ORA-40499 Trying To Use BLOB For JSON

Last updated on JULY 06, 2018

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 12.1.0.2 version, XML Database

When attempting to create a JSON table on BLOB column
the following error occurs.

ERROR
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CREATE TABLE t(json BLOB);

Table T created.

Error starting at line : 3 in command -
ALTER TABLE t ADD CONSTRAINT ensure_json CHECK (json IS JSON STRICT)
Error report -
ORA-40499: no format defined for binary data type
40499. 00000 - "no format defined for binary data type"
*Cause: The provided JSON input was of binary type but a format was not defined.
*Action: Define a format for binary input.

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