How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38411: invalid datatype for the column storing expressions?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38411: invalid datatype for the column storing expressions with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38411: invalid datatype for the column storing expressions

Reason for the Error ORA-38411: invalid datatype for the column storing expressions

An attempt was made to create an expression column from a column of invalid datatype.

How to fix the Error ORA-38411: invalid datatype for the column storing expressions ?

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

Create a VARCHAR2 or CHAR column to store expressions in a table.