ORA-40596: Error Occurred In JSON Processing (Doc ID 2484443.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

A SELECT statement using the JSON_TABLE operator fails with errors:

select jt.*
from (select '[{"p":["l1", "l2"], "v":"v1"}, {"v":["v2", "v3"]}]' po_data
from dual) t,
json_table( po_data, '$[*]' COLUMNS(
"v" PATH '$.v',
NESTED PATH '$.v[*]' COLUMNS(
"v-array" varchar2 PATH '$'
),
NESTED PATH '$.p[*]' COLUMNS(
 "p" PATH '$'  jt
order by rownum;

ERROR
-----------------------
json_table( po_data, '$[*]' COLUMNS(
*
ERROR at line 4:
ORA-40596: error occurred in JSON processing
jzntSCV1:invEvent

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Cause

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