How to fix the Oracle error ORA-36290: (EIFMAKEF14) You cannot export object workspace object, because EIFVERSION is set to number. That version does not support string strings.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-36290: (EIFMAKEF14) You cannot export object workspace object, because EIFVERSION is set to number. That version does not support string strings. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-36290: (EIFMAKEF14) You cannot export object workspace object, because EIFVERSION is set to number. That version does not support string strings.

Reason for the Error ORA-36290: (EIFMAKEF14) You cannot export object workspace object, because EIFVERSION is set to number. That version does not support string strings.

The user tried to export a NUMBER dimension to an EIF file with the EIFVERSION option set to a number less than 80000. Versions previous to that eversion do not support NUMBER dimensions.

How to fix the Error ORA-36290: (EIFMAKEF14) You cannot export object workspace object, because EIFVERSION is set to number. That version does not support string strings. ?

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

A NUMBER dimension cannot be used in a version of older than 9.2.0. If