How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38903: DML error logging is not supported for abstract column “string”?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38903: DML error logging is not supported for abstract column “string” with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38903: DML error logging is not supported for abstract column “string”

Reason for the Error ORA-38903: DML error logging is not supported for abstract column “string”

A DML Error Logging operation was attempted on a table which has an ADT, REF, VARRAY, or nested table column type, and the error logging table referred to the specified column.

How to fix the Error ORA-38903: DML error logging is not supported for abstract column “string” ?

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

Either do not use DML Error Logging on such a table or remove the offending column from the error logging table. The scalar columns can be logged, but not abstract column types.