Error
Error Code: ORA-29274

Oracle ORA-29274: Invalid URL Character Set

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Description

The ORA-29274 error indicates that your URL contains characters encoded using a fixed-width multibyte character set, which is not permitted for URLs. This typically occurs when using the `UTL_HTTP` or `UTL_URL` packages in Oracle PL/SQL to access external resources.
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Error Message

ORA-29274: fixed-width multibyte character set not allowed for a URL
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Known Causes

2 known causes
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Incorrect Character Encoding
The URL is encoded using a character set like UTF-16 or a similar fixed-width multibyte encoding, which is not URL-safe.
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Direct Use of Fixed-Width Characters
The URL string contains characters that are inherently part of a fixed-width multibyte character set, without proper encoding.
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Solutions

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