How to fix the Oracle error ORA-31169: Number of children (string) defined in ‘string’ exceeds maximum (string)?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-31169: Number of children (string) defined in ‘string’ exceeds maximum (string) with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-31169: Number of children (string) defined in ‘string’ exceeds maximum (string)

Reason for the Error ORA-31169: Number of children (string) defined in ‘string’ exceeds maximum (string)

An attempt was made to define more than the allowed number of children in a complexType of an XMLSchema document.

How to fix the Error ORA-31169: Number of children (string) defined in ‘string’ exceeds maximum (string) ?

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

Modify the XML Schema to move children of complexType into subelements that are not inlined.