Oracle Error ORA-32583: query passed to table function has wrong number of elements in select list

Oracle Error Message

ORA-32583: query passed to table function has wrong number of elements in select list

Reason for the Error

The query used as an input to a table function which takes a a ref cursor as argument has wrong number of elements in the select list which does not correspond to the elements in ref cursor. The ref cursor mentioned here refers to the one referenced in order by parition clauses. This is not allowed.

Solution

Make sure that the select list of the query matches the ref cursor columns as defined in the function.