How to fix the Oracle error ORA-29255: Cursor contains both bind and define arrays which is not permissible?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-29255: Cursor contains both bind and define arrays which is not permissible with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-29255: Cursor contains both bind and define arrays which is not permissible

Reason for the Error ORA-29255: Cursor contains both bind and define arrays which is not permissible

Both define_array and bind_array have been called on this cursor. This is illegal. It is not possible for a cursor to both contain array binds and array defines. The semantics of this setting are nonsensical. Array defines are used to move data from select queries into PL/SQL tables and array binds to bind PL/SQL tables to non-select queries.

How to fix the Error ORA-29255: Cursor contains both bind and define arrays which is not permissible ?

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

Modify your PL/SQL program to only perform calls to one of the two functions depending on the kind of cursor at hand.