How to fix the Oracle error PLS-00656: field ‘string’ not available in input argument?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPLS-00656: field ‘string’ not available in input argument with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PLS-00656: field ‘string’ not available in input argument

Reason for the Error PLS-00656: field ‘string’ not available in input argument

An EXTRACT operation specified a field that was not present. For example, you tried to extract the YEAR field from a TIME variable.

How to fix the Error PLS-00656: field ‘string’ not available in input argument ?

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

Specify a legal field in the call to EXTRACT.