How to fix the Oracle error PLS-00742: field string is not yet denotable?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPLS-00742: field string is not yet denotable with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PLS-00742: field string is not yet denotable

Reason for the Error PLS-00742: field string is not yet denotable

When the fields of a record were declared, one field was used to initialize another, as in: TYPE my_rec IS RECORD (f1 varchar2(10), f2 varchar2(10) := f1); The first field has no value until run time, so it cannot be used to initialize another field.

How to fix the Error PLS-00742: field string is not yet denotable ?

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

Remove the illegal field reference.