How to fix the Oracle error PLS-00552: flexible character set is not allowed on component element?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPLS-00552: flexible character set is not allowed on component element with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PLS-00552: flexible character set is not allowed on component element

Reason for the Error PLS-00552: flexible character set is not allowed on component element

ANY_CS or %CHARSET was used to reference an ANY_CS parameter which is not a CHAR, VARCHAR2, or CLOB type. ANY_CS or %CHARSET is not allowed for fields of a record , object, elements of a collection, etc.

How to fix the Error PLS-00552: flexible character set is not allowed on component element ?

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

Change or remove the character set specification.