How to fix the Oracle error ORA-26051: internal error parsing packed decimal format string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-26051: internal error parsing packed decimal format string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-26051: internal error parsing packed decimal format string

Reason for the Error ORA-26051: internal error parsing packed decimal format string

A packed decimal field with a non-zero scale factor is mapped to a character column. In order to perform the datatype conversion, a numeric format string must be created based on the input field’s precision and scale specifications. Direct path loader encountered an error in creating this format string.

How to fix the Error ORA-26051: internal error parsing packed decimal format string ?

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

Examine the packed decimal field’s precision and scale specifications and make sure that they contain valid values.