How to fix the Oracle error ORA-36873: (XSTFDSC03) Column type must be specified explicitly.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-36873: (XSTFDSC03) Column type must be specified explicitly. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-36873: (XSTFDSC03) Column type must be specified explicitly.

Reason for the Error ORA-36873: (XSTFDSC03) Column type must be specified explicitly.

Missing column type specification.

How to fix the Error ORA-36873: (XSTFDSC03) Column type must be specified explicitly. ?

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

Please, make sure to specify a column type in COLUMN MAP. Normally, users should not call OLAP Random Access Cursor table function themselves and therefore should not encounter this error.