ORA-22275

ORA-22275 invalid LOB locator specified

What causes an ORA-22275 error?

There are several causes:

The LOB locator was never initialized
The locator is for a BFILE and the routine expects a BLOB/CLOB/NCLOB locator
The locator is for a BLOB/CLOB/NCLOB and the routine expects a BFILE locator
Trying to update the LOB in a trigger body — LOBs in trigger bodies are read-only
The locator is for a BFILE/BLOB and the routine expects a CLOB/NCLOB locator
The locator is for a CLOB/NCLOB and the routine expects a BFILE/BLOB locator
Action: For (1), initialize the LOB locator by selecting into the locator variable or by setting the LOB locator to empty. For (2),(3), (5), and (6),pass the correct type of locator into the routine. For (4), remove the trigger body code that updates the LOB value.

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