Oracle Error PLS-00597: expression ‘string’ in the INTO list is of wrong type

Oracle Error Message

PLS-00597: expression ‘string’ in the INTO list is of wrong type

Reason for the Error

This exception is raised for the following errors:

– the expression in INTO clause of OPEN or RETURNING statement is neither of legal SQL datatypes nor of PL/SQL RECORD datatype

– a collection of records is used in INTO clause of OPEN or RETURNING statement.

– a record or a collection of records is used in BULK COLLECT INTO

Solution

Use expression with correct datatype in the INTO clause