Oracle Solution for Error ora-26051

ORA-26051: internal error parsing packed decimal format string

What triggered the Error:

packed decimal field with a non-zero scale factor is mapped to a character column. In order to perform the datatype conversion, a numeric format string must be created based on the input field's precision and scale specifications. Direct path loader encountered an error in creating this format string.

What should we do to fix it:

amine the packed decimal field's precision and scale specifications and make sure that they contain valid values.