How to fix the Oracle error ORA-37157: expression syntax error was found in expression string but error text was missing?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-37157: expression syntax error was found in expression string but error text was missing with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-37157: expression syntax error was found in expression string but error text was missing

Reason for the Error ORA-37157: expression syntax error was found in expression string but error text was missing

This happened because the message file was missing.

How to fix the Error ORA-37157: expression syntax error was found in expression string but error text was missing ?

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

Make sure that the message file xsous.msb is located in $ORACLE_HOME/olap/mesg and rerun your expression query.