Database Error Messages

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Updated
Jun 24, 2024

ORA-65466

Family 'family' contains an illegal character or is too long.
  • family: user supplied value

Cause

The specified family contained an illegal character or the family specified was too long. This is not permitted in an SPFILE setting. Illegal characters include *,#"'=() and whitespace.


Action

Use a family that does not contain a special character or whitespace. Check your platform specific documentation for the maximum length of family.