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Oracle / PLSQL: ORA-00909 Error Message

Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-00909 error message in Oracle.

Description

When you encounter an ORA-00909 error, the following error message will appear:

  • ORA-00909: invalid number of arguments

Cause

You tried to call an Oracle function, but you used the incorrect number of arguments for the function.

Resolution

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

Option #1

This error can be corrected by providing the correct number of arguments when calling the Oracle function.

View a listing of the Oracle functions and their syntaxes.