How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28064: The redaction function is not valid.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28064: The redaction function is not valid. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28064: The redaction function is not valid.

Reason for the Error ORA-28064: The redaction function is not valid.

The FUNCTION_TYPE parameter to DBMS_REDACT.ADD_POLICY was invalid.

How to fix the Error ORA-28064: The redaction function is not valid. ?

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

Specify the FUNCTION_TYPE parameter to DBMS_REDACT.ADD_POLICY as one of the following: DBMS_REDACT.NONE, DBMS_REDACT.FULL, DBMS_REDACT.RANDOM, DBMS_REDACT.PARTIAL, DBMS_REDACT.REGEXP, or NULL. Note that only full redaction may be applied to columns of type BLOB, CLOB, or NCLOB.