68 ORA-00900 to ORA-01499

ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement

ORA-00901: invalid CREATE command

ORA-00902: invalid datatype

ORA-00903: invalid table name

ORA-00904: string: invalid identifier

ORA-00905: missing keyword

ORA-00906: missing left parenthesis

ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis

ORA-00908: missing NULL keyword

ORA-00909: invalid number of arguments

ORA-00910: specified length too long for its datatype

Cause: for datatypes CHAR and RAW, the length specified was > 2000; otherwise, the length specified was > 4000.

Action: use a shorter length or switch to a datatype permitting a longer length such as a VARCHAR2, LONG CHAR, or LONG RAW

ORA-00911: invalid character

Cause: The identifier name started with an ASCII character other than a letter or a number. After the first character of the identifier name, ASCII characters are allowed including "$", "#" and "_". Identifiers enclosed in double quotation marks may contain any character other than a double quotation. Alternate quotation marks (q'#...#') cannot use spaces, tabs, or carriage returns as delimiters. For all other contexts, consult the SQL Language Reference Manual.

Action: Check the Oracle identifier naming convention. If you are attempting to provide a password in the IDENTIFIED BY clause of a CREATE USER or ALTER USER statement, then it is recommended to always enclose the password in double quotation marks because characters other than the double quotation are then allowed.

ORA-00912: input parameter too long

Cause: one of your input strings was too long

Action: shorten the input parameter length

ORA-00913: too many values

ORA-00914: missing ADD keyword

ORA-00915: network access of dictionary table not currently allowed

ORA-00917: missing comma

ORA-00918: column ambiguously defined

ORA-00919: invalid function

ORA-00920: invalid relational operator

ORA-00921: unexpected end of SQL command

ORA-00922: missing or invalid option

ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

ORA-00924: missing BY keyword

ORA-00925: missing INTO keyword

ORA-00926: missing VALUES keyword

ORA-00927: missing equal sign

ORA-00928: missing SELECT keyword

ORA-00929: missing period

ORA-00930: missing asterisk

ORA-00931: missing identifier

ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected string got string

ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended

ORA-00934: group function is not allowed here

ORA-00935: group function is nested too deeply

ORA-00936: missing expression

ORA-00937: not a single-group group function

ORA-00938: not enough arguments for function

ORA-00939: too many arguments for function

ORA-00940: invalid ALTER command

ORA-00941: missing cluster name

ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

ORA-00943: cluster does not exist

ORA-00944: insufficient number of clustered columns

ORA-00945: specified clustered column does not exist

ORA-00946: missing TO keyword

ORA-00947: not enough values

ORA-00948: ALTER CLUSTER statement no longer supported

ORA-00949: illegal reference to remote database

ORA-00950: invalid DROP option

ORA-00951: cluster not empty

ORA-00952: missing GROUP keyword

ORA-00953: missing or invalid index name

Cause: An index name of the form [ identifier . ] identifier is expected but not present. If OIDINDEX clause, index name must be identifier

Action: Enter an appropriate index name.

ORA-00954: missing IDENTIFIED keyword

ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object

ORA-00956: missing or invalid auditing option

Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT statement contains an invalid auditing option.

Action: Use a valid option.

ORA-00957: duplicate column name

ORA-00958: missing CHECK keyword

ORA-00959: tablespace 'string' does not exist

ORA-00960: ambiguous column naming in select list

Cause: A column name in the order-by list matches more than one select list columns.

Action: Remove duplicate column naming in select list.

ORA-00961: bad datetime/interval value

ORA-00962: too many group-by / order-by expressions

Cause: The group-by or order-by column list contain more than 1000 expressions.

Action: Use 1000 or less expressions in the group-by or order-by list.

ORA-00963: unsupported interval type

ORA-00964: table name not in FROM list

Cause: The table name referred in the select list is not specified in the from list.

Action: Make sure the name is correctly specified and matches one of the names in the from list.

ORA-00965: column aliases not allowed for '*'

Cause: The statement is trying to alias the * expression in the select list which is not legal.

Action: Remove the alias.

ORA-00966: missing TABLE keyword

ORA-00967: missing WHERE keyword

ORA-00968: missing INDEX keyword

ORA-00969: missing ON keyword

ORA-00970: missing WITH keyword

ORA-00971: missing SET keyword

ORA-00972: identifier is too long

Cause: An identifier with more than 128 bytes was specified, or a password identifier longer than 30 bytes was specified.

Action: Specify at most 128 bytes for identifiers, and at most 30 bytes for password identifiers.

ORA-00973: invalid row count estimate

ORA-00974: invalid PCTFREE value (percentage)

ORA-00975: date + date not allowed

ORA-00976: Specified pseudocolumn or operator not allowed here.

Cause: LEVEL, PRIOR, ROWNUM, CONNECT_BY_ROOT, CONNECT_BY_ISLEAF or CONNECT_BY_ISCYCLE was specified at an illegal location.

Action: Remove LEVEL, PRIOR, ROWNUM, CONNECT_BY_ROOT, CONNECT_BY_ISLEAF or CONNECT_BY_ISCYCLE.

ORA-00977: duplicate auditing option

Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT statement specifies an option more than once

Action: Either use ALL with no other auditing options or make sure no option is listed more than once.

ORA-00978: nested group function without GROUP BY

ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression

ORA-00980: synonym translation is no longer valid

Cause: A synonym did not translate to a legal target object. This could happen for one of the following reasons: 1. The target schema does not exist. 2. The target object does not exist. 3. The synonym specifies an incorrect database link. 4. The synonym is not versioned but specifies a versioned target object.

Action: Change the synonym definition so that the synonym points at a legal target object.

ORA-00981: cannot mix table and system auditing options

Cause: Table and system-wide auditing options were specified in the same AUDIT or NOAUDIT statement.

Action: You must issue table and system options in separate statements.

ORA-00982: missing plus sign

ORA-00983: cannot audit or noaudit SYS user actions

Cause: An attempt was made to AUDIT or NOAUDIT SYS user actions.

Action: Execute the statement again with a valid user.

ORA-00984: column not allowed here

ORA-00985: invalid program name

ORA-00986: missing or invalid group name(s)

ORA-00987: missing or invalid username(s)

ORA-00988: missing or invalid password(s)

ORA-00989: too many passwords for usernames given

ORA-00990: missing or invalid privilege

ORA-00991: only MAC privileges may be granted to procedures

Cause: Object privileges or non-MAC system privileges were granted to the procedure.

Action: Only grant MAC privileges using the PROCEDURE clause.

ORA-00992: invalid format for REVOKE command

ORA-00993: missing GRANT keyword

ORA-00994: missing OPTION keyword

ORA-00995: missing or invalid synonym identifier

ORA-00996: the concatenate operator is ||, not |

ORA-00997: illegal use of LONG datatype

ORA-00998: must name this expression with a column alias

ORA-00999: invalid view name

ORA-01000: maximum open cursors exceeded

ORA-01001: invalid cursor

ORA-01002: fetch out of sequence

Cause: This error means that a fetch has been attempted from a cursor which is no longer valid. Note that a PL/SQL cursor loop implicitly does fetches, and thus may also cause this error. There are a number of possible causes for this error, including: 1) Fetching from a cursor after the last row has been retrieved and the ORA-1403 error returned. 2) If the cursor has been opened with the FOR UPDATE clause, fetching after a COMMIT has been issued will return the error. 3) Rebinding any placeholders in the SQL statement, then issuing a fetch before reexecuting the statement.

Action: 1) Do not issue a fetch statement after the last row has been retrieved - there are no more rows to fetch. 2) Do not issue a COMMIT inside a fetch loop for a cursor that has been opened FOR UPDATE. 3) Reexecute the statement after rebinding, then attempt to fetch again.

ORA-01003: no statement parsed

ORA-01004: default username feature not supported; logon denied

ORA-01005: null password given; logon denied

ORA-01006: bind variable does not exist

ORA-01007: variable not in select list

ORA-01008: not all variables bound

ORA-01009: missing mandatory parameter

ORA-01010: invalid OCI operation

Cause: One of the following: 1) You attempted an invalid OCI operation. 2) You are using an Oracle client application linked with version 7.1 (or higher) libraries, the environment variable ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN is set to TRUE, and you attempted to connect to a version 7.0 (or lower) Oracle Server. 3) You are connected to a version 7.1 (or higher) Oracle Server, the initialization parameter DBLINK_ENCRYPT_LOGIN is set to TRUE, and you attempted to use a database link pointing to a version 7.0 (or lower) Oracle Server. 4) You are connected to a version 9.0.2(or higher) Oracle Server and you attempted to use a database link pointing to a version 9.0.1(or lower) Oracle Server for distributed autonomous transaction.

Action: For the above causes: 1) Do not use the invalid OCI operation. 2) If you do not wish to use encrypted connect passwords in your distributed database, set ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN to FALSE. If you wish to use encrypted connect passwords, you must upgrade all Oracle Servers to version 7.1 (or higher). 3) If you do not wish to use encrypted database links in your distributed database, set DBLINK_ENCRYPT_LOGIN to FALSE. If you wish to use encrypted database links, you must upgrade all Oracle Servers to version 7.1 (or higher). 4) Do not attempt distributed autonomous transaction on version 9.0.1(or lower) Oracle Server.

ORA-01011: Cannot use v7 compatibility mode when talking to v6 server

ORA-01012: not logged on

ORA-01013: user requested cancel of current operation

ORA-01014: ORACLE shutdown in progress

ORA-01015: logon called recursively

ORA-01016: This function can be called only after a fetch

Cause: Cursor in an invalid state.

Action: Make sure that the oci/upi function is called after fetch.

ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied

ORA-01018: column does not have a LONG datatype

ORA-01019: unable to allocate memory in the user side

Cause: The user side memory allocator returned error.

Action: Increase the processes heap size or switch to the old set of calls.

ORA-01020: unknown context state

ORA-01021: invalid context size specified

ORA-01022: database operation not supported in this configuration

Cause: The attempted database operation does not conform to the user programming interface (UPI) for the two communicating ORACLE servers.

Action: You may need to upgrade one or more of your ORACLE servers or re-link your user side application with new libraries. Report the problem to Worldwide Customer Support.

ORA-01023: Cursor context not found (Invalid cursor number)

Cause: The cursor number is not a valid open cursor.

Action: Make sure that the cursor is open.

ORA-01024: invalid datatype in OCI call

ORA-01025: UPI parameter out of range

Cause: An integer parameter to a upi function is out of range.

Action: This usually indicates an error in a tool built on top of the oracle dbms. Report the error to your customer support representative.

ORA-01026: multiple buffers of size > 4000 in the bind list

Cause: More than one long buffer in the bind list.

Action: Change the buffer size to be less than 4000 for the bind variable bound to a normal column.

ORA-01027: bind variables not allowed for data definition operations

Cause: An attempt was made to use a bind variable in a SQL data definition operation.

Action: Such bind variables are not allowed.

ORA-01028: internal two task error

Cause: Received send long message but don't have the cursor context.

Action: Report as a bug.

ORA-01029: internal two task error

Cause: Received a request to send the long again when there is no long

Action: Report as a bug

ORA-01030: SELECT ... INTO variable does not exist

Cause: The SELECT... INTO specified in the bind call does not correspond to a variable in the SQL statement.

Action: If it is not possible to correct the statement, call customer support.

ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

Cause: An attempt was made to perform a database operation without the necessary privileges.

Action: Ask your database administrator or designated security administrator to grant you the necessary privileges

ORA-01032: no such userid

Cause: This is an internal error message related to Export/Import.

Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-01033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress

Cause: An attempt was made to log on while Oracle is being started up or shutdown.

Action: Wait a few minutes. Then retry the operation.

ORA-01034: ORACLE not available

Cause: Oracle was not started up. Possible causes include the following: - The SGA requires more space than was allocated for it. - The operating-system variable pointing to the instance is improperly defined.

Action: Refer to accompanying messages for possible causes and correct the problem mentioned in the other messages. If Oracle has been initialized, then on some operating systems, verify that Oracle was linked correctly. See the platform specific Oracle documentation.

ORA-01035: ORACLE only available to users with RESTRICTED SESSION privilege

Cause: Logins are disallowed because an instance started in restricted mode. Only users with RESTRICTED SESSION system privilege can log on.

Action: Request that Oracle be restarted without the restricted option or obtain the RESTRICTED SESSION system privilege.

ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number

Cause: Unable to find bind context on user side

Action: Make sure that the variable being bound is in the sql statement.

ORA-01037: maximum cursor memory exceeded

Cause: Attempting to process a complex sql statement which consumed all available memory of the cursor.

Action: Simplify the complex sql statement.

ORA-01038: cannot write database file version string with ORACLE version string

Cause: Attempting to write datafile headers in an old format. The new format can not be used until after the database has been verified as being compatible with this software version.

Action: Open the database to advance to the new file formats, then repeat the operation. If the operation is required before the database can be opened, then use the previous software release to do the operation.

ORA-01039: insufficient privileges on underlying objects of the view

Cause: Attempting to explain plan on other people's view without the necessary privileges on the underlying objects of the view.

Action: Get necessary privileges or do not perform the offending operation.

ORA-01040: invalid character in password; logon denied

Cause: There are multibyte characters in the password or some characters in the password are not in US7ASCII range.

Action: Resubmit password with valid characters.

ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist

Cause: Pointer to hstdef extension in hstdef is null.

Action: Report as a bug

ORA-01042: detaching a session with open cursors not allowed

Cause: An attempt was made to detach a seesio n which had open cursors.

Action: Close all the cursors before detaching the session.

ORA-01043: user side memory corruption [string], [string], [string], [string]

Cause: The application code corrupted some of the usr memory used by oracle

Action: Make sure that the application code is not overwriting memory.

ORA-01044: size string of buffer bound to variable exceeds maximum string

Cause: An attempt was made to bind a buffer whose total size would exceed the maximum size allowed. Total array size for arrays is calculated as: (element_size)*(number of elements)

Action: Reduce buffer size.

ORA-01045: user string lacks CREATE SESSION privilege; logon denied

Cause: A connect was attempted to a userid which does not have create session privilege.

Action: Grant the user CREATE SESSION privilege.

ORA-01046: cannot acquire space to extend context area

ORA-01047: The above error occurred in schema=string, package=string, procedure=string

ORA-01048: Couldn't find the specified procedure in the given context

Cause: The procedure user specified in deferred RPC doesn't exist.

Action: Check to make sure that the procedure exists and is visible to the replication process.

ORA-01049: Bind by name is not spupportted in streamed RPC

Cause: A newer version of server is talking with this version requesting an operation not supported in this version.

Action: n/a

ORA-01050: cannot acquire space to open context area

ORA-01051: deferred rpc buffer format invalid

Cause: The deferred rpc data in sys.def$_call is corrupted.

Action: Contact your customer support representive.

ORA-01052: required destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST is not specified

Cause: A valid destination for parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST was not specified when parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_MIN_SUCCEED_DEST was set to two.

Action: Either specify a value for parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST, or reduce the value for parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_MIN_SUCCEED_DEST to one.

ORA-01053: user storage address cannot be read

ORA-01054: user storage address cannot be written

ORA-01055: Object datatypes not supported for bind or define in this mode

Cause: Bind or Define used for objects with an invalid mode

Action: Change the mode.

ORA-01057: invalid or ambiguous block.field reference in user exit

ORA-01058: internal New Upi interface error

Cause: Attempt to delete non existant hstdef extension.

Action: Report as a bug.

ORA-01059: parse expected before a bind or execute

Cause: The client application attempted to bind a variable or execute a cursor opened in a PL/SQL block before the statement was parsed.

Action: Ensure the statement is parsed before a bind or execute.

ORA-01060: array binds or executes not allowed

Cause: The client application attempted to bind an array of cursors or attempted to repeatedly execute against a PL/SQL block with a bind variable of type cursor.

Action: Bind a single cursor or execute the PL/SQL block once.

ORA-01061: cannot start up a V8 server using a V7 client application

Cause: You are using an Oracle client application linked with version 7 (or lower) libraries and you attempted to start up a V8 (or higher) server.

Action: Use a client application linked with V8 (or higher) libraries.60

ORA-01062: unable to allocate memory for define buffer

Cause: Exceeded the maximum buffer size for current plaform

Action: Use piecewise fetch with a smaller buffer size

ORA-01063: fetch row count exceeds MINSWORDMAXVAL

Cause: The total number of rows requested from the server exceeded the maximum specified in MINSWORDMAXVAL.

Action: Fix the number of rows to fetch or prefetch for the fetch interface call.

ORA-01064: invalid value 'string' for parameter INSTANCE_TYPE in XE Edition

Cause: A value other than RDBMS was specified for the INSTANCE_TYPE parameter in Oracle Database Express Edition (XE).

Action: Upgrade to Oracle Database Standard Edition (SE) or Oracle Database Enterprise Edition (EE) to bring up any other instance type.

ORA-01070: Using an old version of Oracle for the server

Cause: Using pre 7.0.10.1 version of oracle for server

Action: Upgrade server to post 7.0.10.1 version

ORA-01071: cannot perform operation without starting up ORACLE

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01072: cannot stop ORACLE; ORACLE not running

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01073: fatal connection error: unrecognized call type

Cause: An illegal internal operation was attempted.

Action: Contact your customer support representative.

ORA-01074: cannot shut down ORACLE; inside a login session - log off first

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01075: you are currently logged on

Cause: Attempt to login while logged in.

Action: n/a

ORA-01076: multiple logons per process not yet supported

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01077: background process initialization failure

Cause: Failure during initialization of ORACLE background processes.

Action: Further diagnostic information should be in the error stack or in the trace file.

ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

Cause: Failure during processing of INIT.ORA parameters during system startup.

Action: Further diagnostic information should be in the error stack.

ORA-01079: ORACLE database was not properly created, operation aborted

Cause: There was an error when the database or control file was created.

Action: Check what error was signaled when the database was first created or when the control file was recreated. Take appropriate actions to recreate the database or a new control file.

ORA-01080: error in shutting down ORACLE

Cause: Failure during system shutdown.

Action: Further diagnostic information should be in the error stack.

ORA-01081: cannot start already-running ORACLE - shut it down first

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01082: 'row_locking = always' requires the transaction processing option

Cause: "row_locking = always" is specified in INIT.ORA file. This feature is not supported by ORACLE without the transaction processing option.

Action: Remove it from INIT.ORA file or set it to "default" or "intent".

ORA-01083: value of parameter "string" is inconsistent with that of other instances

Cause: The value of the given parameter is required to be the same for all instances in the cluster database configuration. ROW_LOCKING and SERIALIZABLE are 2 examples.

Action: Change the value of the parameter in INIT.ORA file to match that of other cluster database instances.

ORA-01084: invalid argument in OCI call

Cause: The failing OCI call contains an argument with an invalid value.

Action: Use valid argument values. For more information, see the Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Call Interfaces and the appropriate programming language supplement.

ORA-01085: preceding errors in deferred rpc to "string.string.string"

Cause: Errors were encountered when the named procedure was executed as a deferred remoted procedure call.

Action: Correct the cause of the preceding errors.

ORA-01086: savepoint 'string' never established in this session or is invalid

Cause: An attempt was made to roll back to a savepoint that was never established in this session, or was invalid.

Action: Try rolling back to the savepoint from the session where it is established.

ORA-01087: cannot start up ORACLE - currently logged on

ORA-01088: shutdown in progress - operation not permitted until restart

Cause: The SHUTDOWN command was used to shut down a running Oracle instance but the shutdown operation was not complete.

Action: Wait for the instance to be restarted or contact your database administrator.

ORA-01089: immediate shutdown or close in progress - no operations are permitted

Cause: The SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE command was used to shut down a running Oracle instance, or CLOSE IMMEDIATE was used to shut down a pluggable database, so your operations have been terminated.

Action: Wait for the instance to be restarted, or contact your DBA.

ORA-01090: shutdown in progress - connection is not permitted

Cause: The SHUTDOWN command was used to shut down a running ORACLE instance, so you cannot connect to ORACLE.

Action: Wait for the instance to be restarted, or contact your DBA.

ORA-01091: failure during startup force

Cause: Unable to destroy the old SGA.

Action: Manually remove the old SGA and reissue the STARTUP command

ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced

Cause: The instance this process was connected to was terminated abnormally, probably via a shutdown abort. This process was forced to disconnect from the instance.

Action: Examine the alert log for more details. When the instance has been restarted, retry action.

ORA-01093: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE only permitted with no sessions connected

Cause: There is at least one more session other than the current one logged into the instance. ALTER DATABASE CLOSE is not permitted.

Action: Find the other sessions and log them out and resubmit the command

ORA-01094: ALTER DATABASE or ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE CLOSE in progress. Connections not permitted

ORA-01095: DML statement processed zero rows

Cause: During a call to OTEX, an update, delete, or insert statement being executed processed zero rows. The execution of statements by OTEX was halted at this point.

Action: n/a

ORA-01096: program version (string) incompatible with instance (string)

Cause: A program is trying to connect to an instance using a different version of code than the database was started with. This is not allowed.

Action: Either relink the program with the same version as the database or restart the database using the old version of code.

ORA-01097: cannot shutdown while in a transaction - commit or rollback first

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01098: program Interface error during Long Insert

ORA-01099: cannot mount database in SHARED mode if started in single process mode

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01100: database already mounted

Cause: A database is already mounted in this instance.

Action: n/a

ORA-01101: database being created currently mounted by some other instance

Cause: Some other instance has the database of same name currently mounted and you are trying to create it.

Action: Either change the database name or shutdown the other instance.

ORA-01102: cannot mount database in EXCLUSIVE mode

Cause: Some other instance has the database mounted exclusive or shared.

Action: Shutdown other instance or mount in a compatible mode.

ORA-01103: database name 'string' in control file is not 'string'

Cause: The database name in the control file does not match your database name.

Action: Either find the correct control file or change your database name.

ORA-01104: number of control files (string) does not equal string

Cause: The number of control files used by this instance disagrees with the number of control files in an existing instance.

Action: Check to make sure that all control files are listed.

ORA-01105: mount is incompatible with mounts by other instances

Cause: An attempt to mount the database discovered that another instance mounted a database by the same name, but the mount is not compatible. Additional errors are reported explaining why.

Action: See accompanying errors.

ORA-01106: database must be closed before dismounting

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01107: database must be mounted for media recovery

Cause: An attempt to perform media recovery was made but the database is not mounted.

Action: Mount the database.

ORA-01108: file string is in backup or media recovery

Cause: Either media recovery is actively being applied to the file, or it is being backed up while the database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode. It cannot be used for normal database access or crash recovery.

Action: Complete or cancel the media recovery session or backup.

ORA-01109: database not open

Cause: A command was attempted that requires the database to be open.

Action: Open the database and try the command again

ORA-01110: data file string: 'string'

Cause: Reporting file name for details of another error. The reported name can be of the old file if a data file move operation is in progress.

Action: See associated error message.

ORA-01111: name for data file string is unknown - rename to correct file

Cause: The data file was missing from a CREATE CONTROLFILE command or backup control file recovery was done with a control file that was saved before the file was created.

Action: Rename the MISSING file to the name of the real file.

ORA-01112: media recovery not started

Cause: An attempt to continue media recovery is being made but media recovery was not started.

Action: None

ORA-01113: file string needs media recovery

Cause: An attempt was made to online or open a database with a file that is in need of media recovery.

Action: First apply media recovery to the file.

ORA-01114: IO error writing block to file string (block # string)

Cause: The device on which the file resides is probably offline. If the file is a temporary file, then it is also possible that the device has run out of space. This could happen because disk space of temporary files is not necessarily allocated at file creation time.

Action: Restore access to the device or remove unnecessary files to free up space.

ORA-01115: IO error reading block from file string (block # string)

Cause: Device on which the file resides is probably offline

Action: Restore access to the device

ORA-01116: error in opening database file string

Cause: Usually the file is not accessible.

Action: Restore the database file.

ORA-01117: adding file 'string' with illegal block size: string; limit is string

Cause: An attempt was made to add a database file with a block size that is greater than the maximum block size allowed.

Action: Retry the DDL command with a smaller block size.

ORA-01118: cannot add any more database files: limit of string exceeded

Cause: There is no more room in the control file for adding database files.

Action: Resize the control file or drop other tablespaces.

ORA-01119: error in creating database file 'string'

Cause: Usually due to not having enough space on the device.

Action: n/a

ORA-01120: cannot remove online database file string

Cause: Attempting to drop a datafile when it is online

Action: Take file offline before dropping.

ORA-01121: cannot rename database file string - file is in use or recovery

Cause: Attempted to use ALTER DATABASE RENAME to rename a datafile that is online in an open instance or is being recovered.

Action: Close database in all instances and end all recovery sessions.

ORA-01122: database file string failed verification check

Cause: The information in this file is inconsistent with information from the control file. See accompanying message for reason.

Action: Make certain that the db files and control files are the correct files for this database.

ORA-01123: cannot start online backup; media recovery not enabled

Cause: An attempt to start backup of an on-line tablespace failed because media recovery is not enabled.

Action: Enable media recovery and retry this operation.

ORA-01124: cannot recover data file string - file is in use or recovery

Cause: An attempt to do media recovery found that the file was not available for recovery. Either it is online and the database is open in some instance, or another process is curently doing media recovery on the file.

Action: Do not do media recovery.

ORA-01125: cannot disable media recovery - file string has online backup set

Cause: An attempt to disable media recovery found that an online backup is still in progress.

Action: End the backup of the offending tablespace and retry this command.

ORA-01126: database must be mounted in this instance and not open in any instance

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01127: database name 'string' exceeds size limit of string characters

Cause: Obvious

Action: n/a

ORA-01128: cannot start online backup - file string is offline

Cause: An attempt to start an online backup found that one of the files is offline.

Action: Bring the offending files online and retry this command or do a cold backup.

ORA-01129: user's default or temporary tablespace does not exist

Cause: The user's default or temporary tablespace was dropped.

Action: Reassign the default or temporary tablespace.

ORA-01130: database file version string incompatible with ORACLE version string

ORA-01131: DB_FILES system parameter value string exceeds limit of string

ORA-01132: length of database file name 'string' exceeds limit of string characters

ORA-01133: length of log file name 'string' exceeds limit of string characters

ORA-01134: database mounted exclusive by another instance

ORA-01135: file string accessed for DML/query is offline

Cause: Attempted to access a data file that is offline

Action: Bring the data file back online

ORA-01136: specified size of file string (string blocks) is less than original size of string blocks

Cause: A file size was specified in the AS clause of ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE, and the size was smaller the the size needed

Action: Create the file with a larger size.

ORA-01137: data file string is still in the middle of going offline

Cause: It was not possible to get the lock for a file that is offline when attempting to bring it online. The most likely cause is that the lock is still held by the instance that is took it offline.

Action: Wait a bit and try to online the file again.

ORA-01138: database must either be open in this instance or not at all

Cause: The requested operation can not be done when the database is mounted but not open in this instance, and another instance has the database open.

Action: Execute the operation in an open instance, open the datbase in this instance, or close the database in the other instances.

ORA-01139: RESETLOGS option only valid after an incomplete database recovery

Cause: The RESETLOGS option was given in ALTER DATABASE OPEN, but there has been no incomplete recovery session.

Action: Retry the ALTER DATABASE OPEN without specifying RESETLOGS

ORA-01140: cannot end online backup - all files are offline or readonly

Cause: All the files were found to be offline or readonly when attempting to end an online backup.

Action: None. Online backup does not need to be ended for this tablespace.

ORA-01141: error renaming data file string - new file 'string' not found

Cause: An attempt to change a data file's name in the control file failed because no file was found with the new name.

Action: Make sure that the data file has been properly renamed by the operating system and retry.

ORA-01142: cannot end online backup - none of the files are in backup

Cause: None of the files were found to be in online backup when attempting to end an online backup.

Action: None. Online backup does not need to be ended for this tablespace.

ORA-01143: cannot disable media recovery - file string needs media recovery

Cause: An attempt to disable media recovery found a file that needs media recovery, thus media recovery cannot be disabled.

Action: Recover the offending file or drop the tablespace it belongs to and retry this command.

ORA-01144: File size (string blocks) exceeds maximum of string blocks

Cause: Specified file size is larger than maximum allowable size value.

Action: Specify a smaller size.

ORA-01145: offline immediate disallowed unless media recovery enabled

Cause: ALTER TABLESPACE ... OFFLINE IMMEDIATE or ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE ... OFFLINE is only allowed if database is in ARCHIVELOG mode.

Action: Take tablespace offline normally or shutdown abort. Reconsider your backup strategy. You could do this if you were archiving your logs.

ORA-01146: cannot start online backup - file string is already in backup

Cause: When starting an online backup it was noticed that an online backup was already started for one of the data files.

Action: End the first backup before beginning another.

ORA-01147: SYSTEM tablespace file string is offline

Cause: A file belonging to the SYSTEM tablespace has been marked offline by the DBA. The database cannot be started until all SYSTEM tablespace files are online and openable.

Action: Bring the file online.

ORA-01148: cannot refresh file size for datafile string

Cause: An operating system or device error occurred when retrieving the file's size. The device on which the file resides may have been offline.

Action: Restore access to the device.

ORA-01149: cannot shutdown - file string has online backup set

Cause: An attempt to shutdown normally found that an online backup is still in progress.

Action: End the backup of the offending tablespace and retry this command.

ORA-01150: cannot prevent writes - file string has online backup set

Cause: An attempt to make a tablespace read only or offline normal found that an online backup is still in progress. It will be necessary to write the file header to end the backup, but that would not be allowed if this command succeeded.

Action: End the backup of the offending tablespace and retry this command.

ORA-01151: use media recovery to recover block, restore backup if needed

Cause: Error 1172 occurred.

Action: This is additional information for error 1172.

ORA-01152: file string was not restored from a sufficiently old backup

Cause: An incomplete recovery session was started, but an insufficient number of logs were applied to make the database consistent. This file is still in the future of the last log applied. The most likely cause of this error is forgetting to restore the file from a backup before doing incomplete recovery.

Action: Either apply more logs until the database is consistent or restore the database file from an older backup and repeat recovery.

ORA-01153: an incompatible media recovery is active

Cause: Attempted to start an incompatible media recovery or open resetlogs during media recovery or RMAN backup . Media recovery sessions are incompatible if they attempt to recover the same data file. Incomplete media recovery or open resetlogs is incompatible with any media recovery. Backup or restore by RMAN is incompatible with open resetlogs

Action: Complete or cancel the other media recovery session or RMAN backup

ORA-01154: database busy. Open, close, mount, and dismount not allowed now

Cause: Some operation is in progress that expects the opened/mounted state of this instance to remain the same.

Action: Wait for the operation to complete then retry. If attempting to do a shutdown, SHUTDOWN ABORT will work. If this is a shutdown of a standby database that is operating in NO DATA LOSS mode, you must shutdown the primary database first.

ORA-01155: the database is being opened, closed, mounted or dismounted

Cause: The requested operation needs the instance to be in a particular state but the state is being changed.

Action: Wait for the open, close, mount, or dismount to complete then retry the operation. If necessary, a SHUTDOWN ABORT will always work.

ORA-01156: recovery or flashback in progress may need access to files

Cause: Either media recovery, instance recovery, or flashback was in progress. The recovery or flashback in progress may need the files to which this operation is being applied.

Action: Wait for recovery or flashback to complete.

ORA-01157: cannot identify/lock data file string - see DBWR trace file

Cause: The background process was either unable to find one of the data files or failed to lock it because the file was already in use. The database will prohibit access to this file but other files will be unaffected. However the first instance to open the database will need to access all online data files. Accompanying error from the operating system describes why the file could not be identified.

Action: Have operating system make file available to database. Then either open the database or do ALTER SYSTEM CHECK DATAFILES.

ORA-01158: database string already mounted

Cause: Another instance has a database by this name mounted.

Action: Find which instance is still running. Perhaps you have not lost the control files after all.

ORA-01159: file is not from same database as previous files - wrong database id

Cause: Not all of the files specified in CREATE CONTROLFILE are from the same database. The database ID of this file does not match that from the first file specified.

Action: Please double check the list of files provided to the CREATE

ORA-01160: file is not a string

Cause: The named file in the DATAFILE or LOGFILE section of the CREATE CONTROLFILE command does not appear to be as stated.

Action: Please double check the mentioned file.

ORA-01161: Database name string in the file header does not match string in the DATABASE clause.

Cause: The database name provided in the DATABASE clause did not match the database name found in the file header.

Action: Ensure consistency of database names. Use the SET DATABASE clause if you are renaming the database.

ORA-01162: block size string in file header does not match configured block sizes

Cause: CREATE CONTROLFILE discovered that the block size for this file is incompatible with any of the configured cache blocksizes in the INIT.ORA file.

Action: Configure the appropriate cache for this block size using one of the various (db_2k_cache_size, db_4k_cache_size, db_8k_cache_size, db_16k_cache_size, db_32K_cache_size) parameters.

ORA-01163: SIZE clause indicates string (blocks), but should match header string

Cause: The size specified in bytes in the SIZE clause of the CREATE CONTROLFILE statement does not equate to the number of blocks recorded in the header.

Action: Specify the correct filename and size ( in bytes ).

ORA-01164: MAXLOGFILES may not exceed string

Cause: MAXLOGFILES specified on the command line too large.

Action: Resubmit the command with a smaller MAXLOGFILES

ORA-01165: MAXDATAFILES may not exceed string

Cause: MAXDATAFILES specified on the command line too large.

Action: Resubmit the command with a smaller MAXDATAFILES

ORA-01166: file number string is larger than string (string)

Cause: File mentioned in CREATE CONTROLFILE has a file number which is larger than that specified for MAXDATAFILES or MAXLOGFILES.

Action: Increase the maximum specified on the command line.

ORA-01167: two files are the same file/group number or the same file

Cause: There is an overlap of file numbers in the files specified on the command line or the same file is specified twice. If they are not the exact same file then one is likely to be a backup of the other. If they are two members of the same log they must be specified together in a group file spec. This message will also appear if the same control file appears more than once in the control_files parameter in the init.ora file. If this happens, check for additional error messages.

Action: Confirm that the file mentioned is not a repeat of a file already mentioned in the command. If they are different files then omit the earlier backup. If they are members of the same log, insure they are in the same group file specification. If this message appears because of a duplicate control file, check the control_files parameter in the init.ora file and see if a file is specified more than once. If all files names appear to be unique, check to make sure that the actual control files themselves are unique. For example, in UNIX check for a symbolic or a hard link to another control file in the list.

ORA-01168: physical block size string does not match size string of other members

Cause: The file is located on a device with a different physical block size than the other members in the group

Action: Use a physical device with matching block size.

ORA-01169: DATAFILE number 1 not found. Must be present

Cause: Datafile number 1 was not specified in a CREATE CONTROLFILE command.

Action: Locate datafile number 1 and resubmit the CREATE CONTROLFILE command.

ORA-01170: file not found 'string'

Cause: ALL datafiles and, if NORESETLOGS, ALL logfiles MUST be accessible by the process for CREATE CONTROLFILE.

Action: The file specified probably contains a typing error. Double check command and the existance of all files and then resubmit.

ORA-01171: datafile string going offline due to error advancing checkpoint

Cause: The checkpoint in the file header could not be advanced. See accompanying errors for the reason. The datafile will be taken offline the same as for a write error of a data block.

Action: See accompanying errors for details. Restore access to the file, do media recovery, and bring it back online.

ORA-01172: recovery of thread string stuck at block string of file string

Cause: Crash recovery or instance recovery could not apply a change to a block because it was not the next change. This can happen if the block was corrupted and then repaired during recovery.

Action: Do a RECOVER DATAFILE for the file containing the block. If this does not resolve the problem then restore the file from a backup and recover it.

ORA-01173: data dictionary indicates missing data file from system tablespace

Cause: Either the database has been recovered to a point in time in the future of the control file or a datafile from the system tablespace was omitted from the create control file command previously issued.

Action: For the former problem you need to recover the database from a more recent control file. For the latter problem, simply recreate the control file checking to be sure that you include all the datafiles in the system tablespace.

ORA-01174: DB_FILES is string buts needs to be string to be compatible

Cause: The maximum number of database files supported by this instance is not the same as for the other instances. All instances must be able to open all the files any instance can open.

Action: Change the value of the DB_FILES parameter to be compatible

ORA-01175: data dictionary has more than the string files allowed by the instance

Cause: The data dictionary is found to have more files than that which can be supported by this instance.

Action: Shutdown the instance and restart with a larger number of db_files

ORA-01176: data dictionary has more than the string files allowed by the controlfile

Cause: After a CREATE CONTROLFILE, the data dictionary was found to have more data files than that supported by the control file.

Action: Re-create the control file with a larger MAXDATAFILES.

ORA-01177: data file does not match dictionary - probably old incarnation

Cause: When comparing the control file with the data dictionary after a CREATE CONTROLFILE or OPEN RESETLOGS, it was noted that this datafile was inconsistent with the dictionary. Most likely the file is a backup of a file that was dropped from the database, and the same file number was reused for a new file. It may also be that an incomplete recovery stopped at a time when this file number was used for another datafile.

Action: Do a CREATE CONTROLFILE with the correct file or none at all.

ORA-01178: file string created before last CREATE CONTROLFILE, cannot recreate

Cause: Attempted to use ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE to recreate a datafile that existed at the last CREATE CONTROLFILE command. The information needed to recreate the file was lost with the control file that existed when the file was added to the database.

Action: Find a backup of the file, and recover it. Do incomplete recovery to time before file was originally created.

ORA-01179: file string does not exist

Cause: During datafile recovery, a file was listed which was not part for the database.

Action: Recheck the datafile name. Remember to use double quotes at the SQLDBA command line and remember that the file name is translated in the environment of the SQLDBA.

ORA-01180: can not create datafile 1

Cause: Attempting to create datafile 1 using ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE.

Action: Recover file from a backup or recreate database.

ORA-01181: file string created before last known RESETLOGS, cannot recreate

Cause: Attempted to use ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE to recreate a datafile that existed before the last known RESETLOGS.

Action: Find a backup of the file, and recover it. Do incomplete recovery to time before file was originally created.

ORA-01182: cannot create database file string - file is in use or recovery

Cause: Attempted to use ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE to recreate a datafile that is online in an open instance or is being recovered.

Action: Close database in all instances and end all recovery sessions

ORA-01183: cannot mount database in SHARED mode

Cause: Some other instance has the database mounted exclusive.

Action: Shutdown other instance then mount shared.

ORA-01184: logfile group string already exists

Cause: An ALTER DATABASE ADD LOGFILE command specified a log number for the new log which is already in use.

Action: Specify a different logfile number, or let the database choose an unused value.

ORA-01185: logfile group number string is invalid

Cause: An ALTER DATABASE ADD LOGFILE command specified a log number for the new log which is too large.

Action: Specify a correct logfile number.

ORA-01186: file string failed verification tests

Cause: The data file did not pass the checks to insure it is part of the database. See the accompanying error messages for the reason the verification failed.

Action: Make the correct file available to the database. Then, either open the database, or execute ALTER SYSTEM CHECK DATAFILES.

ORA-01187: cannot read from file string because it failed verification tests

Cause: The data file did not pass the checks to insure it is part of the database. Reads are not allowed until it is verified.

Action: Make the correct file available to the database. Then, either open the database, or execute ALTER SYSTEM CHECK DATAFILES.

ORA-01188: The block size specified string does not match header block size string

Cause: The block size specified in the BLOCKSIZE clause of the CREATE CONTROLFILE statement does not equate to the block size recorded in the log file header.

Action: Specify the correct block size.

ORA-01189: file is from a different RESETLOGS than previous files

Cause: In a CREATE CONTROLFILE command either this file or all previous files were backups from before the last RESETLOGS. This may also occur if this is a file that is offline and has been offline since before the last RESETLOGS.

Action: If the file was taken offline normal before the last RESETLOGS, and is still offline, omit it from the CREATE CONTROLFILE command. Rename and online the file after the database is open. Otherwise find the version of the mentioned file consistent with the rest of the datafiles and resubmit the command.

ORA-01190: control file or data file string is from before the last RESETLOGS

Cause: Attempting to use a data file when the log reset information in the file does not match the control file. Either the data file or the control file is a backup that was made before the most recent ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS.

Action: Restore file from a more recent backup.

ORA-01191: file string is already offline - cannot do a normal offline

Cause: When attempting to do a normal tablespace offline it was discovered that one of the files in the tablespace was already offline.

Action: Either bring the datafile online first, or use another tablespace offline option.

ORA-01192: must have at least one enabled thread

Cause: You must specify at least two logfiles from at least one thread at the create contolfile command line.

Action: Find the missing logfiles and resubmit the command with the newly found logfiles included in the command line.

ORA-01193: file string is not the same file seen at start of recovery

Cause: A different copy of the file was accessed the last time media recovery looked at the file header. A backup of the file was restored or the meaning of the file name changed during recovery.

Action: Ensure the correct file is available, then retry recovery.

ORA-01194: file string needs more recovery to be consistent

Cause: An incomplete recovery session was started, but an insufficient number of logs were applied to make the file consistent. The reported file was not closed cleanly when it was last opened by the database. It must be recovered to a time when it was not being updated. The most likely cause of this error is forgetting to restore the file from a backup before doing incomplete recovery.

Action: Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the file from an older backup and repeat recovery.

ORA-01195: online backup of file string needs more recovery to be consistent

Cause: An incomplete recovery session was started, but an insufficient number of logs were applied to make the file consistent. The reported file is an online backup which must be recovered to the time the backup ended.

Action: Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the database files from an older backup and repeat recovery.

ORA-01196: file string is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session

Cause: The file was being recovered but the recovery did not terminate normally. This left the file in an inconsistent state. No more recovery was successfully completed on this file.

Action: Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the backup again and repeat recovery.

ORA-01197: thread string only contains one log

Cause: During CREATE CONTROLFILE all threads represented in the logs must be represented by at least two logs. A "last log" and a second log. The named thread does not contain two such logs.

Action: Either find more logs from the named thread. Or use the RESETLOGS option to CREATE CONTROLFILE.

ORA-01198: must specify size for log file if RESETLOGS

Cause: File sizes must be given for all logfiles if doing a CREATE CONTROLFILE with the RESETLOGS option.

Action: Resubmit the command with the appropriate logfile size.

ORA-01199: file string is not in online backup mode

Cause: Attempting to end an online backup for a file that is not in online backup.

Action: Do not enter command since it is not needed.

ORA-01200: actual file size of string is smaller than correct size of string blocks

Cause: The size of the file as returned by the operating system is smaller than the size of the file as indicated in the file header and the control file. Somehow the file has been truncated. Maybe it is the result of a half completed copy.

Action: Restore a good copy of the data file and do recovery as needed.

ORA-01201: file string header failed to write correctly

Cause: An I/O error was reported for the file header. The error was trapped and a second attempt will be made.

Action: The file probably will require recovery. Further error messages will indicate what is needed.

ORA-01202: wrong incarnation of this file - wrong creation time

Cause: The creation time in the file header is not the same as the creation time in the control file. This is probably a copy of a file that was dropped.

Action: Restore a current copy of the data file and do recovery as needed.

ORA-01203: wrong incarnation of this file - wrong creation SCN

Cause: The creation SCN in the file header is not the same as the creation SCN in the control file. This is probably a copy of a file that was dropped.

Action: Restore a current copy of the data file and do recovery as needed.

ORA-01204: file number is string rather than string - wrong file

Cause: The file number in the file header is not correct. This is probably a restored backup of the wrong file, but from the same database.

Action: Restore a copy of the correct data file and do recovery as needed.

ORA-01205: not a data file - type number in header is string

Cause: The file type in the header is not correct for a data file. This is probably a log file or control file. If the type is not a small non-zero positive number then the header is corrupted.

Action: Restore a copy of the correct data file and do recovery as needed.

ORA-01206: file is not part of this database - wrong database id

Cause: The database ID in the file header does not match the database id in the control file. The file may be from a different database, or it may not be a database file at all. If the database was rebuilt, this may be a file from before the rebuild. Note that if you see this error when the file is supposed to be plugged in from another database via the Transportable Tablespace feature, it means the database ID in the file header does not match the one expected.

Action: Restore a copy of the correct data file and do recovery as needed.

ORA-01207: file is more recent than control file - old control file

Cause: The control file change sequence number in the data file is greater than the number in the control file. This implies that the wrong control file is being used. Note that repeatedly causing this error can make it stop happening without correcting the real problem. Every attempt to open the database will advance the control file change sequence number until it is great enough.

Action: Use the current control file or do backup control file recovery to make the control file current. Be sure to follow all restrictions on doing a backup control file recovery.

ORA-01208: data file is an old version - not accessing current version

Cause: The checkpoint in the file header is less recent than in the control file. If opening a database that is already open by another instance, or if another instance just brought this file online, the file accessed by this instance is probably a different version. Otherwise, a backup of the file probably was restored while the file was in use.

Action: Make the correct file available to the database. Then, either open the database, or execute ALTER SYSTEM CHECK DATAFILES.

ORA-01209: data file is from before the last RESETLOGS

Cause: The reset log data in the file header does not match the control file. If the database is closed or the file is offline, the backup is old because it was taken before the last ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS command. If opening a database that is open already by another instance, or if another instance just brought this file online, the file accessed by this instance is probably a different version. Otherwise, a backup of the file probably was restored while the file was in use.

Action: Make the correct file available to the database. Then, either open the database, or execute ALTER SYSTEM CHECK DATAFILES.

ORA-01210: data file header is media corrupt

Cause: The file header block is internally inconsistent. The beginning of the block has a header with a checksum and other data for insuring the consistancy of the block. It is possible that the last disk write did not operate correctly. The most likely problem is that this is not a datafile for any database.

Action: Have operating system make correct file available to database. If the trace file dump indicates that only the checksum is wrong, restore from a backup and do media recovery.

ORA-01211: Oracle7 data file is not from migration to Oracle8

Cause: The file is not a copy of the file LAST used under Oracle7. This datafile is either a backup taken from before the migration, or the database was opened by Oracle7 after the migration utility was run. When converting a database from Oracle7 to Oracle8, the migration program MUST be the LAST utility to access the database under Oracle7. Only the datafiles that were current when the migration was done may be accessed by Oracle8.

Action: Have operating system make correct data file available to database, or repeat the Oracle7 to Oracle8 migration. Make sure that database is NOT opened after migration utility is run.

ORA-01212: MAXLOGMEMBERS may not exceed string

Cause: MAXLOGMEMBERS specified on the command line too large.

Action: Resubmit the command with a smaller MAXLOGMEMBERS

ORA-01213: MAXINSTANCES may not exceed string

Cause: MAXINSTANCES specified on the command line too large.

Action: Resubmit the command with a smaller MAXINSTANCES

ORA-01214: MAXLOGHISTORY may not exceed string

Cause: MAXLOGHISTORY specified on the command line too large.

Action: Resubmit the command with a smaller MAXLOGHISTORY

ORA-01215: enabled thread string is missing after CREATE CONTROLFILE

Cause: A CREATE CONTROLFILE statement was given which did not list all the enabled threads for the database.

Action: Reissue the CREATE CONTROLFILE statement, including all enabled threads.

ORA-01216: thread string is expected to be disabled after CREATE CONTROLFILE

Cause: A thread that was given during CREATE CONTROLFILE is enabled, but the datafiles indicate that it should be disabled. This is probably because the logs supplied to the CREATE CONTROLFILE are old (from before the disabling of the thread).

Action: This thread is not required to run the database. The CREATE CONTROLFILE statement can be reissued without the problem thread, and, if desired, the thread can be recreated after the database is open.

ORA-01217: logfile member belongs to a different logfile group

Cause: A member of a multiple-member logfile group specified in a CREATE CONTROLFILE is not part of the same group as previous members.

Action: Group together the correct members for the CREATE CONTROLFILE command.

ORA-01218: logfile member is not from the same point-in-time

Cause: A member of a multiple-member logfile group is from a different point in time. One of the members specified may be an older (backup) copy of the log.

Action: Find the correct version of the log, or leave it out of the CREATE CONTROLFILE command.

ORA-01219: database or pluggable database not open: queries allowed on fixed tables or views only

Cause: A query was issued against an object not recognized as a fixed table or fixed view before the database or pluggable database has been opened.

Action: Re-phrase the query to include only fixed objects, or open the database or pluggable database.

ORA-01220: file based sort illegal before database is open

Cause: A query issued against a fixed table or view required a temporary segment for sorting before the database was open. Only in-memory sorts are supported before the database is open.

Action: Re-phrase the query to avoid a large sort, increase the values of the SORT_AREA_SIZE and/or SORT_AREA_RETAINED_SIZE initialization parameters to enable the sort to be done in memory.

ORA-01221: data file string is not the same file to a background process

Cause: When the database writer opens the data file, it is accessing a different physical file than the foreground doing the recovery. The timestamp set in the file header by the foreground was not found by the background. It may be that the background process could not read the file at all.

Action: Look in the DBWR trace file for the error it recieved when attempting to read the file header. Reconfigure the operating system as needed to have the file name successfully access the same file when opened by a background process.

ORA-01222: MAXINSTANCES of string requires MAXLOGFILES be at least string, not string

Cause: Attemping to create a database or control file that does not have room for at least two logs per thread of redo. A thread of redo must have two online logs in order to be enabled. It does not make sense to allow more redo threads than can be supported by the logs.

Action: Either reduce the MAXINSTANCES argument or increase MAXLOGFILES.

ORA-01223: RESETLOGS must be specified to set a new database name

Cause: The SET database name option was specified to CREATE CONTROLFILE, but RESETLOGS was not specified. The database name can only be changed when opening the database with RESETLOGS.

Action: Either add the RESETLOGS option or drop the SET option to CREATE CONTROLFILE.

ORA-01224: group number in header string does not match GROUP string

Cause: Group number specified at CREATE CONTROLFILE does not match the group number stored in the header. Most likely the specification is wrong.

Action: Omit the GROUP option or give the correct one.

ORA-01225: thread number string is greater than MAXINSTANCES string

Cause: The log is for a thread greater than the MAXINSTANCES argument.

Action: Increase the value for MAXINSTANCES and resubmit the command.

ORA-01226: file header of log member is inconsistent with other members

Cause: The log file member in the accompanying error is for the same group as the previous members, but other fields in the header are different. Either a file header is corrupted, or some file is a member of a deleted log.

Action: Find the correct log member or omit this member from the command.

ORA-01227: log string is inconsistent with other logs

Cause: The log file in the accompanying error is inconsistent with the contents of other logs given in the CREATE CONTROLFILE command. Either a file header is corrupted, or some file is an old copy rather than the current version. The problem may not be with the log listed since all that can be detected is that there is an inconsistancy. All log files listed in the command must be the current versions of the online logs.

Action: Find the correct online logs or use the RESETLOGS option.

ORA-01228: SET DATABASE option required to install seed database

Cause: The SET DATABASE option was not included in the CREATE CONTROLFILE command when installing a seed database. The database does not have a database ID because it is intended to be installed at multiple sites, and each site needs to be a different database with its own database id. Both the SET DATABASE and RESETLOGS options must be specified to create the control file for this database.

Action: Resubmit command with the SET DATABASE and RESETLOGS options.

ORA-01229: data file string is inconsistent with logs

Cause: The data file in the accompanying error is inconsistent with the contents of the logs given in the CREATE CONTROLFILE command. The most likely cause is that one or more of the online logs was missing from the command. It is also possible that one or more of the logs is an old copy rather than the current version. All online log files must be listed in the command and must be the current versions of the online logs.

Action: Find the correct online logs or use the RESETLOGS option.

ORA-01230: cannot make read only - file string is offline

Cause: An attempt to make a tablespace read only found that one of its files is offline.

Action: Bring the file online and retry this command.

ORA-01231: cannot make read write - file string is offline

Cause: An attempt to make a tablespace read write found that one of its files is offline.

Action: Bring the file online and retry this command.

ORA-01232: cannot start online backup - file string is being made read-only

Cause: An attempt to start an online backup found that one of the files is in transition to read-only mode.

Action: Wait for the transition to complete and then retry the command, if this is an ALTER DATABASE BEGIN BACKUP command, or take the backup without any begin or end commands, if this is an ALTER TABLESPACE BEGIN BACKUP command.

ORA-01233: file string is read only - cannot recover using backup control file

Cause: An attempt to do media recovery using a backup control file found that one of the files is marked read only. Read only files do not normally need to be recovered, but recovery with a backup control file must recover all online files.

Action: If the file really is read only, take it offline before the recovery, and bring the read only tablespace online after the database is open. If the file does need recovery use a control file from the time the file was read-write. If the correct control file is not available, use CREATE CONTROLFILE to make one.

ORA-01234: cannot end backup of file string - file is in use or recovery

Cause: Attempted to end an online backup of file when the file is busy. Some operation such as recovery or rename may be active, or there may still be some instance that has the database open with this file online.

Action: If there is an instance with the database open then the backup can be ended there by using the ALTER TABLESPACE command. Otherwise wait for the completion of the other operation.

ORA-01235: END BACKUP failed for string file(s) and succeeded for string

Cause: One or more of the files in an end backup command failed. Some other files given in the same command may have succeeded.

Action: See the accompanying error messages for the reason the backups could not be ended. Any files not listed in the error messages were successful.

ORA-01236: Error string occurred during initialization of file header access

Cause: The indicated error occurred while doing initialization processing of file headers.

Action: The error indicated should be corrected. An attempt is made to recover from this error by using a slower access algorithm.

ORA-01237: cannot extend datafile string

Cause: An operating system error occurred during the resize.

Action: Fix the cause of the operating system error and retry the command.

ORA-01238: cannot shrink datafile string

Cause: An operating system error occurred during the resize.

Action: The error is ignored, operation continues normally.

ORA-01239: database must be in ARCHIVELOG mode to use external cache

Cause: An online file uses an external cache, but the database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode. Since an external cache may require media recovery this can not be allowed.

Action: Change database to be in ARCHIVELOG mode or do not use an external cache.

ORA-01240: too many data files to add in one command

Cause: The command specifies adding more data files than can be done in one command. It is necessary to fit all the file names into one log entry, but that would make the entry too large.

Action: If this is a CREATE TABLESPACE command, create with fewer files then add the other files later. If this is an ADD DATAFILE command, break it up into multiple commands.

ORA-01241: an external cache has died

Cause: The external cache may have been restarted.

Action: Take the file mentioned in the error stack offline, perform media recovery, bring the file online, and retry the attempted operation. You may also restart all instances to make sure they access all data files through consistent external caches.

ORA-01242: data file suffered media failure: database in NOARCHIVELOG mode

Cause: The database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode and a database file was detected as inaccessible due to media failure.

Action: Restore accessibility to the file mentioned in the error stack and restart the instance.

ORA-01243: system tablespace file suffered media failure

Cause: A system tablespace file was detected as inaccessible due to media failure.

Action: Restore accessibility to the file mentioned in the error stack and restart the instance.

ORA-01244: unnamed datafile(s) added to control file by media recovery

Cause: Media recovery with a backup control file or a control file that was rebuilt, encountered the creation of a datafile that was not in the control file. An entry has been added to the control file for the new datafiles, but with the file name UNNAMEDnnnn, where nnnn is the file number. Attached errors describe the file names that were originally used to create the files.

Action: Rename the files to valid file names and resume recovery. If necessary the command ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE may be used to create a file suitable for recovery and do the rename. If the file is not going to be recovered then take it offline with the FOR DROP option.

ORA-01245: offline file string will be lost if RESETLOGS is done

Cause: Attempting to do an OPEN RESETLOGS with a file that will be lost because it is offline. The file was not taken offline with the FOR DROP option.

Action: Either bring the file online and recover it, or take it offline with the FOR DROP option.

ORA-01246: recovering files through TSPITR of tablespace string

Cause: The files named in the accompanying errors are backups that were made before a tablespace point in time recovery of this tablespace. They cannot be recovered to a time after the point in time recovery.

Action: Restore more recent backups and recover them.

ORA-01247: database recovery through TSPITR of tablespace string

Cause: Recovery of the whole database encountered redo indicating there was a point in time recovery of the tablespace. The new version of the files in the tablespace should be included in the recovery, but that was not done.

Action: If the tablespace should not be recovered, take its file offline for drop. If it should be recovered, then restore or rename as needed and restart the recovery.

ORA-01248: file string was created in the future of incomplete recovery

Cause: Attempting to do a RESETLOGS open with a file entry in the control file that was originally created after the UNTIL time of the incomplete recovery. Allowing such an entry may hide the version of the file that is needed at this time. The file number may be in use for a different file which would be lost if the RESETLOGS was allowed.

Action: If more recovery is desired then apply redo until the creation time of the file is reached. If the file is not wanted and the same file number is not in use at the stop time of the recovery, then the file can be taken offline with the FOR DROP option. Otherwise a different control file is needed to allow the RESETLOGS. Another backup can be restored and recovered, or a control file can be created via CREATE CONTROLFILE.

ORA-01249: archiving not allowed in a clone database

Cause: Attempting to archive an online redo log or enable archiving for a clone database.

Action: Do not attempt to archive from a clone. The archive log destination could easily be the same as the primary database destroying its archived logs. If archiving is needed then recreate database as not a clone.

ORA-01250: Error string occurred during termination of file header access

Cause: The indicated error occurred while terminating the processing of file headers. The error was other than a write error.

Action: The indicated error should be corrected.

ORA-01251: Unknown File Header Version read for file number string

Cause: Read of the file header returned a record but its version cannot be identified. Either the header has been corrupted, or the file is not a valid database file.

Action: Have the operating system make the correct file available to the database, or recover the file.

ORA-01252: cannot prevent writes - file string in recovery manager backup

Cause: An attempt to make a tablespace read only or offline normal found that a recovery manager proxy backup is in progress. If the file is made offline or read-only, then the file header cannot be updated when the backup is complete.

Action: Wait for the Recovery Manager backup to complete and retry this command.

ORA-01253: cannot start online backup - file string in recovery manager backup

Cause: The specified file is being backed up by Recovery Manager.

Action: Wait for the Recovery Manager proxy backup to complete before starting another backup.

ORA-01254: cannot end online backup - file string in recovery manager backup

Cause: The specified file is being backed up by Recovery Manager.

Action: Wait for the Recovery Manager proxy backup to complete. Recovery Manager backup mode cannot be initiated or terminated manually.

ORA-01255: cannot shutdown - file string in recovery manager backup

Cause: An attempt to shutdown normally found that a Recovery Manager backup is still in progress.

Action: Wait for the Recovery Manager proxy backup to complete and retry this command.

ORA-01256: error in locking database file string

Cause: The file is in use by another database instance.

Action: Determine which database instance legitimately owns the file.

ORA-01257: cannot reuse database file string, unknown file size

Cause: The size of the raw partion cannot be determined

Action: Add the datafile/logfile by specifying the size parameter.

ORA-01258: unable to delete temporary file string

Cause: A DROP TABLESPACE INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES or ALTER DATABASE TEMPFILE DROP INCLUDING DATAFILES operation was not able to delete a temporary file in the database.

Action: Subsequent errors describe the operating system error that prevented the file deletion. Fix the problem, if possible, and manually purge the file.

ORA-01259: unable to delete datafile string

Cause: A DROP TABLESPACE INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES operation was not able to delete a datafile in the tablespace.

Action: Subsequent errors describe the operating system error that prevented the file deletion. Fix the problem, if possible, and manually purge the file.

ORA-01260: warning: END BACKUP succeeded but some files found not to be in backup mode

Cause: END BACKUP completed successfully for all files that were in online backup mode. However one or more modifiable files were found not to be in online backup mode. Backup of those files (if it was done) can be invalid and, if restored, can result in an inconsistent database.

Action: Check the alert log for a list of the files that were found not to be in backup mode. If there is a possibility that those files have been modified during online backup, then replace their backups with new ones.

ORA-01261: Parameter string destination string cannot be translated

Cause: The value for the specified parameter contained a destination string that could not be translated.

Action: Use a valid destination string in the specified parameter.

ORA-01262: Stat failed on a file destination directory

Cause: Unable to get information about an Oracle managed files destination directory.

Action: Check the permissions on the directory or use a different directory name.

ORA-01263: Name given for file destination directory is invalid

Cause: The name given for an Oracle managed files destination does not correspond to a directory.

Action: Use a different name.

ORA-01264: Unable to create string file name

Cause: Unable to create an Oracle managed file name.

Action: Check previous error messages for the reason Oracle was unable to create the file name. Take corrective action, if possible, and retry the command.

ORA-01265: Unable to delete string string

Cause: An error prevented the file from being deleted.

Action: See the subsequent error messsages that describe the operating system error that prevented the file from being deleted. If possible, fix the problem and manually delete the file.

ORA-01266: Unable to create unique file name

Cause: Unable to create a unique file name for an Oracle managed file. Oracle tried several names but each file name was already in use in the default destination directory for the file type.

Action: Retry the operation. If that fails, also, it may be necessary to change the default destination directory for the file type and then retry.

ORA-01267: Failure getting date/time

Cause: Could not get date/time when trying to create unique file name.

Action: Internal error - contact Oracle Customer Support.

ORA-01268: invalid TEMPFILE clause for alter of permanent TABLESPACE

Cause: A TEMPFILE clause was specified for an ALTER TABLESPACE for a permanent tablespace.

Action: Retry with a DATAFILE clause.

ORA-01269: Destination parameter string is too long

Cause: The value for DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST, DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST parameter was too long.

Action: Replace the destination value for the specified parameter with a shorter character string.

ORA-01270: string operation is not allowed if STANDBY_PRESERVES_NAMES is true

Cause: An operation that renames or adds/drops a file was attempted at a standby database and STANDBY_PRESERVES_NAMES is true.

Action: Set STANDBY_PRESERVES_NAMES false if the operation must be performed.

ORA-01271: Unable to create new file name for file string

Cause: During standby database recovery an error occurred when trying to create a new file name for the indicated file.

Action: Use the ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE command with a new unique name and then resume the standby database recovery.

ORA-01272: REUSE only allowed when a file name is provided.

Cause: The REUSE parameter was specified in a command without a file name.

Action: Either supply a file name or remove the REUSE parameter.

ORA-01273: STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT = AUTO needs COMPATIBLE = string or higher

Cause: Automated standby file management was disabled, so an added file

Action: Restart the instance with COMPATIBLE set to the correct release.

ORA-01274: cannot add data file that was originally created as 'string'

Cause: The recovery failed to add the specified data file either because the recovery tried to create the specified data file but automated standby file management was disabled, or the recovery tried to look for the specified data file but the data file did not exist. In the former case, the recovery added a control file entry as 'UNNAMEDnnnnn'.

Action: Either use the ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE statement to create the file, or set STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT to AUTO, or restore the data file to the location specified by the corresponding control file entry, and restart standby recovery.

ORA-01275: Operation string is not allowed if standby file management is automatic.

Cause: An operation that renames, adds, or drops a file was attempted at a standby database and STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT was set to AUTO.

Action: Set STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT to MANUAL if the operation must be performed.

ORA-01276: Cannot add file string. File has an Oracle Managed Files file name.

Cause: An attempt was made to add to the database a datafile, log file, control file, snapshot control file, backup control file, datafile copy, control file copy or backuppiece with an Oracle Managed Files file name.

Action: Retry the operation with a new file name.

ORA-01277: file 'string' already exists

Cause: An ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE AS 'filename' command specified a file name which is already in use.

Action: Either specify a different file name, or add the REUSE parameter to the command to overwrite the existing file.

ORA-01278: error creating file 'string'

Cause: An operating system error occurred while attempting to create a trace file specified in the command ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE AS 'filename'.

Action: Check the error stack for more detailed information.

ORA-01279: db_files too large

Cause: db_files has been set too high to be supported by the system.

Action: Decrease the number of db_files.

ORA-01280: Fatal LogMiner error.

Cause: An internal error occurred inside LogMiner.

Action: Check the alert log and trace files for further information.

ORA-01281: SCN range specified is invalid

Cause: StartSCN may be greater than EndSCN, or the SCN specified may be invalid.

Action: Specify a valid SCN range.

ORA-01282: date range specified is invalid

Cause: startTime may be greater than endTime. startTime or endTime may be greater than year 2110. startTime may be less than year 1988.

Action: Specify a valid date range.

ORA-01283: Options specified is invalid

Cause: The specified options parameter is invalid for the procedure.

Action: Specify valid Options parameter.

ORA-01284: file string cannot be opened

Cause: The file or directory may not exist or may be inaccessible. Pathname exceeds 256 characters.

Action: Ensure that the file and the directory exist and are accessible.

ORA-01285: error reading file string

Cause: The file or directory may not exist or is inaccessible.

Action: Specify valid file or directory. Make sure that file and directory are accessible.

ORA-01286: start interval required

Cause: Options were supplied which require a starting time or starting SCN

Action: Specify a starting interval (time or SCN).

ORA-01287: file string is from a different database incarnation

Cause: The logfile is produced by a different incarnation of the database.

Action: Add a logfile that is produced by the same incarnation.

ORA-01288: cannot apply this DDL to the Logminer Dictionary

Cause: A command that is not supported by Logminer was present in a logfile. Commands that change the character set of the database are not supported by Logminer. "ALTER DATABASE SET TIME_ZONE" is not supported by Logminer.

Action: Do not execute unsupported commands when using Streams, Logical Standby, or Logminer. Turn off DDL tracking in order for Logminer to skip unsupported commands.

ORA-01289: cannot add duplicate logfile string

Cause: The logfile specified has already been added to the list of logfiles.

Action: Specify a different logfile.

ORA-01290: cannot remove unlisted logfile string

Cause: The user attempted to remove a logfile that is not present in the list.

Action: Specify a valid logfile.

ORA-01291: missing logfile

Cause: Not all logfiles corresponding to the time or scn range specified have been added to the list.

Action: Check the v$logmnr_logs view to determine the missing scn range, and add the relevant logfiles.

ORA-01292: no log file has been specified for the current LogMiner session

Cause: No logfile has been specified for the LogMiner session.

Action: Specify atleast one log file.

ORA-01293: mounted database required for specified LogMiner options

Cause: Options were specified which required the database to be mounted

Action: Specify different options or mount the database.

ORA-01294: error occurred while processing information in dictionary file string, possible corruption

Cause: The dictionary file is corrupt.

Action: Get a new dictionary file.

ORA-01295: DB_ID mismatch between dictionary string and logfiles

Cause: The dictionary file is produced by a database that is different from that produced the logfiles.

Action: Specify a compatible dictionary file.

ORA-01296: character set mismatch between dictionary string and logfiles

Cause: The character set of the database that produced the dictionary file is different from the charatcter set of the database that produced the logfiles.

Action: Specify a dictionary file with the same character set.

ORA-01297: redo version mismatch between dictionary string and logfiles

Cause: The redo version of the database generating the dictionary is different from the one generating the logfiles.

Action: n/a

ORA-01298: conflicting dictionary option

Cause: More than one dictionary source was specified or DDL_DICT_TRACKING was specified with DICT_FROM_ONLINE_CATALOG.

Action: n/a

ORA-01299: dictionary string corresponds to a different database incarnation

Cause: The dictionary file was extracted from a different incarnation of the database.

Action: Specify a dictionary file extracted from the correct database incarnation.

ORA-01300: writable database required for specified LogMiner options

Cause: Options were specified which required the database to be writable.

Action: Specify different options or open the database for write access.

ORA-01301: error writing to file during flat file build

Cause: Error writing to file during flat file build

Action: n/a

ORA-01302: dictionary build options missing or incorrect

Cause: Missing dictionary build options or incorrectly specified options

Action: Specify either a build to redo log or to flat file. If build to flat file, specify filename and directory.

ORA-01303: subordinate process error: string. Check alert and trace logs

Cause: A process subordinate to this Logminer process has exited with this error status.

Action: Search for this error in the alert log and trace files for additional information.

ORA-01304: subordinate process error. Check alert and trace logs

Cause: A process subordinate to this Logminer process has exited with an error condition.

Action: Look in the alert log and trace files for additional information.

ORA-01305: incompatible database character set

Cause: The database character set of the mining database was not a superset of the source database character set.

Action: Perform the mining operation on a database having a compatible database character set.

ORA-01306: dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr() must be invoked before selecting from v$logmnr_contents

Cause: A select was issued from v$logmnr_contents without first invoking the dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr() procedure.

Action: Invoke the dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr() procedure before issuing a select from the v$logmnr_contents view.

ORA-01307: no LogMiner session is currently active

Cause: A select was issued from v$logmnr_contents without first invoking the dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr() procedure. Otherwise, dbms_logmnr.end_logmnr() was called without a prior call to dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr() or dbms_logmnr.add_logfile()

Action: Invoke the dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr() procedure before issuing a select from the v$logmnr_contents view.

ORA-01308: dictionary directory is not set

Cause: The dictionary directory was not valid.

Action: Set the dictionary directory to an appropriate value.

ORA-01309: invalid session

Cause: The specified Logminer session ID or session handle is invalid.

Action: Use a valid Logminer session ID or session handle.

ORA-01310: requested return type not supported by the lcr_mine function

Cause: The return type requested by the user is not supported by lcr_mine"

Action: Pick a return type supported by the lcr_mine function"

ORA-01311: Illegal invocation of the mine_value function

Cause: An attempt was made to use mine_value function on a column other than redo_value or undo_value columns of SYS.X$LOGMNR_CONTENTS or SYS.V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS fixed table/view.

Action: Rewrite the SQL statement with a legal invocation of mine_value

ORA-01312: Specified table/column does not exist

Cause: The table/column specified in the lcr_mine call does not exist at the the specified SCN. The table/column definition has to exist at the start SCN specified for lcr_mine to be able to identify the table/column correctly.

Action: Create a LogMiner session at a start SCN at which the table definition is available.

ORA-01313: LogMiner dictionary column type different from specified type

Cause: The return type specified for the column in lcr_mine call is different from the actual type of the column.

Action: Rewrite the lcr_mine invocation with the right return type.

ORA-01314: Name of the column to be mined should be a string literal

Cause: The fully qualified name of the column to be mined by the LogMiner functions should be string literal.

Action: If the fully qualified name of the column to be mined is a.b.c.d, enclose the column name in quotes as in 'a.b.c.d'.

ORA-01315: Log file has been added or removed during select

Cause: A redo log file has been added or removed while selecting on the v$logmnr_logs fixed view.

Action: Re-issue the SQL select statement on the v$logmnr_logs view.

ORA-01316: Already attached to a Logminer session

Cause: A Logminer attach session was issued while already attached to a Logminer session.

Action: Detach from the current Logminer session and attach to the requested session.

ORA-01317: Not attached to a Logminer session

Cause: A command or procedure was issued which requires an attached Logminer session.

Action: Attach to a Logminer session before issuing the command or procedure.

ORA-01318: incompatible national character set

Cause: The national character set of the mining database was not a superset of the source database national character set.

Action: Perform the mining operation on a database having a compatible national character set.

ORA-01319: Invalid Logminer session attribute

Cause: A session attribute was supplied which is invalid.

Action: Re-issue with valid session attribute.

ORA-01320: Invalid Logminer dictionar attribute

Cause: A Logminer dictionary attribute was supplied which is invalid.

Action: Re-issue with valid dictionary attribute.

ORA-01321: No Logminer Dictionary for requested start SCN

Cause: The requested session start SCN is less than the SCN of any available Logminer Dictionary build. It is not possible to unwind a Logminer Dictionary to the requested start SCN.

Action: Re-issue the start_logminer request with a start SCN for which a Logminer Dictionary is available.

ORA-01322: No such table

Cause: An non-existent table was supplied to Logminer include_src_tbl() or exclude_src_table().

Action: Re-issue with valid table name.

ORA-01323: Invalid state

Cause: A Logminer routine was called from the wrong state.

Action: n/a

ORA-01324: cannot add file string due to DB_ID mismatch

Cause: The logfile is produced by a different database than other logfiles already added to the list.

Action: Specify a logfile produced by the same database.

ORA-01325: archive log mode must be enabled to build into the logstream

Cause: Database does not have archivelog mode enabled.

Action: Mount the database, then issue commands to enable archivelog mode. startup pfile=init.ora mount alter database archivelog alter database open

ORA-01326: compatability of 9.0 or greater required to build into the logstream

Cause: Compatibility mode set to some value less than 9.0

Action: Ensure that init.ora parameter establishing a compatability of 9.0 or greater is set. For example: compatible=9.0.0.0.0

ORA-01327: failed to exclusively lock system dictionary as required by build

Cause: Other users are performing DDL operations.

Action: n/a

ORA-01328: only one build operation may occur at one time

Cause: Another processes is simultaneously attempting to run build();

Action: Wait until the other processes completes.

ORA-01329: unable to truncate required build table

Cause: The table may be missing, or locked by another user.

Action: n/a

ORA-01330: problem loading a required build table

ORA-01331: general error while running build

ORA-01332: internal Logminer Dictionary error

Cause: Unexpected error condition

Action: Check trace and/or alert logs

ORA-01333: failed to establish Logminer Dictionary

Cause: No previously established Logminer Dictionary is available and a complete gather of a source system data dictionary was not found in the logstream. build() may not have been run to force the gathering of a source system data dictiony. Or add_log_file() may not have been called to add all log files which contain the complete gathered system data dictionary.

Action: If build() was not employed prior to this mining session the Logminer Ad Hoc user may elect to employ an alternate dictionary such as the current system catalog or a previously built flat file dictionary. Other Logminer clients must run build() prior to mining. If build() has been run, ensure that all logfiles which comprise the gathered system dictionary have beed added. The following query, run on the system which build() was run, can be helpful in identifying the requried files. select DICTIONARY_BEGIN, DICTIONARY_END, name from v$archived_log; Minimally a set of files beginning with one which has DICTIONARY_BEGIN = 'YES' and all following log files through one marked DICTIONARY_END = 'YES' must be added.

ORA-01334: invalid or missing logminer dictionary processes context

Cause: Unexpected internal error condition

Action: n/a

ORA-01335: feature not yet implemented

ORA-01336: specified dictionary file cannot be opened

Cause: The dictionary file or directory does not exist or is inaccessible.

Action: Make sure that the dictionary file and directory exist and are accessible.

ORA-01337: log file has a different compatibility version

Cause: The logfile has a different compatibility version then the rest of the logfile in the session"

Action: Make sure that the logfile has the same compatibility version as the rest of the logfiles in the session.

ORA-01338: Other process is attached to LogMiner session

Cause: Can not do this when other process is attached to LogMiner session.

Action: n/a

ORA-01339: LogMiner BUILD: Error copying system catalog metadata to LogMiner dictionary

Cause: Unexpected result while accessing system catalog metadata.

Action: Check the alert log.

ORA-01340: NLS error

Cause: Could not load NLS package.

Action: n/a

ORA-01341: LogMiner out-of-memory

Cause: The LogMiner session requires more system resources than is currently available.

Action: Allocate more SGA for LogMiner.

ORA-01342: LogMiner can not resume session due to inability of staging checkpointed data

Cause: Logmnr can not resume session because there is not enough SGA memory available to read in checkpointed data. Logminer periodically checkpoints data to enable faster crash recovery.

Action: Specify a bigger max_sga for the given LogMiner session and try again.

ORA-01343: LogMiner encountered corruption in the logstream

Cause: Log file is missing a range of scn values.

Action: Verify the contiguity of the scn range reprented by the log files added to LogMiner.

ORA-01344: LogMiner coordinator already attached

Cause: A coordinator process is already attached to the specified logminer context.

Action: Detach from the active coordinator session and retry the attach.

ORA-01345: Must be a LogMiner coordinator process

Cause: A LogMiner client attempted to perform a privileged operation.

Action: Issue the operation from the coordinator process.

ORA-01346: Oracle LogMiner processed redo beyond primary reset log SCN string

Cause: Oracle LogMiner detected a new branch with reset log SCN information prior to redo already mined.

Action: If running inside SQL Apply, retrieve standby reset SCN by executing DBMS_LOGSTDBY.MAP_PRIMARY_SCN (primary reset log SCN). And, execute FLASHBACK STANDBY DATABASE [<database_name>] TO BEFORE SCN standby reset SCN. Note: If the primary reset log SCN is 0, then intermediary log files are missing. Check the primary database for missing log files. In other scenarios, contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-01347: Supplemental log data no longer found

Cause: The source database instance producing log files for this LogMiner session was altered to no longer log supplemental data.

Action: Destroy this Logminer session. Re-enable supplemental log data on the source system and create a new LogMiner session.

ORA-01348: LogMiner testing event

ORA-01349: LogMiner tracing event

ORA-01350: must specify a tablespace name

Cause: Invocation failed to specify a valid tablespace

Action: Reformat invocation of DBMS_LOGMNR_D.SET_TABLESPACE to include the name of a valid tablespace.

ORA-01351: tablespace given for Logminer dictionary does not exist

Cause: The tablespace name given as a parameter to DBMS_LOGMNR_D.SET_TABLESPACE does not exist.

Action: Check spelling of the tablespace name. If spelling is correct verify that the named tablespace has already been created. DBMS_LOGMNR_D.SET_TABLESPACE does not create a tablespace.

ORA-01352: tablespace given for Logminer spill does not exist

Cause: The tablespace name given as the parameter to DBMS_LOGMNR_D.SET_TABLESPACE does not exist.

Action: Check spelling of the tablespace name. If spelling is correct verify that the named tablespace has already been created. DBMS_LOGMNR_D.SET_TABLESPACE does not create a tablespace.

ORA-01353: existing Logminer session

Cause: An attempt was made to execute DBMS_LOGMNR_D.SET_TABLESPACE while a Logminer session(s) was active.

Action: First cause all Logminer sessions to be closed. A Logminer session can exist as a result of executing DBMS_LOGMNR.START_LOGMNR or as the result of using Oracle features such as Data Guard SQL Apply or Streams which use Logminer. Next, execute DBMS_LOGMNR_D.SET_TABLESPACE.

ORA-01354: Supplemental log data must be added to run this command

Cause: An attempt was made to perform an operation that required that supplemental log data be enabled.

Action: Execute a command such as ALTER DATABASE ADD SUPPLEMENTAL LOG DATA; and then reissue the command that failed with this error.

ORA-01355: logminer tablespace change in progress

Cause: The tables used by logminer are in the process of being moved to another tablespace.

Action: Wait until the move is complete and try again.

ORA-01356: active logminer sessions found

Cause: Logminer sessions are currently active.

Action: End all logminer sessions and retry.

ORA-01357: LogMiner transaction queue is full

Cause: LogMiner ran out of space in the transaction queue.

Action: Increase the LogMiner transaction queue size and LogMiner system global area (SGA) parameters.

ORA-01358: LogMiner version is less than mined dictionary version

Cause: An attempt was made to mine a LogMiner dictionary from redo logs. The version of the Oracle database that created the logs was higher than the Oracle database version that attempted to mine the logs.

Action: Mine the logs using a newer version of the Oracle database having a version number that is equal to or greater than the dictionary version.

ORA-01360: invalid token

ORA-01361: global name mismatch

Cause: The database global name where the log file was generated did not match the user-specified global name of the Streams Capture process.

Action: Start a new capture process and ensure that the user-specified global name matches that of the database that generated the log file.

ORA-01362: Specified SQL_REDO_UNDO parameter is invalid

Cause: The specified input value for the parameter was not a valid number.

Action: Specify a valid number and try again.

ORA-01363: Specified COLUMN_NAME parameter is NULL

Cause: NULL was specified for input value of parameter.

Action: Specify a non-NULL value and try again.

ORA-01364: waiting for branch at SCN string

Cause: LogMiner reader process has completed mining of physical standby terminal logs up to the stop SCN. LogMiner reader is now waiting for logs from the new branch.

Action: No action necessary. This informational statement is provided to record the event for diagnostic purposes. If there is a problem with log transport, the files can be registered manually using the ALTER DATABASE REGISTER LOGICAL LOGFILE statement.

ORA-01365: waiting for new branch registration

Cause: LogMiner reader process has completed mining of physical standby terminal logs up to the stop SCN. The builder process is now waiting for logs from the new branch to be registered before continuing.

Action: No action necessary. This informational statement is provided to record the event for diagnostic purposes. If there is a problem with log transport, the files may be registered manually using the ALTER DATABASE REGISTER LOGICAL LOGFILE statement.

ORA-01366: failed to find redo logs required for terminal apply

Cause: LogMiner failed to find all the expected log files required to complete the terminal apply, requested using the FINISH APPLY clause. During terminal apply, LogMiner does not wait for logs to be registered. It expects all logs between the starting point and the last log on any redo branch that it will or could mine through, to be present at the mining site.

Action: Examine system.logmnr_log$ to see which logs are known to LogMiner. Then, locate or restore any missing logs and use the ALTER DATABASE REGISTER LOGICAL LOGFILE statement to register them. Alternatively, do not use the FINISH APPLY clause, but if activating a logical standby, only do this when you are sure that the missing log files can not be located and registered as this can lead to data loss.

ORA-01370: Specified restart SCN is too old

Cause: specified restart scn is too old, logmnr could not find a proper checkpoint.

Action: Specify a bigger restart SCN to try again

ORA-01371: Complete LogMiner dictionary not found

Cause: One or more log files containing the LogMiner dictionary was not found.

Action: Add into LogMiner all log files containing the dictionary.

ORA-01372: Insufficient processes for specified LogMiner operation

Cause: The number of processes requested by the caller can not be allocated

Action: Increase number of parallel servers allocated to the instance

ORA-01373: insufficient memory for staging persistent LogMiner session

Cause: The maximum number of concurrent persistent LogMiner sessions allowed is limited by LOGMNR_MAX_PERSISTENT_SESSIONS parameter. Not enough memory has been set aside at instance startup to allocate the new LogMiner session.

Action: Increase LOGMNR_MAX_PERSISTENT_SESSIONS and restart instance.

ORA-01374: _log_parallelism_max greater than 1 not supported in this release

Cause: LogMiner does not mine redo records generated with _log_parallelism_max set to a value greater than 1.

Action: n/a

ORA-01375: Corrupt logfile string recovered

Cause: A corrupt logfile has been recovered by RFS

Action: None. Logical Standby should automatically restart. If logfile is still corrupt, may need to manually copy and reregister the logfile on the standby.

ORA-01376: cannot add file string due to unsupported redo compatibility setting

Cause: The redo compatibility setting of the log file was unsupported by LogMiner.

Action: Specify a log file produced with a redo compatibility setting supported by LogMiner.

ORA-01377: Invalid log file block size

Cause: An invalid value was specified in the BLOCKSIZE clause.

Action: Use correct syntax.

ORA-01378: The logical block size (string) of file string is not compatible with the disk sector size (media sector size is string and host sector size is string)

Cause: One of the following occurred: (1) An attempt was made to create a file. (2) A file was moved to disks with different sector size.

Action: Create file or move file to the proper disk.

ORA-01379: LogMiner testing event

ORA-01380: Instance string (thread string) has less than two string block size log files

Cause: One of the following occurred: (1) An attempt was made to switch to specified block size logs for all threads. (2) An attemp was made to open a thread.

Action: Add log files to the thread that signals error, and try again.

ORA-01381: Dropping log string would leave less than two log files with block size string for instance string (thread string)

Cause: The database was migrated to use a specified log block size. Dropping all the logs specified would leave fewer than the required two log files with the specified block size per enabled thread.

Action: Either drop fewer logs or disable the thread before deleting the logs. It may be possible to clear the log rather than drop it.

ORA-01382: Thread string failed to open log file string. The log file's block size (string) is larger than the disk sector size (string)

Cause: Log file was created on bigger sector disks, and moved to smaller sector disks.

Action: Move the log file back to bigger sector disks.

ORA-01383: Thread string failed to open string block size log file 'string' on string sector native-mode disks

Cause: Log file was copied from smaller sector disks to larger sector native-mode disks.

Action: Move the log file back to smaller sector disks.

ORA-01397: file name too long to shrink without truncation

Cause: An attempt was made to automatically convert the control file created with maximum file name size value of 512 to 256. This could result in truncation of file names leading to loss of uniqueness among file names.

Action: One of the following can be done: 1) Change the _kccacb parameter value to 'reject' which will ignore the automatic conversion without returning this error. 2) Shorten the file names in the system where the control file was created to conform to the maximum file name length in the current system.

ORA-01398: LogMiner public event

ORA-01399: LogMiner public event

ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into (string)

Cause: An attempt was made to insert NULL into previously listed objects.

Action: These objects cannot accept NULL values.

ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column

Cause: The value inserted was too large for the given column.

Action: Do not insert a value greater than what the column can hold.

ORA-01402: view WITH CHECK OPTION where-clause violation

ORA-01403: no data found

Cause: No data was found from the objects.

Action: There was no data from the objects which may be due to end of fetch.

ORA-01404: ALTER COLUMN will make an index too large

ORA-01405: fetched column value is NULL

ORA-01406: fetched column value was truncated

Cause: The fetched column values were truncated.

Action: Use the right data types to avoid truncation.

ORA-01407: cannot update (string) to NULL

ORA-01408: such column list already indexed

ORA-01409: NOSORT option may not be used; rows are not in ascending order

Cause: Creation of index with NOSORT option when rows were not ascending. For non-unique indexes the rowid is considered part of the index key. Therefore, if you create an index nosort and two of the rows in the table have the same key and are stored in ascending order, but get split accross two extents where the dba of the first block in the second extent is less than the dba of the last block in the first extent, then the create index nosort may fail.

Action: Create the index without the NOSORT option, or ensure table is stored in one extent.

ORA-01410: invalid ROWID

ORA-01411: cannot store the length of column in the indicator

Cause: Tried to fetch a column of size more than 64K and couldn't store the length of the column in the given indicator of size 2 bytes.

Action: Use the new bind type with call backs to fetch the long column.

ORA-01412: zero length not allowed for this datatype

Cause: The length for type 97 is 0

Action: Specify the correct length.

ORA-01413: illegal value in packed decimal number buffer

Cause: The user buffer bound by the user as packed decimal number contained an illegal value.

Action: Use a legal value.

ORA-01414: invalid array length when trying to bind array

Cause: An attempt was made to bind an array without either a current array length pointer or a zero maximum array length.

Action: Sepcify a valid length.

ORA-01415: too many distinct aggregate functions

Cause: The query contains more distinct aggregates than can be processed. The current limit is 255.

Action: Reduce the number of distinct aggregate functions in the query.

ORA-01416: two tables cannot be outer-joined to each other

ORA-01417: a table may be outer joined to at most one other table

Cause: a.b (+) = b.b and a.c (+) = c.c is not allowed

Action: Check that this is really what you want, then join b and c first in a view.

ORA-01418: specified index does not exist

ORA-01419: datdts: illegal format code

ORA-01420: datstd: illegal format code

ORA-01421: datrnd/dattrn: illegal precision specifier

ORA-01422: exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows

Cause: The number specified in exact fetch is less than the rows returned.

Action: Rewrite the query or change number of rows requested

ORA-01423: error encountered while checking for extra rows in exact fetch

ORA-01424: missing or illegal character following the escape character

Cause: The character following the escape character in LIKE pattern is missing or not one of the escape character, '%', or '_'.

Action: Remove the escape character or specify the missing character.

ORA-01425: escape character must be character string of length 1

Cause: Given escape character for LIKE is not a character string of length 1.

Action: Change it to a character string of length 1.

ORA-01426: numeric overflow

Cause: Evaluation of an value expression causes an overflow/underflow.

Action: Reduce the operands.

ORA-01427: single-row subquery returns more than one row

ORA-01428: argument 'string' is out of range

ORA-01429: Index-Organized Table: no data segment to store overflow row-pieces

Cause: No overflow segment defined.

Action: Add overflow segment.

ORA-01430: column being added already exists in table

ORA-01431: internal inconsistency in GRANT command

ORA-01432: public synonym to be dropped does not exist

ORA-01433: synonym to be created is already defined

ORA-01434: private synonym to be dropped does not exist

ORA-01435: user does not exist

ORA-01436: CONNECT BY loop in user data

ORA-01437: cannot have join with CONNECT BY

ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allowed for this column

Cause: When inserting or updating records, a numeric value was entered that exceeded the precision defined for the column.

Action: Enter a value that complies with the numeric column's precision, or use the MODIFY option with the ALTER TABLE command to expand the precision.

ORA-01439: column to be modified must be empty to change datatype

ORA-01440: column to be modified must be empty to decrease precision or scale

ORA-01441: cannot decrease column length because some value is too big

ORA-01442: column to be modified to NOT NULL is already NOT NULL

ORA-01443: internal inconsistency; illegal datatype in resultant view column

ORA-01444: internal inconsistency; internal datatype maps to invalid external type

ORA-01445: cannot select ROWID from, or sample, a join view without a key-preserved table

ORA-01446: cannot select ROWID from, or sample, a view with DISTINCT, GROUP BY, etc.

ORA-01447: ALTER TABLE does not operate on clustered columns

ORA-01448: index must be dropped before changing to desired type

ORA-01449: column contains NULL values; cannot alter to NOT NULL

ORA-01450: maximum key length (string) exceeded

ORA-01451: column to be modified to NULL cannot be modified to NULL

Cause: the column may already allow NULL values, the NOT NULL constraint is part of a primary key or check constraint.

Action: if a primary key or check constraint is enforcing the NOT NULL constraint, then drop that constraint.

ORA-01452: cannot CREATE UNIQUE INDEX; duplicate keys found

ORA-01453: SET TRANSACTION must be first statement of transaction

Cause: self-evident

Action: commit (or rollback) transaction, and re-execute

ORA-01454: cannot convert column into numeric datatype

ORA-01455: converting column overflows integer datatype

ORA-01456: may not perform insert/delete/update operation inside a READ ONLY transaction

Cause: A non-DDL insert/delete/update or select for update operation was attempted

Action: commit (or rollback) transaction, and re-execute

ORA-01457: converting column overflows decimal datatype

ORA-01458: invalid length inside variable character string

ORA-01459: invalid length for variable character string

ORA-01460: unimplemented or unreasonable conversion requested

ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column

ORA-01462: cannot insert string literals longer than 4000 characters

ORA-01463: cannot modify column datatype with current constraint(s)

Cause: An attempt was made to modify the datatype of column which has referential constraints; or has check constraints which only allows changing the datatype from CHAR to VARCHAR or vise versa.

Action: Remove the constraint(s) or do not perform the offending operation.

ORA-01464: circular grant (granting to grant ancestor) of table or view

ORA-01465: invalid hex number

ORA-01466: unable to read data - table definition has changed

Cause: Query parsed after tbl (or index) change, and executed w/old snapshot

Action: commit (or rollback) transaction, and re-execute

ORA-01467: sort key too long

ORA-01468: a predicate may reference only one outer-joined table

ORA-01469: PRIOR can only be followed by a column name

Cause: Attempting to specify "PRIOR something" where something is not a column name.

Action: Only a column name can follow PRIOR. Replace with a column name.

ORA-01470: In-list iteration does not support mixed operators

Cause: Constants of different types are specified in an in-list.

Action: Use constants of same type for in-lists.

ORA-01471: cannot create a synonym with same name as object

ORA-01472: cannot use CONNECT BY on view with DISTINCT, GROUP BY, etc.

ORA-01473: cannot have subqueries in CONNECT BY clause

ORA-01474: cannot have START WITH or PRIOR without CONNECT BY

ORA-01475: must reparse cursor to change bind variable datatype

ORA-01476: divisor is equal to zero

ORA-01477: user data area descriptor is too large

ORA-01478: array bind may not include any LONG columns

Cause: User is performing an array bind with a bind variable whose maximum size is greater than 2000 bytes.

Action: Such bind variables cannot participate in array binds. Use an ordinary bind operation instead.

ORA-01479: last character in the buffer is not Null

Cause: A bind variable of type 97 does not contain null at the last position

Action: Make the last character null

ORA-01480: trailing null missing from STR bind value

Cause: A bind variable of type 5 (null-terminated string) does not contain the terminating null in its buffer.

Action: Terminate the string with a null character

ORA-01481: invalid number format model

Cause: The user is attempting to either convert a number to a string via TO_CHAR or a string to a number via TO_NUMBER and has supplied an invalid number format model parameter.

Action: Consult your manual.

ORA-01482: unsupported character set

Cause: The character set used to perform the operation, such as the CONVERT function, is not a supported character set.

Action: Use one of the supported character sets.

ORA-01483: invalid length for DATE or NUMBER bind variable

Cause: A bind variable of type DATE or NUMBER is too long.

Action: Consult your manual for the maximum allowable length.

ORA-01484: arrays can only be bound to PL/SQL statements

Cause: You tried to bind an array to a non-PL/SQL statement.

Action: n/a

ORA-01485: compile bind length different from execute bind length

Cause: You bound a buffer of type DTYVCS (VARCHAR with the two byte length in front) and at execute time the length in the first two bytes is more than the maximum buffer length (given in the bind call). The number of elements in the array and the current number of elements in the array cannot be more than the maximum size of the array.

Action: n/a

ORA-01486: size of array element is too large

Cause: You tried to bind a data value which was either too large for the datatype (for example, NUMBER) or was greater than 4000 bytes (for example, VARCHAR or LONG).

Action: n/a

ORA-01487: packed decimal number too large for supplied buffer

Cause: An impossible request for decimal to oracle number conversion was made

Action: This conversion cannot be performed

ORA-01488: invalid nibble or byte in the input data

Cause: An impossible request for decimal to oracle number conversion was made

Action: This conversion cannot be performed

ORA-01489: result of string concatenation is too long

Cause: String concatenation result is more than the maximum size.

Action: Make sure that the result is less than the maximum size.

ORA-01490: invalid ANALYZE command

Cause: Incorrect syntax specified

Action: Retry the command

ORA-01491: CASCADE option not valid

Cause: The CASCADE option is only valid for tables or clusters.

Action: Do not specify CASCADE

ORA-01492: LIST option not valid

Cause: The LIST option is only valid for tables or clusters.

Action: Do not specify LIST

ORA-01493: invalid SAMPLE size specified

Cause: The specified SAMPLE size is out of range

Action: Specify a value within the proper range.

ORA-01494: invalid SIZE specified

Cause: The specified histogram SIZE value was out of range.

Action: Specify a value within the proper range.

ORA-01495: specified chain row table not found

Cause: The specified table either does not exist or user does not have the proper privleges.

Action: Specify the correct table to use.

ORA-01496: specified chain row table form incorrect

Cause: The specified table does not have the proper field definitions.

Action: Specify the correct table to use.

ORA-01497: illegal option for ANALYZE CLUSTER

Cause: The FOR COLUMNS column-list clause may not be used with ANALYZE CLUSTER.

Action: Retry with a legal syntax.

ORA-01498: block check failure - see trace file

ORA-01499: table/index cross reference failure - see trace file