Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-00910: specified length too long for its datatype

ORA-00910: specified length too long for its datatype



Cause: for datatypes CHAR and RAW, the length specified was > 2000; otherwise, the length specified was > 4000.



Action: use a shorter length or switch to a datatype permitting a longer length such as a VARCHAR2, LONG CHAR, or LONG RAW