Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-08467: error converting Oracle number to string

ORA-08467: error converting Oracle number to string




Cause: An error occurred when converting an Oracle number to a COBOL of: DISPLAY COMP-3 or character variable. The Oracle number was not in the correct format.




Action: Correct the call to the conversion routine. The input must be a valid Oracle number variable.