Oracle: ORA-01465 Error Message

ORA-01465 Error Message

Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-01465 error message in Oracle.

Description

When you encounter an ORA-01465 error, the following error message will appear:

• ORA-01465: invalid hex number

Cause

You tried to reference a ROWID, but it contained invalid characters.

Resolution

The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:

Option #1

This error generally occurs when you perform an UPDATE after a SELECT FOR UPDATE statement. Examine the ROWID value returned from the SELECT FOR UPDATE and enter the value in the exactly the same format and surrounded by single quotes.