How to fix the Oracle error ORA-32489: element in sort specification list of SEARCH clause did not appear in the column alias list of the WITH clause element?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-32489: element in sort specification list of SEARCH clause did not appear in the column alias list of the WITH clause element with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-32489: element in sort specification list of SEARCH clause did not appear in the column alias list of the WITH clause element

Reason for the Error ORA-32489: element in sort specification list of SEARCH clause did not appear in the column alias list of the WITH clause element

An element in the sort specification list of a SEARCH clause that was specified for a recursive WITH query did not appear in the column alias list of the WITH clause element.

How to fix the Error ORA-32489: element in sort specification list of SEARCH clause did not appear in the column alias list of the WITH clause element ?

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

Change the sort specification list to use only names which are listed in the column alias list of the WITH clause element.