How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38438: getVarchar not possible due to “string” datatype in the attribute set?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38438: getVarchar not possible due to “string” datatype in the attribute set with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38438: getVarchar not possible due to “string” datatype in the attribute set

Reason for the Error ORA-38438: getVarchar not possible due to “string” datatype in the attribute set

An attempt was made to use the getVarchar API when the attribute set has one or more non-scalar types.

How to fix the Error ORA-38438: getVarchar not possible due to “string” datatype in the attribute set ?

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

Use AnyData conversion to encode the data item.