to allocate the given chunk for current lob operation ?

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

Use smaller chunk sizes when you have character set conversion between client/server or perform piece-wise read or write.