Database Error Messages

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Updated
Jun 24, 2024

OCI-00066

SID 'system_identifier' contains a character that is not allowed or is too long.
  • system_identifier: The user-supplied SID value.

Cause

The specified system identifier (SID) contained a character that was not allowed or the SID specified was too long, which cannot occur in an SPFILE setting. Characters that are not allowed include , # " ' = () and whitespace.


Action

Use a SID that does not contain special characters or whitespaces. Check the platform-specific documentation for the maximum length allowed for the SID.