Oracle Error ORA-08452: specification of E in picture mask is unsupported

Oracle Error Message

ORA-08452: specification of E in picture mask is unsupported

Reason for the Error

The floating point exponent symbol ‘E’ was specified in the picture mask parameter passed to a UTL_PG conversion routine. The floating point data type is currently not supported by the UTL_PG conversion routines.

Solution

Correct the picture mask parameter, and the data, if necessary.