Database Error Messages

ORA-28073

The column "column_name" has an unsupported data type or attribute.
  • column_name: Name of the column that has a data type or attribute that is not supported by data redaction.

Cause

The column has a data type or attribute that is not supported by data redaction. The supported data types are CHAR, NCHAR, VARCHAR2, NVARCHAR2, NUMBER, BINARY_FLOAT, BINARY_DOUBLE, DATE, TIMESTAMP, CLOB, NCLOB, BLOB, and BOOLEAN except as listed below for certain function types:

  • For DBMS_REDACT.PARTIAL, the following data types are not supported: CLOB NCLOB BLOB BOOLEAN
  • For DBMS_REDACT.RANDOM, the following data types are not supported: CLOB NCLOB BLOB
  • For DBMS_REDACT.REGEXP, the following data types are not supported: NUMBER BINARY_FLOAT BINARY_DOUBLE DATE TIMESTAMP BLOB BOOLEAN
  • Virtual columns and base columns of virtual columns are not supported by data redaction.
  • Columns with the INVISIBLE attribute are not supported by data redaction (this applies to both user specified hidden columns and system generated hidden columns).
  • Columns with the IS JSON constraint are not supported.

Action

Specify the name of a column that has a supported data type and supported attributes. For columns with the IS JSON constraint, create a view on the columns and add the redaction policy to the view.