ORA-00902 Error Message
Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-00902 error message in Oracle.
Description
When you encounter an ORA-00902 error, the following error message will appear:
- ORA-00902: invalid datatype
Cause
You tried to execute a CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE statement that contained an invalid datatype.
Resolution
The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:
Option #1
This error occurs when you try to execute a CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE statement that contains a datatype that does not exist. List of valid Oracle datatypes.
For example, if you tried to execute the following CREATE TABLE statement:
CREATE TABLE supplier ( supplier_id big_number, supplier_name varchar2(50) );
Since big_number is not a valid datatype, you would receive the following error message:
You could correct this error as follows:
CREATE TABLE supplier ( supplier_id number, supplier_name varchar2(50) );
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