How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28580: recursive external procedures are not supported?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28580: recursive external procedures are not supported with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28580: recursive external procedures are not supported

Reason for the Error ORA-28580: recursive external procedures are not supported

A callback from within a user’s 3GL routine resulted in the invocation of another external procedure.

How to fix the Error ORA-28580: recursive external procedures are not supported ?

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

Make sure that the SQL code executed in a callback does not directly call another external procedure, or indirectly results in another external procedure, such as triggers calling external procedures, PL/SQL procedures calling external procedures, etc.