How to fix the Oracle error PLS-00706: Exception string cannot be used as prefix of a selected component?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPLS-00706: Exception string cannot be used as prefix of a selected component with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PLS-00706: Exception string cannot be used as prefix of a selected component

Reason for the Error PLS-00706: Exception string cannot be used as prefix of a selected component

An exception name was mistakenly used to qualify a reference to a component. For example, when dot notation was used to specify fields within a record, an exception name might have been coded instead of the record name.

How to fix the Error PLS-00706: Exception string cannot be used as prefix of a selected component ?

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

Rewrite the component reference using a valid prefix (for example, the name of a package, record, or schema).