ORA-22990 While Inserting Empty BLOBS To Return BLOB Locators After a Commit

(Doc ID 1020390.102)

Last updated on JULY 05, 2017

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 8.0.5.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 03-Nov-2013***

Symptoms

The following error occurs while inserting empty blob to return blob locators.

ORA-22990: lob locator cannot span transaction

DML statements were executed within a for loop to insert an empty BLOB and an attempt to fetch is made followed by commit within the loop.


Cause

Sign In with your My Oracle Support account

Don't have a My Oracle Support account? Click to get started

My Oracle Support provides customers with access to over a
Million Knowledge Articles and hundreds of Community platforms