12C ORA-错误汇总4 ORA-02140 to ORA-04099

ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5
ORA-02140: invalid tablespace name
Cause: An identifier does not follow ALTER TABLESPACE.
Action: Specify a tablespace name following ALTER TABLESPACE.
ORA-02141: invalid OFFLINE option
Cause: An option other than NORMAL or IMMEDIATE follows OFFLINE.
Action: The user must either specify no option following OFFLINE or one of the
options NORMAL or IMMEDIATE.
ORA-02142: missing or invalid ALTER TABLESPACE option
Cause: A valid option was not present.
Action: Use one of the valid options: add, rename, default, online, offline, read
only, read write, begin, end, no, force, retention guarantee and retention
noguarantee.
ORA-02143: invalid STORAGE option
Cause: An option other than INITIAL, NEXT, MINEXTENTS, MAXEXTENTS, or
PCTINCREASE was specified in the STORAGE clause.
Action: Specify only valid options.
ORA-02144: no option specified for ALTER CLUSTER
Cause: No ALTER CLUSTER options are specified.
Action: Specify one or more of the following options: pctfree, pctused, size,
storage.
ORA-02145: missing STORAGE option
Cause: No STORAGE options were specified following STORAGE (
Action: Specify one or more STORAGE option between the parentheses.
ORA-02146: SHARED specified multiple times
Cause: The SHARED option was specified in a CREATE DATABASE statement
multiple times.
Action: Only specify the SHARED option once.
ORA-02147: conflicting SHARED/EXCLUSIVE options
Cause: Both the SHARED and EXCLUSIVE options were specified in a CREATE
DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify SHARED or EXCLUSIVE, but not both.
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ORA-02148: EXCLUSIVE specified multiple times
Cause: The EXCLUSIVE option was specified in a CREATE DATABASE statement
multiple times.
Action: Only specify the EXCLUSIVE option once.
ORA-02149: Specified partition does not exist
Cause: Partition not found for the object.
Action: Retry with correct partition name.
ORA-02150: invalid new tablespace name
Cause: The new tablespace name specified in ALTER TABLESPACE RENAME TO
statement was invalid.
Action: Retry with a valid new tablespace name.
ORA-02151: invalid tablespace name: string
Cause: Oracle cannot create a tablespace whose name starts with '_$deleted$'.
Action: Try a different tablespace name.
ORA-02152: Invalid ALTER TABLESPACE ... RENAME option
Cause: An option other than DATAFILE or TO follows by ALTER TABLESPACE
... RENAME.
Action: The user must specify either DATAFILE or TO following ALTER
TABLESPACE ... RENAME.
ORA-02153: invalid VALUES password string
Cause: An encoded password string does not follow the VALUES clause.
Action: Place a proper encoded password string after the VALUES clause.
ORA-02154: a tablespace with the name 'string' is found
Cause: An attempt to rename a tablespace to a new name failed because the new
name is already used by some other tablespace.
Action: Retry with a different new name.
ORA-02155: invalid DEFAULT tablespace identifier
Cause: An identifier does not follow DEFAULT TABLESPACE.
Action: Place a tablespace name after DEFAULT TABLESPACE.
ORA-02156: invalid TEMPORARY tablespace identifier
Cause: An identifier does not follow TEMPORARY TABLESPACE.
Action: Place a tablespace name after TEMPORARY TABLESPACE.
ORA-02157: no options specified for ALTER USER
Cause: No options were specified.
Action: Specify at least one ALTER USER option.
ORA-02158: invalid CREATE INDEX option
Cause: An option other than COMPRESS, NOCOMPRESS, PCTFREE, INITRANS,
MAXTRANS, STORAGE, TABLESPACE, PARALLEL, NOPARALLEL,
RECOVERABLE, UNRECOVERABLE, LOGGING, NOLOGGING, LOCAL, or
GLOBAL was specified.
Action: Choose one of the valid CREATE INDEX options.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-3
ORA-02159: installed DLM does not support releasable locking mode
Cause: The parameter file specified gc_* parameters that allow locks to be release
by the LCK process when not in use. This mode requires additional support from
the DLM that is not available.
Action: Specify configuration parameters that do not require the additional
function.
ORA-02160: index-organized table can not contain columns of type LONG
Cause: A column of type LONG defined for index-organized table.
Action: Do not use columns of type LONG in index-organized tables.
ORA-02161: invalid value for MAXLOGFILES
Cause: A number does not follow MAXLOGFILES.
Action: Specify a number after MAXLOGFILES.
ORA-02162: invalid value for MAXDATAFILES
Cause: A number does not follow MAXDATAFILES.
Action: Specify a number after MAXDATAFILES.
ORA-02163: invalid value for FREELIST GROUPS
Cause: A number does not follow FREELIST GROUPS.
Action: Specify a number after FREELIST GROUPS.
ORA-02164: DATAFILE clause specified more than once
Cause: The CREATE DATABASE command contains more than one DATAFILE
clause.
Action: Specify at most one DATAFILE clause.
ORA-02165: invalid option for CREATE DATABASE
Cause: An invalid CREATE DATABASE option is present.
Action: Specify only valid CREATE DATABASE options.
ORA-02166: ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG specified
Cause: Both ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG are specified in a CREATE
DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify at most one of these two options.
ORA-02167: LOGFILE clause specified more than once
Cause: The CREATE DATABASE command contains more than one LOGFILE
clause.
Action: Specify at most one LOGFILE clause.
ORA-02168: invalid value for FREELISTS
Cause: A number does not follow FREELISTS
Action: Specify a number after FREELISTS
ORA-02169: FREELISTS storage option not allowed
Cause: The user attempted to specify the FREELISTS storage option. This option
may only be specified during create table or create index.
Action: Remove these options and retry the statement.
ORA-02170: FREELIST GROUPS storage option not allowed
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Cause: The user attempted to specify the FREELIST GROUPS storage option. This
option may only be specified during create table and when allow_freelist_groups
INIT.ORA is specified.
Action: Remove this option and retry the statement or set the allow_freelist_
groups INIT.ORA parameter.
ORA-02171: invalid value for MAXLOGHISTORY
Cause: A number does not follow MAXLOGHISTORY
Action: Specify a number after MAXLOGHISTORY
ORA-02172: The PUBLIC keyword is not appropriate for a disable thread
Cause: The PUBLIC keyword was specified for a disable.
Action: Remove the keyword and resubmit.
ORA-02173: invalid option for DROP TABLESPACE
Cause: Either a token other than INCLUDING was found following the
tablespace name or some text was found following INCLUDING CONTENTS.
Action: Place nothing or only INCLUDING CONTENTS after the tablespace
name.
ORA-02174: Missing required thread number
Cause: Must specify thread number after THREAD keyword
Action: None
ORA-02175: invalid rollback segment name
Cause: In the CREATE or DROP ROLLBACK SEGMENT statements, an identifier
was not found following ROLLBACK SEGMENT.
Action: Place the segment name following ROLLBACK SEGMENT.
ORA-02176: invalid option for CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT
Cause: An invalid option was specified in a CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT
statement.
Action: Specify one of the valid options: TABLESPACE and STORAGE.
ORA-02177: Missing required group number
Cause: Must specify group number after GROUP keyword
Action: None
ORA-02178: correct syntax is: SET TRANSACTION READ { ONLY | WRITE }
Cause: There is a syntax error in the user's statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
ORA-02179: valid options: ISOLATION LEVEL { SERIALIZABLE | READ
COMMITTED }
Cause: There is a syntax error in the user's statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
ORA-02180: invalid option for CREATE TABLESPACE
Cause: An invalid option appeared.
Action: Specify one of the valid options: DATAFILE, DEFAULT STORAGE,
ONLINE, OFFLINE, FORCE, RETENTION.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-5
ORA-02181: invalid option to ROLLBACK WORK
Cause: A token other than TO follows ROLLBACK [WORK].
Action: Place nothing or TO SAVEPOINT after ROLLBACK [WORK].
ORA-02182: savepoint name expected
Cause: An identifier does not follow ROLLBACK [WORK] TO [SAVEPOINT].
Action: Place a savepoint name following TO [SAVEPOINT].
ORA-02183: valid options: ISOLATION_LEVEL { SERIALIZABLE | READ
COMMITTED }
Cause: There is a syntax error in the user's statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
ORA-02184: resource quotas are not allowed in REVOKE
Cause: In a revoke statement, a resource quota was specified.
Action: Specify resource privilege without the quota.
ORA-02185: a token other than WORK follows COMMIT
Cause: A token other than WORK follows COMMIT.
Action: Place either nothing or WORK after COMMIT.
ORA-02186: tablespace resource privilege may not appear with other privileges
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke a resource quota in the same
statement in which other privileges are granted or revoked.
Action: Use a separate grant or revoke statement for the resource quota privilege.
ORA-02187: invalid quota specification
Cause: In a grant or revoke statement, the user attempted to grant a tablespace
quota above the upper limit.
Action: Grant a smaller tablespace quota.
ORA-02188: Cannot enable instance publicly
Cause: An attempt was made to publicly enable a thread associated with an
instance.
Action: Leave out the PUBLIC keyword.
ORA-02189: ON required
Cause: In a grant or revoke statement, the user specified a tablespace quota but
did not follow it with the ON clause.
Action: Specify the tablespace on which the quota is to be applied with the ON
clause.
ORA-02190: keyword TABLES expected
Cause: The keyword TABLES is expected following DROP CLUSTER
INCLUDING.
Action: Place TABLES after INCLUDING.
ORA-02191: correct syntax is: SET TRANSACTION USE ROLLBACK SEGMENT

Cause: There is a syntax error in the user's statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
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ORA-02192: PCTINCREASE not allowed for rollback segment storage clauses
Cause: pctincrease was specified in a create or alter rollback segment
Action: reissue statement without the pctincrease clause
ORA-02194: event specification syntax error string (minor error string) near 'string'
Cause: There is a syntax error in an event specification.
Action: Fix the error.
ORA-02195: Attempt to create string object in a string tablespace
Cause: The object type is inconsistent with a tablespace contents.
Action: Create an object in a different tablespace, or change the user defaults.
ORA-02196: PERMANENT/TEMPORARY option already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the PERMANENT and/or TEMPORARY
options were specified more than once.
Action: None
ORA-02197: file list already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, more than one DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause
was specified.
Action: Merge the DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clauses into a single clause.
ORA-02198: ONLINE/OFFLINE option already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the ONLINE and/or OFFLINE options were
specified more than once.
Action: Specify at most one of ONLINE or OFFLINE.
ORA-02199: missing DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause
Cause: A CREATE TABLESPACE statement has no DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause.
Action: Specify a DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause.
ORA-02200: WITH GRANT OPTION not allowed for PUBLIC
Cause: An attempt was made to GRANT to PUBLIC WITH GRANT OPTION.
Action: Remove the WITH GRANT OPTION clause.
ORA-02201: sequence not allowed here
Cause: An attempt was made to reference a sequence in a from-list.
Action: A sequence can only be referenced in a select-list.
ORA-02202: no more tables permitted in this cluster
Cause: An attempt was made to create a table in a cluster which already contains
32 tables.
Action: Up to 32 tables may be stored per cluster.
ORA-02203: INITIAL storage options not allowed
Cause: The user attempted to alter the INITIAL storage option of a table, cluster,
index, or rollback segment. These options may only be specified when the object is
created.
Action: Remove these options and retry the statement.
ORA-02204: ALTER, INDEX and EXECUTE not allowed for views
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-7
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a view.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke any of ALTER, INDEX, or EXECUTE
privileges on views.
ORA-02205: only SELECT and ALTER privileges are valid for sequences
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a
sequence.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke DELETE, INDEX, INSERT, UPDATE,
REFERENCES or EXECUTE privilege on sequences.
ORA-02206: duplicate INITRANS option specification
Cause: INITRANS is specified more than once.
Action: Specify INITRANS at most once.
ORA-02207: invalid INITRANS option value
Cause: The INITRANS value is not an integer between 1 and 255 and less than or
equal to the MAXTRANS value.
Action: Choose a valid INITRANS value.
ORA-02208: duplicate MAXTRANS option specification
Cause: MAXTRANS is specified more than once.
Action: Specify MAXTRANS at most once.
ORA-02209: invalid MAXTRANS option value
Cause: The MAXTRANS value is not an integer between 1 and 255 and greater
than or equal to the INITRANS value.
Action: Choose a valid MAXTRANS value.
ORA-02210: no options specified for ALTER TABLE
Cause: No ALTER TABLE option was specified.
Action: Specify at least one alter table option.
ORA-02211: invalid value for PCTFREE or PCTUSED
Cause: The specified value for PCTFREE or PCTUSED is not an integer between 0
and 100.
Action: Choose an appropriate value for the option.
ORA-02212: duplicate PCTFREE option specification
Cause: PCTFREE option specified more than once.
Action: Specify PCTFREE at most once.
ORA-02213: duplicate PCTUSED option specification
Cause: PCTUSED option specified more than once.
Action: Specify PCTUSED at most once.
ORA-02214: duplicate BACKUP option specification
Cause: The BACKUP option to ALTER TABLE is specified more than once.
Action: Specify the option at most once.
ORA-02215: duplicate tablespace name clause
Cause: There is more than one TABLESPACE clause in the CREATE TABLE,
CREATE INDEX, or CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT statement.
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Action: Specify at most one TABLESPACE clause.
ORA-02216: tablespace name expected
Cause: A tablespace name was not present where required by the syntax for the
failing statement.
Action: Specify a tablespace name where required by the syntax.
ORA-02217: duplicate storage option specification
Cause: A storage option (INIITAL, NEXT, MINEXTENTS, MAXEXTENTS,
PCTINCREASE) is specified more than once.
Action: Specify all storage options at most once.
ORA-02218: invalid INITIAL storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-02219: invalid NEXT storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-02220: invalid MINEXTENTS storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer less than or equal to
MAXEXTENTS.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02221: invalid MAXEXTENTS storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer greater than or equal to
MINEXTENTS.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02222: invalid PCTINCREASE storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02223: invalid OPTIMAL storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-02224: EXECUTE privilege not allowed for tables
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a table.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke EXECUTE privilege on tables.
ORA-02225: only EXECUTE and DEBUG privileges are valid for procedures
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a
procedure, function or package.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke any privilege besides EXECUTE or
DEBUG on procedures, functions or packages.
ORA-02226: invalid MAXEXTENTS value (max allowed: string)
Cause: The MAXEXTENTS specified is too large for the database block size. This
applies only to SYSTEM rollback segment.
Action: Specify a smaller value.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-9
ORA-02227: invalid cluster name
Cause: A cluster name of the form [ . ] is expected but
not present.
Action: Enter an appropriate cluster name.
ORA-02228: duplicate SIZE specification
Cause: The SIZE option is specified more than once.
Action: Specify the SIZE option at most once.
ORA-02229: invalid SIZE option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer number of bytes.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02230: invalid ALTER CLUSTER option
Cause: An option other than PCTFREE, PCTUSED, INITRANS, MAXTRANS,
STORAGE, or SIZE is specified in an ALTER CLUSTER statement.
Action: Specify only legal options.
ORA-02231: missing or invalid option to ALTER DATABASE
Cause: An option other than ADD, DROP, RENAME, ARCHIVELOG,
NOARCHIVELOG, MOUNT, DISMOUNT, OPEN, or CLOSE is specified in the
statement.
Action: Specify only legal options.
ORA-02232: invalid MOUNT mode
Cause: A mode other than SHARED or EXCLUSIVE follows the MOUNT
keyword in an ALTER DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify either SHARED, EXCLUSIVE, or nothing following MOUNT.
ORA-02233: invalid CLOSE mode
Cause: A mode other than NORMAL or IMMEDIATE follows the CLOSE
keyword in an ALTER DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify either NORMAL, IMMEDIATE, or nothing following CLOSE.
ORA-02234: changes to this table are already logged
Cause: the log table to be added is a duplicate of another
Action: Don't add this change log to the system; check that the replication
product's system tables are consistent
ORA-02235: this table logs changes to another table already
Cause: the table to be altered is already a change log for another table
Action: Don't log changes to the specified base table to this table; check that the
replication product's system tables are consistent
ORA-02236: invalid file name
Cause: A character string literal was not used in the filename list of a LOGFILE,
DATAFILE, or RENAME clause.
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02237: invalid file size
Cause: A non-integer value was specified in the SIZE or RESIZE clause.
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Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02238: filename lists have different numbers of files
Cause: In a RENAME clause in ALTER DATABASE or TABLESPACE, the the
number of existing filenames does not equal the number of new filenames.
Action: Make sure there is a new filename to correspond to each existing
filename.
ORA-02239: there are objects which reference this sequence
Cause: the sequence to be dropped is still referenced
Action: Make sure the sequence name is correct, or drop the referencing
constraint/object
ORA-02240: invalid value for OBJNO or TABNO
Cause: A number does not follow either OBJNO or TABNO.
Action: Specify a number after OBJNO or TABNO.
ORA-02241: must of form EXTENTS (FILE BLOCK SIZE , ...)
Cause: bad extent storage clause
Action: respecify
ORA-02242: no options specified for ALTER INDEX
Cause: No options specified.
Action: Specify at least one of REBUILD, INITRANS, MAXTRANS, or STORAGE.
ORA-02243: invalid ALTER INDEX or ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW option
Cause: An option other than INITRANS, MAXTRANS,or STORAGE is specified
in an ALTER INDEX statement or in the USING INDEX clause of an ALTER
MATERIALIZED VIEW statement.
Action: Specify only legal options.
ORA-02244: invalid ALTER ROLLBACK SEGMENT option
Cause: The STORAGE option is expected but not found.
Action: Specify the STORAGE option.
ORA-02245: invalid ROLLBACK SEGMENT name
Cause: An identifier was expected, but not found, following ALTER [PUBLIC]
ROLLBACK SEGMENT.
Action: Place a rollback segment name following SEGMENT.
ORA-02246: missing EVENTS text
Cause: A character string literal was expected, but not found, following ALTER
SESSION SET EVENTS.
Action: Place the string literal containing the events text after EVENTS.
ORA-02247: no option specified for ALTER SESSION
Cause: The option SET EVENTS was expected, but not found, following ALTER
SESSION.
Action: Place the SET EVENTS option after ALTER SESSION.
ORA-02248: invalid option for ALTER SESSION
Cause: Obvious.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-11
Action: see SQL Language Manual for legal options.
ORA-02249: missing or invalid value for MAXLOGMEMBERS
Cause: A valid number does not follow MAXLOGMEMBERS. The value specified
must be between 1 and the port-specific maximum number of log file members.
Action: Specify a valid number after MAXLOGMEMBERS.
ORA-02250: missing or invalid constraint name
Cause: The constraint name is missing or invalid.
Action: Specify a valid identifier name for the constraint name.
ORA-02251: subquery not allowed here
Cause: Subquery is not allowed here in the statement.
Action: Remove the subquery from the statement.
ORA-02252: check constraint condition not properly ended
Cause: The specified search condition for the check constraint is not properly
ended.
Action: End the condition properly.
ORA-02253: constraint specification not allowed here
Cause: Constraint specification is not allowed here in the statement.
Action: Remove the constraint specification from the statement.
ORA-02254: DEFAULT not allowed here
Cause: Default value expression is not allowed for the column here in the
statement.
Action: Remove the default value expression from the statement.
ORA-02255: obsolete 7.1.5
Cause: Was that defaults must not conflict with not null constraints
Action: None
ORA-02256: number of referencing columns must match referenced columns
Cause: The number of columns in the foreign-key referencing list is not equal to
the number of columns in the referenced list.
Action: Make sure that the referencing columns match the referenced columns.
ORA-02257: maximum number of columns exceeded
Cause: The number of columns in the key list exceeds the maximum number.
Action: Reduce the number columns in the list.
ORA-02258: duplicate or conflicting NULL and/or NOT NULL specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02259: duplicate UNIQUE/PRIMARY KEY specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02260: table can have only one primary key
Cause: Self-evident.
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Action: Remove the extra primary key.
ORA-02261: such unique or primary key already exists in the table
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the extra key.
ORA-02262: ORA-string occurs while type-checking column default value
expression
Cause: New column datatype causes type-checking error for existing column
default value expression.
Action: Remove the default value expression or don't alter the column datatype.
ORA-02263: need to specify the datatype for this column
Cause: The required datatype for the column is missing.
Action: Specify the required datatype.
ORA-02264: name already used by an existing constraint
Cause: The specified constraint name has to be unique.
Action: Specify a unique constraint name for the constraint.
ORA-02265: cannot derive the datatype of the referencing column
Cause: The datatype of the referenced column is not defined as yet.
Action: Make sure that the datatype of the referenced column is defined before
referencing it.
ORA-02266: unique/primary keys in table referenced by enabled foreign keys
Cause: An attempt was made to truncate a table with unique or primary keys
referenced by foreign keys enabled in another table. Other operations not allowed
are dropping/truncating a partition of a partitioned table or an ALTER TABLE
EXCHANGE PARTITION.
Action: Before performing the above operations the table, disable the foreign key
constraints in other tables. You can see what constraints are referencing a table by
issuing the following command: SELECT * FROM USER_CONSTRAINTS WHERE
TABLE_NAME = "tabnam";
ORA-02267: column type incompatible with referenced column type
Cause: The datatype of the referencing column is incompatible with the
Action: Select a compatible datatype for the referencing column.
ORA-02268: referenced table does not have a primary key
Cause: The referenced table does not have a primary key.
Action: Specify explicitly the referenced table unique key.
ORA-02269: key column cannot be of LONG datatype
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Change the datatype of the column, or remove the column from the key.
ORA-02270: no matching unique or primary key for this column-list
Cause: A REFERENCES clause in a CREATE/ALTER TABLE statement gives a
column-list for which there is no matching unique or primary key constraint in the
referenced table.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-13
Action: Find the correct column names using the ALL_CONS_COLUMNS catalog
view
ORA-02271: table does not have such constraint
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Make sure the specified constraint name is correct.
ORA-02272: constrained column cannot be of LONG datatype
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Change the datatype of the column, or remove the constraint on the
column.
ORA-02273: this unique/primary key is referenced by some foreign keys
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove all references to the key before the key is to be dropped.
ORA-02274: duplicate referential constraint specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02275: such a referential constraint already exists in the table
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the extra constraint.
ORA-02276: default value type incompatible with column type
Cause: The type of the evaluated default expression is incompatible with the
datatype of the column.
Action: Change the type of the column, or modify the default expression.
ORA-02277: invalid sequence name
Cause: The specified sequence name is not a valid identifier name.
Action: Specify a valid identifier name for the sequence name.
ORA-02278: duplicate or conflicting MAXVALUE/NOMAXVALUE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02279: duplicate or conflicting MINVALUE/NOMINVALUE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02280: duplicate or conflicting CYCLE/NOCYCLE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02281: duplicate or conflicting CACHE/NOCACHE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02282: duplicate or conflicting ORDER/NOORDER specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
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Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02283: cannot alter starting sequence number
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Don't alter it.
ORA-02284: duplicate INCREMENT BY specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02285: duplicate START WITH specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02286: no options specified for ALTER SEQUENCE
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: The statement is meaningless without any options.
ORA-02287: sequence number not allowed here
Cause: The specified sequence number (CURRVAL or NEXTVAL) is inappropriate
here in the statement.
Action: Remove the sequence number.
ORA-02288: invalid OPEN mode
Cause: A token other than RESETLOGS appears following ALTER DATABASE
OPEN.
Action: Either nothing or RESETLOGS should be placed following OPEN.
ORA-02289: sequence does not exist
Cause: The specified sequence does not exist, or the user does not have the
required privilege to perform this operation.
Action: Make sure the sequence name is correct, and that you have the right to
perform the desired operation on this sequence.
ORA-02290: check constraint (string.string) violated
Cause: The values being inserted do not satisfy the named check constraint.
Action: do not insert values that violate the constraint.
ORA-02291: integrity constraint (string.string) violated - parent key not found
Cause: A foreign key value has no matching primary key value.
Action: Delete the foreign key or add a matching primary key.
ORA-02292: integrity constraint (string.string) violated - child record found
Cause: attempted to delete a parent key value that had a foreign key dependency.
Action: delete dependencies first then parent or disable constraint.
ORA-02293: cannot validate (string.string) - check constraint violated
Cause: an alter table operation tried to validate a check constraint to a populated
table that had nocomplying values.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02294: cannot enable (string.string) - constraint changed during validation
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-15
Cause: While one DDL statement was attempting to enable this constraint,
another DDL changed this same constraint.
Action: Try again, with only one DDL changing the constraint this time.
ORA-02295: found more than one enable/disable clause for constraint
Cause: a create or alter table specified more than one enable and/or disable clause
for a given constraint.
Action: only one enable or disable may be specified for a given constraint.
ORA-02296: cannot enable (string.string) - null values found
Cause: an alter table enable constraint failed because the table contains values that
do not satisfy the constraint.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02297: cannot disable constraint (string.string) - dependencies exist
Cause: an alter table disable constraint failed becuase the table has foriegn keys
that are dpendent on this constraint.
Action: Either disable the foreign key constraints or use disable cascade
ORA-02298: cannot validate (string.string) - parent keys not found
Cause: an alter table validating constraint failed because the table has orphaned
child records.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02299: cannot validate (string.string) - duplicate keys found
Cause: an alter table validating constraint failed because the table has duplicate
key values.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02300: invalid value for OIDGENERATORS
Cause: A number was not specified for the value of OIDGENERATORS.
Action: Specify a number for OIDGENERATORS.
ORA-02301: maximum number of OIDGENERATORS is 255
Cause: A number greater than 255 was specified for the value of
OIDGENERATORS.
Action: Make sure the number specified for OIDGENERATORS does not exceed
255.
ORA-02302: invalid or missing type name
Cause: An invalid or missing type name was entered in a statement.
Action: Enter a valid type name in the statement and retry the operation.
ORA-02303: cannot drop or replace a type with type or table dependents
Cause: An attempt was made to drop or replace a type that has type or table
dependents.
Action: For DROP TYPE, drop all type(s) and table(s) depending on the type and
then retry the operation, or use the FORCE option. For CREATE TYPE, drop all
type(s) and table(s) depending on the type and then retry the operation, or drop all
table(s) depending on the type and retry with the FORCE option.
ORA-02304: invalid object identifier literal
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Cause: An attempt was made to enter an object identifier literal for CREATE
TYPE that is either:
- not a string of 32 hexadecimal characters
- an object identifier that already identifies an existing object
- an object identifier different from the original object identifier already assigned to
the type
Action: Do not specify the object identifier clause or specify a 32
hexadecimal-character object identifier literal that is unique or identical to the
originally assigned object identifier. Then retry the operation.
ORA-02305: only EXECUTE, DEBUG, and UNDER privileges are valid for types
Cause: An attempt was made to GRANT or REVOKE an invalid privilege (not
EXECUTE, DEBUG, or UNDER) on a type.
Action: GRANT or REVOKE only the EXECUTE, DEBUG, or UNDER privilege
on types.
ORA-02306: cannot create a type that already has valid dependent(s)
Cause: An attempt was made to create a type that already has some valid
dependent(s) (these dependents depend on the fact that the type does not exist).
Action: Drop the dependents first before creating the type, or do not create the
type.
ORA-02307: cannot alter with REPLACE option a type that is not valid
Cause: An attempt was made to ALTER with REPLACE option a type that is not
valid.
Action: Use the CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE command to modify the type.
ORA-02308: invalid option string for object type column
Cause: An attempt was made to specify an invalid option, such as PACKED or
UNPACKED, for the object type column.
Action: Remove the invalid option from column specification and retry the
operation.
ORA-02309: atomic NULL violation
Cause: An attempt was made to acess the attributes of a NULL object instance.
Action: Ensure that the object instance is non-NULL before accessing.
ORA-02310: exceeded maximum number of allowable columns in table
Cause: The attributes in the object type column exceeded the maximum number
of columns allowed in a table.
Action: Specify fewer attributes for the object type and retry the operation.
ORA-02311: cannot alter with COMPILE option a valid type with type or table
dependents
Cause: An attempt was made to ALTER with COMPILE option a type that is valid
and has type or table dependents.
Action: No need to perform this operation.
ORA-02313: object type contains non-queryable type string attribute
Cause: The specified object type contains a nested attribute whose type is
non-queryable.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-17
Action: Use an object type with queryable attribute types.
ORA-02314: illegal use of type constructor
Cause: The statement contains an illegal use of a type constructor.
Action: Refer to the SQL Reference manual for the correct statement syntax.
ORA-02315: incorrect number of arguments for default constructor
Cause: The number of arguments specified for the default constructor doesn't
match the number of attributes of the object type.
Action: Specify the correct number of arguments for the default constructor and
retry the operation.
ORA-02320: failure in creating storage table for nested table column string
Cause: An error occurred while creating the storage table for the specified nested
table column.
Action: See the messages that follow for more details. If the situation they
describe can be corrected, do so; otherwise contact Oracle Support.
ORA-02322: failure in accessing storage table of the nested table column
Cause: An error occured while performing DML on the storage table of the nested
table column.
Action: If the situation described in the following messages can be corrected, do
so; otherwise contact Oracle Support.
ORA-02324: more than one column in the SELECT list of THE subquery
Cause: More than one column was selected in the THE subquery.
Action: Specify only one column in the SELECT list of the THE subquery and
retry the operation.
ORA-02327: cannot create index on expression with datatype string
Cause: An attempt was made to create an index on a non-indexable expression.
Action: Change the column datatype or do not create the index on an expression
whose datatype is one of VARRAY, nested table, object, LOB, or REF.
ORA-02329: column of datatype string cannot be unique or a primary key
Cause: An attempt was made to place a UNIQUE or a PRIMARY KEY constraint
on a column of datatype VARRAY, nested table, object, LOB, FILE or REF.
Action: Change the column datatype or remove the constraint. Then retry the
operation.
ORA-02330: datatype specification not allowed
Cause: An attempt was made to specify the data type in the column constraint
specification of an object table.
Action: Remove data type specification and retry the operation.
ORA-02331: cannot create constraint on column of datatype string
Cause: An attempt was made to create a constraint on a column posessing a
non-constrainable datatype -- VARRAY, nested table, object, LOB, FILE, or REF.
Action: Change the column datatype, or remove the constraint.
ORA-02332: cannot create index on attributes of this column
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Cause: An attempt was made to create an index on an attributes of an object type
column.
Action: Do not specify the index on the attribute.
ORA-02333: cannot create constraints on attributes of this column
Cause: An attempt was made to create a constraint on an attribute of an object
type column.
Action: Remove the constraint or change the object type.
ORA-02334: cannot infer type for column
Cause: A datatype was not declared for this column (in the CREATE TABLE) and
an attempt was made to create a constraint on an attribute of this column.
Action: Declare a datatype for the column.
ORA-02335: invalid datatype for cluster column
Cause: An attempt was made to declare a CLUSTER column of datatype object,
REF, nested table, VARRAY, LOB, or FILE.
Action: Remove the CLUSTER column or change the datatype of the column.
ORA-02336: column attribute cannot be accessed
Cause: An attempt was made to extract an attribute of an object type column.
Action: Change the object type for the column and retry the operation.
ORA-02337: not an object type column
Cause: An attempt was made to use dotted notation on a non-ADT column; that
is, "a.b.c" where "a" is not an object type.
Action: Either change the column type to an object type or do not perform this
operation.
ORA-02338: missing or invalid column constraint specification
Cause: A column constraint was not specified.
Action: Remove the column specification or specify a column constraint. Then
retry the operation.
ORA-02339: invalid column specification
Cause: An attempt was made to specify the PACKED or UNPACKED keyword
for a non-object type column.
Action: Remove the PACKED or UNPACKED keyword in the column
specification and retry the operation.
ORA-02340: invalid column specification
Cause: An attempt was made to specify an UNPACKED column within a packed
table.
Action: Remove the UNPACKED keyword in the column specification.
ORA-02342: replacement type has compilation errors
Cause: The use of the ALTER...REPLACE statement on a valid type caused a
compilation error.
Action: Use the ALTER...REPLACE statement to replace the type with a valid
type which does not cause compilation errors.
ORA-02344: cannot revoke execute on a type with table dependents
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-19
Cause: An attempt was made to revoke execute on a type that has dependents.
Action: Drop all table(s) depending on the type, then retry the operation, or use
the FORCE option.
ORA-02345: cannot create a view with column based on CURSOR operator
Cause: A CURSOR operator was used as one of the SELECT elements in the
subquery of a CREATE VIEW or CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT statement.
Action: Remove the CURSOR operator and replace it with the CAST operator.
ORA-02347: cannot grant privileges on columns of an object table
Cause: An attempt was made to grant privileges on the columns of an object
table.
Action: None
ORA-02348: cannot create VARRAY column with embedded LOB
Cause: An attempt was made to create a column of a VARRAY type which has an
embedded LOB attribute. The LOB could be an attribute of a subtype of the
declared type of VARRAY's element.
Action: Remove offending attribute from type. If it is a subtype attribute then
declare the VARRAY column NOT SUBSTITUTABLE.
ORA-02349: invalid user-defined type - type is incomplete
Cause: An attempt was made to use an incomplete type definition as a column or
table datatype.
Action: Complete the type definition and retry the operation.
ORA-02351: internal error: string
Cause: An unexpected error condition was detected.
Action: Make a note of the error number and message and contact Oracle Support
Services.
ORA-02352: error setting an OCI attribute: string
Cause: An OCI error has occurred.
Action: The table or column referenced may not be accessible. Contact Oracle
Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
ORA-02353: error fetching an OCI attribute: string
Cause: An OCI error has occurred.
Action: The table or column referenced may not be accessible. Contact Oracle
Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
ORA-02354: error in exporting/importing data string
Cause: An error has occurred in a stream export or import operation. This
message will be followed by another message giving more details about this error.
Action: See export/import documentation for an explanation of the second error
message.
ORA-02355: error opening file: string
Cause: An attempt to open the specified file for data export/import failed.
Action: Review the error message. Resolve the problem and retry the the
operation. Contact Oracle Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
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ORA-02356: The database is out of space. The load cannot continue
Cause: The load was discontinued due to space exhaustion in the database.
Action: Add space for the specified table.
ORA-02357: header in file string may not contain correct information
Cause: The header may be corrupted.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-02358: error in exporting or importing data
Cause: An error has occurred in a stream export or import operation.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-02359: database version in file string is not valid
Cause: The specified file could not be used for this load because its database
version was not compatible with the database version in the other files in the
DUMPFILE clause.
Action: Verify all the files in the DUMPFILE clause are from the same unload
operation.
ORA-02360: fatal error during data export/import initialization
Cause: An unexpected error occurred during initialization for data
export/import.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-02361: error while attempting to allocate number bytes of memory
Cause: d by insufficient memory.
Action: Reconnect to the instance and retry the operation.
ORA-02362: error closing file: string
Cause: An attempt to close the specified file for data export/import failed.
Action: Review the error message. Resolve the problem and retry the the
operation. Contact Oracle Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
ORA-02363: error reading from file: string
Cause: An attempt to read from the specified file for data export/import failed.
Action: Review the error message. Resolve the problem and retry the the
operation. Contact Oracle Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
ORA-02364: error writing to file: string
Cause: An attempt to write to the specified file for data export or import failed.
Action: Review the error message. Resolve the problem and retry the the
operation. Contact Oracle Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
ORA-02365: error seeking in file: string
Cause: An attempt to seek to the specified position in file failed.
Action: Review the error message. Resolve the problem and retry the the
operation. Contact Oracle Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
ORA-02366: The following index(es) on table string were processed:
Cause: The table had some indexes which were loaded if there were no errors.
Action: None
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-21
ORA-02367: read ended but had expected more data from file string
Cause: A truncated or incomplete file was used for the load operation.
Action: Verify unload operation completed successfully and that the files had not
been accidentally truncated.
ORA-02368: the following file is not valid for this load operation
Cause: A file could not be used for this load. See the following message for more
information.
Action: Verify all the files in the DUMPFILE clause are from the same unload
operation and that the unload was successful.
ORA-02369: internal number in header in file string is not valid
Cause: The specified file could not be used for this load because the internal
number in the header was not valid.
Action: If the dump files were transferred over, verify the transfer operation was
done correctly.
ORA-02370: internal metadata in file string is not valid
Cause: The specified file could not be used for this load because the internal
metadata stored in this file does not match the metadata stored in the first file
piece set.
Action: Verify all the files in the DUMPFILE clause are from the same unload
operation.
ORA-02371: Loader must be at least version string.string.string.string.string for
direct path
Cause: The loader being used is incompatible with this version of the kernel.
Action: Upgrade your loader to at least the specified version or use the
conventional path.
ORA-02372: data for row: string
Cause: A conversion error occurred while loading data into a table. The message
shows values for the field in the row that had the conversion error.
Action: None. This is only an informational message.
ORA-02373: Error parsing insert statement for table string.
Cause: self-evident.
Action: Check the error given below this one.
ORA-02374: conversion error loading table string.string
Cause: A row could not be loaded into the table because there was a conversion
error for one or more columns in a row.
Action: See the message that follows for more information about the row that
could not be loaded. To avoid this error, make sure the definition of the table being
imported matches the definition of the table being exported.
ORA-02375: conversion error loading table string.string partition string
Cause: A row could not be loaded into the table because there was a conversion
error for one or more columns in a row.
Action: See the message that follows for more information about the row that
could not be loaded. To avoid this error, make sure the definition of the table being
imported matches the definition of the table being exported.
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ORA-02376: invalid or redundant resource
Cause: a create, or alter profile command which names a resource not yet defined,
or try to specify same resource twice.
Action: define resource first
ORA-02377: invalid resource limit
Cause: specifying limit of 0
Action: specify limit > 0
ORA-02379: profile string already exists
Cause: Try to create a profile which already exist
Action: None
ORA-02380: profile string does not exist
Cause: Try to assign a user to a non-existant profile
Action: None
ORA-02381: cannot drop PUBLIC_DEFAULT profile
Cause: Try to drop PUBLIC_DEFAULT profile
Action: None
ORA-02383: illegal cost factor
Cause: Negative or UNLIMITED cost for this resourc
Action: None
ORA-02391: exceeded simultaneous SESSIONS_PER_USER limit
Cause: An attempt was made to exceed the maximum number of concurrent
sessions allowed by the SESSION_PER_USER clause of the user profile.
Action: End one or more concurrent sessions or ask the database administrator to
increase the SESSION_PER_USER limit of the user profile.
ORA-02396: exceeded maximum idle time, please connect again
Cause: as stated
Action: None
ORA-02397: exceeded PRIVATE_SGA limit, you are being logged off
Cause: Only when using TP monitor
Action: expand limit
ORA-02398: exceeded procedure space usage
Cause: Stored procedured used up too much space in SYSTEM Tablespace
Action: Use less stored procedure
ORA-02399: exceeded maximum connect time, you are being logged off
Cause: As stated
Action: None
ORA-02400: explain plan output buffer size limit exceeded
Cause: Internally this error is raised and caught to handle cases where the plan
output exceeds te buffer size. The output is truncated in cases.
Action: This error should never be seen externally.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-23
ORA-02401: cannot EXPLAIN view owned by another user
Cause: The view specified in the SQL statement belongs to another user and
cannot be explained.
Action: Create a view with the same definition that belongs to current user.
ORA-02402: PLAN_TABLE not found
Cause: The table used by EXPLAIN to store row source information does not exist
in the current schema.
Action: Create a plan table in the current schema or use the INTO clause of the
statement to put the results of the explain command in an existing plan table.
ORA-02403: plan table does not have correct format
Cause: The explicit plan table does not have the appropriate field definitions.
Action: Redefine the plan table to have the appropriate field definitions.
ORA-02404: specified plan table not found
Cause: The specified plan table does cannot be found.
Action: Create the specified plan table or use an existing plan table.
ORA-02405: invalid sql plan object provided
Cause: The user provided a NULL, empty, or malformed object of type SQL_
PLAN_TABLE_TYPE
Action: Provide a new, properly formed object to the function
ORA-02420: missing schema authorization clause
Cause: the AUTHORIZATION clause is missing from a create schema statement.
Action: Preceed the schema authorization identifier with the AUTHORIZATION
keyword.
ORA-02421: missing or invalid schema authorization identifier
Cause: the schema name is missing or is incorrect in an authorization clause of a
create schema statement.
Action: If the name is present, it must be the same as the current schema.
ORA-02422: missing or invalid schema element
Cause: A statement other than a create table, create view, or grant privilege
appears in a create schema statement.
Action: Self-evident.
ORA-02423: schema name does not match schema authorization identifier
Cause: a table definition with a schema name prepended to the table name does
not match the schema name provided in the authorization clause of a create
schema statement.
Action: make sure the schema names match.
ORA-02424: potential circular view references or unknown referenced tables
Cause: the create schema statement contains views that depend on other views in
the containing create schema statement or they contain references to unknown
tables.
Action: create the dependent views in a separate create schema statement and
make sure all referenced tables are either defined in the create schema statement or
exist outside the statement.
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ORA-02425: create table failed
Cause: a create table statement failed in the create schema statement.
Action: the cause for failure will be presented below this error message. Follow
appropriate action(s) as suggested by the subsequent error message.
ORA-02426: privilege grant failed
Cause: a grant privilege statement failed inthe create schema statement.
Action: the cause for failure will be presented below this error message. Follow
appropriate action(s) as suggested by the subsequent error message.
ORA-02427: create view failed
Cause: a create view statement failed in the create schema statement.
Action: the cause for failure will be presented below this error message. Follow
appropriate action(s) as suggested by the subsequent error message.
ORA-02428: could not add foreign key reference
Cause: could not add a foreign key reference because of error in declaration.
Either referenced table does not exist or table does not have an unique key.
Action: make sure referenced table exists and/or has unique key
ORA-02429: cannot drop index used for enforcement of unique/primary key
Cause: user attempted to drop an index that is being used as the enforcement
mechanism for unique or primary key.
Action: drop the constraint instead of the index.
ORA-02430: cannot enable constraint (string) - no such constraint
Cause: the named constraint does not exist for this table.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02431: cannot disable constraint (string) - no such constraint
Cause: the named constraint does not exist for this table.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02432: cannot enable primary key - primary key not defined for table
Cause: Attempted to enable a primary key that is not defined for the table.
Action: Need to add a primary key definition for the table.
ORA-02433: cannot disable primary key - primary key not defined for table
Cause: Attempted to disable a primary key tht is not defined for the table.
Action: None
ORA-02434: cannot enable unique(string) - unique key not defined for table
Cause: attempted to enable a unique key that is not defined for the table.
Action: None
ORA-02435: cannot disable unique(string) - unique key not defined for table
Cause: attempted to disable a unique key that is not deined for the table.
Action: None
ORA-02436: date or system variable wrongly specified in CHECK constraint
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-25
Cause: An attempt was made to use a date constant or system variable, such as
USER, in a check constraint that was not completely specified in a CREATE TABLE
or ALTER TABLE statement. For example, a date was specified without the
century.
Action: Completely specify the date constant or system variable. Setting the event
10149 allows constraints like "a1 > '10-MAY-96'", which a bug permitted to be
created before version 8.
ORA-02437: cannot validate (string.string) - primary key violated
Cause: attempted to validate a primary key with duplicate values or null values.
Action: remove the duplicates and null values before enabling a primary key.
ORA-02438: Column check constraint cannot reference other columns
Cause: attempted to define a column check constraint that references another
column.
Action: define it as a table check constriant.
ORA-02439: Unique index on a deferrable constraint is not allowed
Cause: attempted to enable a deferrable primary key/unique constraint that has
an existing unique index on the constraint columns.
Action: Drop the index on the constraint columns or make the constraint not
deferrable.
ORA-02440: Create as select with referential constraints not allowed
Cause: create table foo (... ref. con. ...) as select ...;
Action: Create the table as select, then alter the table to add the constraints
afterwards.
ORA-02441: Cannot drop nonexistent primary key
Cause: alter table drop primary key - primary key does not exist.
Action: None
ORA-02442: Cannot drop nonexistent unique key
Cause: alter table drop unique () - unique specification does not exist.
Action: make sure column list for unique constraint is correct.
ORA-02443: Cannot drop constraint - nonexistent constraint
Cause: alter table drop constraint
Action: make sure you supply correct constraint name.
ORA-02444: Cannot resolve referenced object in referential constraints
Cause: attempted to define foreign key referencing an object which cannot be
resolved to a base table reference
Action: referential constraints can only be defined on objects which can be resolve
to base table reference
ORA-02445: Exceptions table not found
Cause: the explicity or implicity declared exceptions table does not exist.
Action: Create the table then issue the enable command again.
ORA-02446: CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT failed - check constraint violated
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Cause: An attempt was made to use a CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT statement
when some rows violated one or more CHECK constraints.
Action: Do not select rows that violate constraints.
ORA-02447: cannot defer a constraint that is not deferrable
Cause: An attempt was made to defer a nondeferrable constraint
Action: Drop the constraint and create a new one that is deferrable
ORA-02448: constraint does not exist
Cause: The named constraint does not exist
Action: Stop trying to do something with a nonexistant constraint
ORA-02449: unique/primary keys in table referenced by foreign keys
Cause: An attempt was made to drop a table with unique or primary keys
referenced by foreign keys in another table.
Action: Before performing the above operations the table, drop the foreign key
constraints in other tables. You can see what constraints are referencing a table by
issuing the following command: SELECT * FROM USER_CONSTRAINTS WHERE
TABLE_NAME = "tabnam";
ORA-02450: Invalid hash option - missing keyword IS
Cause: Missing IS keyword.
Action: Specify HASH IS option.
ORA-02451: duplicate HASHKEYS specification
Cause: The HASHKEYS option is specified more than once.
Action: Only specify the HASHKEYS option once.
ORA-02452: invalid HASHKEYS option value
Cause: The specified HASHKEYS option must be an integer value.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02453: duplicate HASH IS specification
Cause: The HASH IS option is specified more than once.
Action: only specify the HASH IS option once.
ORA-02454: Number of hash keys per block (string) exceeds maximum of string
Cause: The SIZE argument is too small.
Action: Increase the SIZE argument.
ORA-02455: The number of cluster key column must be 1
Cause: When specifing the HASH IS option, the number of key columns must be
1.
Action: Either do not specify the HASH IS option or reduce the number of key
columns.
ORA-02456: The HASH IS column specification must be NUMBER(*,0)
Cause: The column specification must specify an integer.
Action: Specify the column definition as type NUMBER(precision, 0).
ORA-02457: The HASH IS option must specify a valid column
Cause: The HASH IS column name is not specified in the cluster definition.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-27
Action: Specify a valid column name.
ORA-02458: HASHKEYS must be specified for a HASH CLUSTER
Cause: The HASHKEYS option must be specified when creating a HASH
CLUSTER.
Action: Specify the HASHKEYS option.
ORA-02459: Hashkey value must be a positive integer
Cause: The value of the hash key was not a positive number.
Action: Specify a positive integer.
ORA-02460: Inappropriate index operation on a hash cluster
Cause: An attempt to create a cluster index was issued on a hash cluster.
Action: Do not attempt to create such an index.
ORA-02461: Inappropriate use of the INDEX option
Cause: This option is only valid for non hash clusters.
Action: Do not specify this option.
ORA-02462: Duplicate INDEX option specified
Cause: The INDEX option is specified more than once.
Action: Only specify the INDEX option once.
ORA-02463: Duplicate HASH IS option specified
Cause: The HASH IS option is specified more than once.
Action: Only specify the HASH IS option once.
ORA-02464: Cluster definition can not be both HASH and INDEX
Cause: The cluster can either be a hash or indexed cluster - not both.
Action: Remove either the HASH IS or INDEX options.
ORA-02465: Inappropriate use of the HASH IS option
Cause: This option is only valid for clusters
Action: Do not specify this option
ORA-02466: The SIZE and INITRANS options cannot be altered for HASH
CLUSTERS.
Cause: An attempt was made to change the SIZE and INITRANS options after the
hash cluster was created.
Action: Do not specify this option.
ORA-02467: Column referenced in expression not found in cluster definition
Cause: A column in the hash is expression was not present in cluster definition.
Action: Recreate the cluster and correct the error in hash expression.
ORA-02468: Constant or system variable wrongly specified in expression
Cause: A constant or system variable was specified in the hash expression.
Action: Recreate the cluster and correct the error in hash expression.
ORA-02469: Hash expression does not return an Oracle Number.
Cause: Result of evaluating hash expression is not an Oracle Number.
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Action: Recreate the cluster and correct the error in hash expression.
ORA-02470: TO_DATE, USERENV, or SYSDATE incorrectly used in hash
expression.
Cause: An attempt was made to specify SYSDATE, UID, USER, ROWNUM, or
LEVEL in hash expression.
Action: Re-create the cluster and correct the error in hash expression.
ORA-02471: SYSDATE, UID, USER, ROWNUM, or LEVEL incorrectly used in hash
expression.
Cause: SYSDATE, UID, USER, ROWNUM, or LEVEL are not allowed in hash
expressions.
Action: Recreate the cluster and remove the offending keywords.
ORA-02472: PL/SQL functions not allowed in hash expressions
Cause: A PL/SQL function was used in the hash expression.
Action: Recreate the cluster and remove the PL/SQL function.
ORA-02473: Error while evaluating the cluster's hash expression.
Cause: An error occurred while evaluating the clusters hash expression.
Action: Correct the query and retry.
ORA-02474: Fixed hash area extents used (string) exceeds maximum allowed
(string)
Cause: The number of extents required for creating the fixed hash area exceeds
the maximum number allowed.
Action: Reduce the number of extents required by increasing the extent allocation
sizes within the STORAGE clause.
ORA-02475: maximum cluster chain block count of string has been exceeded
Cause: The number of blocks in a cluster chain exceeds the maximum number
allowed.
Action: Increase SIZE parameter in CREATE CLUSTER statement or reconsider
suitability of cluster key.
ORA-02476: can not create index due to parallel direct load on table
Cause: A parallel direct load is occurring to the specified table.
Action: Retry statement after load is complete.
ORA-02477: can not perform parallel direct load on object string
Cause: A parallel direct load is not possible because an index is is being created
on the table.
Action: Retry load after index creation is complete.
ORA-02478: merge into base segment would overflow MAXEXTENTS limit
Cause: Merge of temporary segment into base segment failed because
MAXEXTENTS was larger than the total in the temp and base segments
Action: Use a larger value for MAXEXTENTS on the base segment or make the
extents in the temporary segments larger
ORA-02479: error while translating file name for parallel load
Cause: An invalid file name was specified to load data into.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-29
Action: Specify a valid database file.
ORA-02481: Too many processes specified for events (max string)
Cause: Too many processes specified than allowed per event.
Action: Enter fewer processes by using ranges or wildcards if possible.
ORA-02482: Syntax error in event specification (string)
Cause: Illegal event string
Action: Enter a legal event string
ORA-02483: Syntax error in process specification (string)
Cause: Illegal process string
Action: Enter a legal process string
ORA-02484: Invalid _trace_buffers parameter specification (string)
Cause: Bad process or size in _trace_buffers INIT.ORA parameter.
Action: None
ORA-02485: Invalid _trace_options parameter specification (string)
Cause: Bad syntax for _trace_options INIT.ORA parameter.
Action: None
ORA-02486: Error in writing trace file string
Cause: Error occurred in creating/writing the file.
Action: Check file name and make sure it is constructed properly. Also, check
permissions for directories.
ORA-02487: Error in converting trace data
Cause: Incompatible binary trace data was specified.
Action: Check the format of the input data.
ORA-02488: Error encountered when accessing file [string] for trace conversion
Cause: An attempt was made to open or access the trace file during a trace
conversion.
Action: Check the permissions for both input and output files. Also, check the file
compatibility for the trace conversion.
ORA-02490: missing required file size in RESIZE clause
Cause: No value was specified for the RESIZE clause.
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02491: missing required keyword ON or OFF in AUTOEXTEND clause
Cause: The keyword ON or OFF was not specified for the AUTOEXTEND clause.
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02492: missing required file block increment size in NEXT clause
Cause: No value was specified for the NEXT clause.
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02493: invalid file increment size in NEXT clause
Cause: A non-integer value was used for the NEXT clause of the DATAFILE list.
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Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02494: invalid or missing maximum file size in MAXSIZE clause
Cause: UNLIMITED was not specified, or an invalid integer value was specified,
for the MAXSIZE clause in the DATAFILE file list. The MAXSIZE value cannot be
smaller than the SIZE value.
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02495: cannot resize file string, tablespace string is read only
Cause: An attempt was made to resize a data file in a tablespace that is read only.
Action: Change the tablespace to read/write and retry the resize operation.
ORA-02700: osnoraenv: error translating ORACLE_SID
Cause: Two-task driver could not find the value of ORACLE_SID in the
environment.
Action: Make sure that the ORACLE_SID environment variable has been properly
set and exported.
ORA-02701: osnoraenv: error translating oracle image name
Cause: ORACLE_HOME environment variable not set.
Action: Make sure that the ORACLE_HOME environment variable has been
properly set and exported.
ORA-02702: osnoraenv: error translating orapop image name
Cause: ORACLE_HOME environment variable not set.
Action: Make sure that the ORACLE_HOME environment variable has been
properly set and exported.
ORA-02703: osnpopipe: pipe creation failed
Cause: The pipe driver failed to create pipes for communications with the orapop
process.
Action: You have probably exceeded the maximum number of open file
descriptors per user or the system file table is full. Note the operating system error
code and contact your system administrator.
ORA-02704: osndopop: fork failed
Cause: The two-task driver could not fork orapop.
Action: Verify that there are enough system resources to support another process.
The user or system process limit may have been exceeded, or the amount of free
memory or swap space may be temporarily insufficient.
ORA-02705: osnpol: polling of communication channel failed
Cause: The pipe driver failed while polling the communications channel.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02706: osnshs: host name too long
Cause: The length of your host-string specified by the TWO_TASK environment
variable exceeds the ORACLE system-imposed limit.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02707: osnacx: cannot allocate context area
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-31
Cause: The invoked Unix two-task driver could not allocate heap space for the
context area.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02708: osnrntab: connect to host failed, unknown ORACLE_SID
Cause: The invoked Unix two-task driver failed to find an entry in oratab for the
sid you supplied.
Action: First, check whether you have read access to oratab, and see if the desired
sid is there. Add an entry to oratab for the desired sid, if necessary.
ORA-02709: osnpop: pipe creation failed
Cause: The pipe driver failed to create pipes for two-task communications with
the oracle shadow process.
Action: You have probably exceeded the maximum number of open file
descriptors per user or the system file table is full. Note the operating system error
code and contact your system administrator.
ORA-02710: osnpop: fork failed
Cause: The pipe driver could not fork the oracle shadow process.
Action: Verify that there are enough system resources to support another process.
The user or system process limit may have been exceeded, or the amount of free
memory or swap space may be temporarily insufficient.
ORA-02711: osnpvalid: write to validation channel failed
Cause: The pipe driver failed to write to the orapop process.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02712: osnpop: malloc failed
Cause: The pipe driver failed to allocate enough heap space for its context area
buffers.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02713: osnprd: message receive failure
Cause: The pipe driver failed to read a message from the communications
channel.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02714: osnpwr: message send failure
Cause: The pipe driver failed to write a message to the communications channel.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02715: osnpgetbrkmsg: message from host had incorrect message type
Cause: The pipe driver received a message having an unrecognizable message
type.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02716: osnpgetdatmsg: message from host had incorrect message type
Cause: The Pipe driver received a message having an unrecognizable message
type.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02717: osnpfs: incorrect number of bytes written
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Cause: The Pipe driver sent a message that was apparently successful, but the
number of bytes transmitted did not match the number of bytes furnished to the
driver.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02718: osnprs: reset protocol error
Cause: The two-task driver could not reset the connection.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02719: osnfop: fork failed
Cause: The fast driver could not fork the oracle shadow process.
Action: Verify that there are enough system resources to support another process.
The user or system process limit may have been exceeded, or the amount of free
memory or swap space may be temporarily insufficient.
ORA-02720: osnfop: shmat failed
Cause: When the fast driver was invoked, processes failed to attach to the shared
memory buffer. You probably supplied an illegal shared memory attach address,
or the system ran out of data space to accomodate the buffer.
Action: Try invoking the Fast driver later, or use the default attach address.
ORA-02721: osnseminit: cannot create semaphore set
Cause: The Fast driver failed to get a semaphore set.
Action: The system-imposed limit on semaphores or semaphore identifiers may
have been exceeded. Read the returned operating system error code and check
with your system administrator.
ORA-02722: osnpui: cannot send break message to orapop
Cause: The Pipe driver could not send a break message to orapop.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02723: osnpui: cannot send break signal
Cause: The Pipe driver could not send a break message to the ORACLE shadow
process.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02724: osnpbr: cannot send break message to orapop
Cause: The Pipe driver could not send a break message to orapop.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02725: osnpbr: cannot send break signal
Cause: The Pipe driver could not send a break message to the ORACLE shadow
process.
Action: Kill system call failed. Check errno and contact customer support.
ORA-02726: osnpop: access error on oracle executable
Cause: The Pipe driver could not access the oracle executable.
Action: Check the permissions on the ORACLE executable and each component
of the ORACLE_HOME/bin path.
ORA-02727: osnpop: access error on orapop executable
Cause: The Pipe driver could not access the orapop executable.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-33
Action: Check the permissions on the orapop executable and each component of
the ORACLE_HOME/bin path.
ORA-02728: osnfop: access error on oracle executable
Cause: The Fast driver could not access the oracle executable.
Action: Check the permissions on the ORACLE executable and each component
of the ORACLE_HOME/bin path.
ORA-02729: osncon: driver not in osntab
Cause: The driver you have specified is not supported.
Action: Check with your database administrator which drivers are supported.
ORA-02730: osnrnf: cannot find user logon directory
Cause: The driver you have specified could not find your logon directory while
searching for your local .sqlnet file.
Action: Set and export the HOME environment variable to identify your home
directory. Check with your system administrator to make sure that your uid and
home directory are correct in the /etc/passwd file.
ORA-02731: osnrnf: malloc of buffer failed
Cause: The specified driver could not find enough heap space to malloc a buffer.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02732: osnrnf: cannot find a matching database alias
Cause: Database alias specified was not identified in either $HOME/.sqlnet or
/etc/sqlnet.
Action: Create the alias in a file called .sqlnet in your home directory for personal
use or ask your system administrator to create the alias in /etc/sqlnet for
system-wide use.
ORA-02733: osnsnf: database string too long
Cause: While converting a database alias to a database ID, the resulting database
ID string exceeded the ORACLE system-imposed limit.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02734: osnftt: cannot reset shared memory permission
Cause: The Fast driver was unable to reset shared memory permissions.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02735: osnfpm: cannot create shared memory segment
Cause: The Fast driver failed to create a shared memory segment for two-task
communication.
Action: Check whether the system-imposed limit on shared memory identifiers
has already been reached for your system.
ORA-02736: osnfpm: illegal default shared memory address
Cause: The Fast driver failed to establish a default shared memory address.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02737: osnpcl: cannot tell orapop to exit
Cause: The Pipe driver failed to send orapop the command to exit.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
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ORA-02738: osnpwrtbrkmsg: incorrect number of bytes written
Cause: The pipe driver apparently sent an imcomplete break message.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02739: osncon: host alias is too long
Cause: The alias used for a sqlnet host is longer than 161 characters.
Action: Use a shorter alias.
ORA-02750: osnfsmmap: cannot open shared memory file ?/dbs/ftt_.dbf
Cause: The Fast driver failed to create a shared memory file for two-task
communication.
Action: Check the permissions on the directory ?/dbs
ORA-02751: osnfsmmap: cannot map shared memory file
Cause: The Fast driver failed to map a shared memory file for two-task
communication.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02752: osnfsmmap: illegal shared memory address
Cause: The Fast driver failed to attach shared memory at the expected location.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02753: osnfsmmap: cannot close shared memory file
Cause: The Fast driver cannot close the shared memory file.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02754: osnfsmmap: cannot change shared memory inheritence
Cause: The Fast driver could not alter the inheritence attributes of the shared
memory.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02755: osnfsmcre: cannot create chared memory file ?/dbs/ftt_.dbf
Cause: The Fast driver failed to create a file for shared memory.
Action: Check the permissions on the directory ?/dbs
ORA-02756: osnfsmnam: name translation failure
Cause: The Fast driver encountered an error translating the shared memory
filename ?/dbs/ftt_.dbf.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-02757: osnfop: fork_and_bind failed
Cause: The Fast driver failed to fork a process onto the desired cluster and node
number.
Action: Check the desired node number in sercose[0] and cluster ID in sercose[1].
If these seem valid, contact customer support.
ORA-02758: Allocation of internal array failed
Cause: The package was unable to allocate memory for an array because the
system ran out of memory.
Action: Either reclaim memory by killing other processes or reboot the machine
with more memory.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-35
ORA-02759: Not enough request descriptors available
Cause: All of the package's request descriptors are in use performing other
requests.
Action: Either wait until enough requests are done, or shut the package down and
re-initialize it with more request descriptors.
ORA-02760: Client close of file failed.
Cause: The client was unable to close a file after forking the servers.
Action: This is a system problem - contact your System Administrator.
ORA-02761: File number to be canceled is negative.
Cause: The file number contained with the sfiov structure is less than zero.
Action: This may be a programming error. If it is not, contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02762: file number to be cancelled is greater than the maximum.
Cause: The file number contained with the sfiov structure is greater than the
maximum.
Action: This may be a programming error. If it is not, contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02763: Unable to cancel at least one request
Cause: No requests were found that could be cancelled.
Action: This error can occur if all the requests dealing with that file number have
already been filled.
ORA-02764: Invalid package mode
Cause: The mode of the package can only be parallel or duplex.
Action: See sfa.h for the correct values.
ORA-02765: Invalid maximum number of servers
Cause: The number of servers given was less than or equal to zero.
Action: Use a number greater than zero.
ORA-02766: Invalid maximum of request descriptors
Cause: The number of request descriptors was less than or equal to zero.
Action: Use a number greater than zero.
ORA-02767: Less than one request descriptor was allocated per server
Cause: The package requires that the number of request descriptors be greater
than or equal to the number of servers used.
Action: Use a higher number
ORA-02768: Maximum number of files is invalid
Cause: The maximum number of files to be used by the package was less than or
equal to zero.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02769: Setting of handler for SIGTERM failed
Cause: The package was unable to set up handling by the server for the
termination signal. This is an internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02770: Total number of blocks is invalid
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Cause: The total number of blocks to be allocated for use by the package was not
greater than zero.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02771: Illegal request time out value
Cause: The number was not a positive number.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02772: Invalid maximum server idle time
Cause: The time given was not a positive number.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02773: Invalid maximum client wait time
Cause: The time given was not a positive number.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02774: Invalid request list latch time out value
Cause: The time given was not a positive number.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02775: Invalid request done signal
Cause: The signal number was not a positive number.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02776: Value for request done signal exceeds maximum
Cause: The value sent to the package for use as the "request done" signal exceeds
the maximum allowed by the operating system.
Action: None
ORA-02777: Stat failed on log directory
Cause: The package was unable to get information about the directory in which
the log files are to reside.
Action: Check the permissions on the directory or use a different directory name.
ORA-02778: Name given for the log directory is invalid
Cause: The name given for the directory in which the logs are to be kept does not
correspond to a directory.
Action: Use a different name.
ORA-02779: Stat failed on core dump directory
Cause: The package was unable to get information about the directory into which
the servers are to dump core in the event of an exception.
Action: Check the permissions on the directory or use a different directory name.
ORA-02780: Name given for the core dump directory is invalid
Cause: The name given for the directory in which the server processes are to
dump core in the event of an exception does not correspond to a directory.
Action: Use a different name.
ORA-02781: Invalid value given for the timing wanted flag
Cause: The value given was not TRUE or FALSE.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-37
Action: None
ORA-02782: Both read and write functions were not specified
Cause: To ensure that the functions act symmetrically, pointers to both the read
and write functions must be given.
Action: Either specify both functions or specify neither. The package will supply
its own functions.
ORA-02783: Both post and wait functions were not specified
Cause: To ensure that the functions act symmetrically, pointers to both the posting
and waiting functions must be given.
Action: Either specify both functions or specify neither. The package will supply
its own functions.
ORA-02784: Invalid shared memory ID specified
Cause: The ID of the segment specified for use as the shared buffer region was
invalid.
Action: Use a different ID, or let the package specify its own.
ORA-02785: Invalid shared memory buffer size
Cause: The size given for the shared memory segment to be used as the shared
buffer region was less than or equal to zero.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02786: Size needed for shared region is greater than segment size
Cause: The size of the shared segment that was specified for the shared buffer
region is less than the number of bytes required. The first field of the "additional
information" field is the size needed. The second is the size of the segment.
Action: Use a larger size segment or let the package allocate its own.
ORA-02787: Unable to allocate memory for segment list
Cause: The package cannot allocate memory for an internal segment list because
the system has run out of memory. The "additional information" field is the
amount of memory that the package attempted to allocate.
Action: None
ORA-02788: Unable to find kernel process pointer in async process array
Cause: Internal error - Contact ORACLE support.
Action: None
ORA-02789: Maximum number of files reached
Cause: The maximum number of files that can be used for asynchronous I/O has
been reached.
Action: Shut down the servers and re-initialize the package with a higher number.
ORA-02790: File name is too long
Cause: The length of the name of a file that is being opened for asynchronous I/O
is longer than the maximum. The "additional information" field is the maximum
length.
Action: Use a shorter name.
ORA-02791: Unable to open file for use with asynchronous I/O
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Cause: The package could not open file for some reason.
Action: Check the file name.
ORA-02792: Unable to fstat() a file being used for asynchronous I/O.
Cause: The fstat(2) call on a file being used for asynchronous I/O failed.
Action: Check the file name.
ORA-02793: Close of asynchronous I/O failed.
Cause: The client was unable to close a file being used for asynchronous I/O.
Action: Contact ORACLE support - this should not happen.
ORA-02794: Client unable to get key for shared memory
Cause: The client was unable to get a key so that it obtain shared memory for use
with shared memory.
Action: Contact ORACLE support - this is an internal error.
ORA-02795: Request list is empty
Cause: The client was signalled by a server that it was done with a request but the
"done" list was empty.
Action: Internal error - contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02796: Done request is not in correct state
Cause: A request is not in the right state.
Action: Internal error - contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02797: No requests available
Cause: No free request descriptors are available.
Action: Wait until some requests are filled and then retry the request, or
shutdown the servers and initialize the package with a higher number of requests.
ORA-02798: Invalid number of requests
Cause: The number of operations sent to either sfard() or sfawrite() is less than
zero.
Action: This is a user programming error.
ORA-02799: Unable to arm signal handler
Cause: The arming of a signal handler for the "done" signal failed.
Action: Internal error - contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02800: Requests timed out
Cause: Some of the requests for asynchronous input or output were not serviced
in the required amount of time.
Action: If the load on the system is high, it is possible that the timeout limit is too
low. Reset it with sfainit(). If the server processes are dying due to unexpected
signals, this is an internal error, and ORACLE support should be contacted.
ORA-02801: Operations timed out
Cause: Some asynchronous operations timed out in kernel mode.
Action: Internal error - contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02802: No idle servers available in parallel mode
Cause: Internal error.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-39
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02803: Retrieval of current time failed
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02804: Allocation of memory failed for log file name
Cause: The client was unable to allocated a buffer for the name of the log file.
Action: Contact your System Administrator.
ORA-02805: Unable to set handler for SIGTPA
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02806: Unable to set handler for SIGALRM
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02807: Allocation of memory for I/O vectors failed.
Cause: The client was unable to allocate memory for the array of I/O vectors that
the servers are to use.
Action: Contact your System Administrator.
ORA-02808: Allocation of memory of open files array failed.
Cause: The client was unable to allocate memory for an array of flags that the
servers are to use.
Action: Contact your System Administrator.
ORA-02809: Jump buffer not valid
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02813: Unable to make temporary file name in order to get key
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02814: Unable to get shared memory
Cause: Shmget(2) failed.
Action: Check the UNIX number. If you are unsure about what it means, contact
ORACLE customer support.
ORA-02815: Unable to attach shared memory
Cause: Shmat(2) failed.
Action: Check the UNIX number. If you are unsure about what it means, contact
ORACLE customer support.
ORA-02816: Unable to kill a process
Cause: A server did not die after being sent a kill signal.
Action: The process may be a runaway - contact ORACLE customer support.
ORA-02817: Read failed
Cause: A server could not read a requested amount of data.
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Action: Check the call to sfard(). An incorrect file descriptor may have been sent
to sfard(). The number in the "additional information" field is the starting block
number of the data segment being read in.
ORA-02818: Less than the number of blocks requested was read in
Cause: A server could not read in the request amount of data. The first number in
the "additional information" field is the block number being read in. The second is
the actual number of bytes that was read in.
Action: This is a programming error.
ORA-02819: Write failed
Cause: A server was unable to perform a write. The number in the "additional
information" field is the starting block number of the data segment being written
out. The first number in the "additional information" field is the block number
being written out. The second is the actual number of bytes that was written out.
The disk may have filled up.
Action: Check the UNIX error number.
ORA-02820: Unable to write the requested number of blocks
Cause: A server could not write the requested amount of data out to disk. The
disk may have run out of space.
Action: Check the UNIX error number.
ORA-02821: Unable to read the requested number of blocks.
Cause: A server could not read the number of blocks that was requested. The end
of the file may have been read.
Action: Check the file on disk.
ORA-02822: Invalid block offset
Cause: A server was unable to seek to the designated block.
Action: Check the UNIX error number.
ORA-02823: Buffer is not aligned.
Cause: The buffer on which an I/O is being done is not on the correct boundary.
Action: Check the calling program.
ORA-02824: Request free list is empty
Cause: The list from which the package allocates request descriptors is empty
because all of the descriptors is in use.
Action: Wait until some become free, or initialize the package with a higher
number of request descriptors.
ORA-02825: Request on free list was not free
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02826: Illegal block size
Cause: A negative number was given for the I/O block size to be used by the
asynchronous I/O package.
Action: This is a programming error - use either a positive number or zero to get
the default value.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-41
ORA-02827: Invalid file number
Cause: The file number upon which an operation is to done is either less than zero
or greater than the maximum number of files than can be open.
Action: This is a programming error. Since the calling program should not touch
this number, this is a programming error.
ORA-02828: Segment free list is empty
Cause: No segments are available to allocated.
Action: Free some segments or shut down the package and re-initialize it with a
higher number of segments.
ORA-02829: No segment of the proper size is available
Cause: No segment of the proper size is ready for use by the caller.
Action: Free some segments and try again.
ORA-02830: Segment could not be split - no free segments available
Cause: A segment that is larger than that desired could not be split because no
free segment was available.
Action: Free some segments and try again.
ORA-02831: Segment deallocation failed - empty segment list
Cause: The caller attempted to deallocate a segment but the "in use" list was
empty. This is a programming error.
Action: Check the calling program.
ORA-02832: Segment deallocation failed - segment not on list
Cause: The caller attempted to deallocate a segment that was not on the "in use"
list. This is a programming error.
Action: Check the calling program.
ORA-02833: Server was unable to close file
Cause: A server was unable to close a file being used for asynchronous I/O.
Action: See the UNIX error number for more information.
ORA-02834: Server unable to open file
Cause: The server was unable to open a file for use with asynchronous I/O.
Action: Check the UNIX error number for more information.
ORA-02835: Server unable to send signal to client
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02836: Unable to create temporary key file
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02837: Unable to unlink temporary file
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02838: Unable to arm signal handler for the alarm signal
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Cause: The arming of a signal handler for the alarmsignal failed.
Action: Internal error - contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02839: Sync of blocks to disk failed.
Cause: The server was unable to flush its writes out to disk.
Action: Check the UNIX error number.
ORA-02840: Open of log file by client failed
Cause: The client process was unable to open its log file.
Action: Check the UNIX error number for more information.
ORA-02841: Server died on start up
Cause: A server exited during its initialization process.
Action: Check the servers' logs for more information.
ORA-02842: Client unable to fork a server
Cause: The client could not spawn a server. A possible reason is that the operating
system has reached its limit on the number of processes that it can spawn.
Action: Either reduce the number of servers that are to be used, or reconfigure the
operating system so that it can handle more processes.
ORA-02843: Invalid value for kernel flag
Cause: An illegal value was given for the kernel flag in the information structure.
Only TRUE and FALSE are permitted.
Action: This is a programming error - check the calling routine.
ORA-02844: Invalid value for the leave open flag
Cause: A value was given for the flag that determines whether a file is to be left
open after the client checks it to see if the servers can use it. Only TRUE and
FALSE are supported.
Action: This is a programming error - check the calling routine.
ORA-02845: Invalid value for the timing wanted flag
Cause: A value was given for the flag that indicates that operations are to be
timed out. Only TRUE and FALSE are supported.
Action: This is a programming error - check the calling routine.
ORA-02846: Unkillable server
Cause: A server would not respond to the termination signal. The first number is
the number of the server. The second is its UNIX process number. This is an
internal problem.
Action: This is an operating system problem.
ORA-02847: Server did not terminate when posted
Cause: A server did not respond to a posted request to shutdown. The first
number is the number of the server. The second is its UNIX process number. This
is an internal problem.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02848: Asynchronous I/O package is not running
Cause: An operation using the asynchronous I/O package was attempted without
first initializing the package using sfainit().
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-43
Action: Call sfainit() before using the package.
ORA-02849: Read failed because of an error
Cause: A server could not read the requested amount of data from disk.
Action: Check the UNIX error number.
ORA-02850: File is closed
Cause: A file upon which an asynchronous I/O operation is to be performed has
already been closed by the package.
Action: This is a programming error.
ORA-02851: Request list is empty when it should not be
Cause: This is an internal problem.
Action: Contact ORACLE support.
ORA-02852: Invalid critical-section time out value
Cause: The time given was not a positive number.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02853: Invalid server list latch time out value
Cause: The time given was not a positive number.
Action: Use a positive number.
ORA-02854: Invalid number of request buffers
Cause: The value given for "db_slave_buffers" in your INIT.ORA file is less than 0.
Action: Use a number that is greater than or equal to 0.
ORA-02855: Number of requests is less than the number of slaves
Cause: The value given for 'db_slave_buffers' in the initialization parameter file
was less than the number specified for the number of slaves, 'db_slaves.'
Action: Specify a number that is greater than that given for 'db_slaves.'
Alternatively, specify 0. The kernel will supply the appropriate number.
ORA-02875: smpini: Unable to get shared memory for PGA
Cause: Stated in errno.
Action: Resolve the problem.
ORA-02876: smpini: Unable to attach to shared memory for PGA
Cause: Stated in errno.
Action: Resolve the problem.
ORA-02877: smpini: Unable to initialize memory protection
Cause: The adspcinit program has not been executed.
Action: Execute the adscpinit program as shown in your Installation and Users'
Guide. If the problem persists, try rebooting your computer.
ORA-02878: sou2o: Variable smpdidini overwritten
Cause: The variable smpdidini was overwritten, probably by client code.
Action: Verify client code, e.g. Pro*C, for illegal memory access. If the problem
occurs outside Single Task operation, contact your customer support
representative.
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ORA-02879: sou2o: Could not gain access to protected memory
Cause: This is an internal error, note error code in errno.
Action: Report to your customer support representative. Restarting your
application or your computer may cure the problem.
ORA-02880: smpini: Could not register PGA for protection
Cause: This is an internal error, note error code in errno.
Action: Report to your customer support representative. Restarting your
application or your computer may cure the problem.
ORA-02881: sou2o: Could not revoke access to protected memory
Cause: This is an internal error, note error code in errno.
Action: Report to your customer support representative. Restarting your
application or your computer may cure the problem.
ORA-02882: sou2o: Could not register SGA for protection
Cause: This is an internal error, note error code in errno.
Action: Report to your customer support representative. Restarting your
application or your computer may cure the problem.
ORA-02899: smscre: Cannot create SGA with Extended Shared Memory feature
Cause: The environment variable EXTSHM was set before starting oracle.
Action: Unset the environment variable EXTSHM and startup oracle.
ORA-03001: unimplemented feature
Cause: This feature is not implemented.
Action: None
ORA-03002: operator not implemented
Cause: This is an internal error.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-03007: obsolete feature
Cause: User attempted to use a feature which is no longer supported.
Action: None
ORA-03009: Incompatible OCI function call
Cause: An incompatible OCI function call was issued for new functionality.
Action: Do not use V7 OCI calls for this functionality.
ORA-03112: a server linked as single-task cannot use SQL*Net
Cause: A statement containing a SQL*Net connect string was issued to the
single-task server. For example, a database link was used in a SQL statement.
Action: Do not use SQL*Net connect strings in a single-task environment.
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
Cause: The connection between Client and Server process was broken.
Action: There was a communication error that requires further investigation.
First, check for network problems and review the SQL*Net setup. Also, look in the
alert.log file for any errors. Finally, test to see whether the server process is dead
and whether a trace file was generated at failure time.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-45
ORA-03119: two-task detected inconsistent datatype specification
Cause: There was both a datatype, and an anonymous datatype declaration
found.
Action: Correct the specification.
ORA-03122: attempt to close ORACLE-side window on user side
Cause: This is an internal error.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-03123: operation would block
Cause: This is a status code that indicates that the operation cannot complete now.
Action: None; this is not an error. The operation should be retried again for
completion.
ORA-03124: two-task internal error
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-03125: client-server protocol violation
Cause: The application received a bad escape sequence from the server and may
indicate a problem with the client application user code.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-03126: network driver does not support non-blocking operations
Cause: A non-blocking operation was attempted and the network driver does not
support non-blocking operations.
Action: Use default blocking operations or use a driver supporting non-blocking
operations.
ORA-03127: no new operations allowed until the active operation ends
Cause: An attempt was made to execute a new operation before the active
non-blocking operation completed or a new operation was attempted before all
the pieces of a column were inserted or fetched.
Action: Execute the new operation after the non-blocking operation completes. If
piecewise binds/defines were done, execute the new operation after all the pieces
have been inserted or fetched.
ORA-03128: connection is in blocking mode
Cause: The OCI test for non-blocking mode on a connection indicates that the
connection is in blocking mode.
Action: If non-blocking mode is required use appropriate OCI calls to change the
mode.
ORA-03129: the next piece to be inserted is required
Cause: The application performed a piecewise bind on a column.
Action: Provide the next piece of this bind variable.
ORA-03130: the buffer for the next piece to be fetched is required
Cause: The application performed a piecewise define on the column.
Action: Provide the next buffer for the next piece to be retrieved.
ORA-03131: an invalid buffer was provided for the next piece
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Cause: The application either provided the length of the buffer for the next piece
to be zero or provided a null pointer.
Action: Verify if the buffer pointer for the next piece is null or if the length is zero.
ORA-03132: two-task default value overflow
Cause: The default value specified for a record field was too large.
Action: Change the default value to fit the field size.
ORA-03134: Connections to this server version are no longer supported.
Cause: An attempt was made to connect to an Oracle server of older version.
Action: Please refer to documentation for more details.
ORA-03135: connection lost contact
Cause: 1) Server unexpectedly terminated or was forced to terminate. 2) Server
timed out the connection.
Action: 1) Check if the server session was terminated. 2) Check if the timeout
parameters are set properly in sqlnet.ora.
ORA-03136: inbound connection timed out
Cause: Inbound connection was timed out by the server because user
authentication was not completed within the given time specified by
SQLNET.INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT or its default value
Action: 1) Check SQL*NET and RDBMS log for trace of suspicious connections. 2)
Configure SQL*NET with a proper inbound connect timeout value if necessary.
ORA-03137: TTC protocol internal error : [string] [string] [string] [string] [string]
[string] [string] [string]
Cause: TTC protocol internal error.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-03138: Connection terminated due to security policy violation
Cause: Connection was terminated due to a security policy violation.
Action: Contact the Database Administrator
ORA-03139: This OCI call has been disabled by the DBA
Cause: The SEC_DISABLE_OLDER_ORACLE_RPCS initialization parameter was
enabled.
Action: Contact the Database Administrator
ORA-03140: I/O operation in progress
Cause: The current I/O operation was not complete. The error is typically
returned from vectored and/or asynchronous I/O calls.
Action: Perform the necessary operation to complete or abort the current I/O.
ORA-03141: I/O request queue full
Cause: The I/O request queue was full and no more requests could be queued.
Action: Perform the proper operations to complete part or all of the current
in-progress I/O requests.
ORA-03142: Session ID: number Serial number: number
Cause: Connection was lost for the specified session and serial number. This is
either due to session being killed or network problems.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-47
Action: Reconnect and if error persists, contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-03143: Process ID: string Thread ID: string
Cause: Connection was lost for the specified process ID and thread ID. This is
either due to session being killed or network problems.
Action: Reconnect and if error persists, contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-03144: Process ID: string
Cause: Connection was lost for the specified process ID. This is either due to
session being killed or network problems.
Action: Reconnect and if error persists, contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-03145: I/O streaming direction error
Cause: Attempted to PUT data when GET streaming was in progress or
attempted to GET data when PUT streaming was in progress.
Action: Complete current stream read or write I/O before attempting I/O in
reverse direction.
ORA-03146: Invalid buffer length for TTC field
Cause: A corrupt Two-Task Common (TTC) packet was received.
Action: This is a internal protocol error. Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-03147: Missing mandatory TTC field
Cause: A corrupt Two-Task Common (TTC) packet was received.
Action: This is an internal protocol error. Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-03148: OCI_ATTR_ROW_COUNT cannot return a row count exceeding
UB4MAXVAL. The actual row count is [string]
Cause: The row count was larger than UB4MAXVAL. OCI clients using OCI_
ATTR_ROW_COUNT cannot see row counts larger than UB4MAXVAL.
Action: Upgrade Oracle client to version 12 client libraries or higher and use OCI_
ATTR_UB8_ROW_COUNT instead.
ORA-03149: Invalid Oracle error code
Cause: An invalid Oracle error code was received by the server.
Action: This is an internal protocol error. Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-03150: end-of-file on communication channel for database link
Cause: The connection between the client and the remote server process was
broken.
Action: Look in the alert.log file of the remote server for any errors. Also, check to
see whether the remote server process is dead and whether a trace file was
generated at failure time.
ORA-03160: An invalid client operation was requested by the server
Cause: You are using an Oracle client application linked with libraries with lower
version than the current server version.
Action: Upgrade client libraries to be same as or higher than the server version.
ORA-03170: deadlocked on readable physical standby (undo segment string)
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Cause: A new undo segment was added. A query can occasionally deadlock
when issued around the time an undo segment is added and used immediately on
the primary.
Action: Retry the query. Avoid creating new undo segments when using standby
as a regular part of operation.
ORA-03171: Recovery was terminated during query execution
Cause: Recovery was terminated. A query can ocassionally deadlock when
recovery is terminated because it needs a block with changes that are made after
the point at which recovery was terminated.
Action: Retry the query. Avoid cancelling recovery on standby.
ORA-03172: STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY of string seconds exceeded
Cause: Standby recovery fell behind the STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY
requirement.
Action: Tune recovery and retry the query later, or switch to another standby
database within the data delay requirement.
ORA-03173: Standby may not be synced with primary
Cause: ALTER SESSION SYNC WITH PRIMARY did not work because either the
standby was not synchronous or in a data-loss mode with regard to the primary, or
the standby recovery was terminated.
Action: Make the standby synchronous and no-data-loss with regard to the
primary. Make the standby recovery active.
ORA-03174: STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY does not apply to SYS users
Cause: ALTER SESSION SET STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY did not work for
SYS users.
Action: Issue ALTER SESSION SET STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY for non-SYS
users.
ORA-03175: parameter string mismatch
Cause: The value of the %s parameter was not the same in all instances.
Action: Check %s in all instances.
ORA-03176: string only works on an open physical standby database
Cause: The database was not an open physical standby database.
Action: Issue the command on an open physical standby database.
ORA-03178: duplicate SESSION or GLOBAL specifications
Cause: Duplicate SESSION or GLOBAL specifications were specified.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-03179: NOCACHE or ORDER sequences cannot be accessed from Active Data
Guard standby
Cause: NOCACHE or ORDER sequences were not supported for Active Data
Guard standby.
Action: Alter the sequence properties.
ORA-03180: Sequence values cannot be allocated for Oracle Active Data Guard
standby.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-49
Cause: Connection to the corresponding primary database failed. The primary
database might be down.
Action: Try again later.
ORA-03181: Sequence object no longer exists for Oracle Active Data Guard
standby.
Cause: The sequence object might have been dropped by the primary database.
Action: Check the sequence status on the primary database.
ORA-03182: The sequence object is no longer a global sequence for Oracle Active
Data Guard standby database.
Cause: The sequence object might have been altered by the primary database.
Action: Check the sequence status on the primary database.
ORA-03200: the segment type specification is invalid
Cause: segment type is not TABLE, INDEX, or CLUSTER
Action: use a correct segment type
ORA-03201: the group number specification is invalid
Cause: the freelist group number was either negative or larger than the the
number of freelist groups in the segment
Action: use a correct group number
ORA-03202: the scan limit specification is invalid
Cause: the scan limit did not have a positive integer value the number of freelist
groups in the segment
Action: use a correct scan limit
ORA-03203: concurrent update activity makes space analysis impossible
Cause: high volume of user updates interfere with the space analysis
Action: retry the command or lock the underlying objects
ORA-03204: the segment type specification should indicate partitioning
Cause: partition name is specified for the space analysis, but the object type does
not indicate parttitioning
Action: specify PARTITION in the segment type, if the object is partitioned,
otherwise, omit the partition name
ORA-03205: partition name is required when partitioned type is specified
Cause: partition name is not specified for the space analysis, but the object type
indicates parttitioning
Action: specify partition name, if the object is partitioned, otherwise, specify a
non-partitioned type
ORA-03206: maximum file size of (string) blocks in AUTOEXTEND clause is out of
range
Cause: The maximum file size for an autoextendable file has exceeded the
maximum number of blocks allowed.
Action: Reduce the size and retry.
ORA-03207: subpartitioned type must be specified for composite object
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Cause: partition type is specified for the space analysis, but the object type
indicates composite partitioning
Action: specify subpartition name and subpartition type
ORA-03208: partitioned type must be specified for a non-composite object
Cause: subpartition type is specified for the space analysis, but the object type
indicates non-composite partitioning
Action: specify partition name and partition type
ORA-03209: DBMS_ADMIN_PACKAGE invalid file/block specification
Cause: The value of file number or block number is outside of limits or
inconsistent
Action: Fix the file number/block number value
ORA-03210: DBMS_ADMIN_PACKAGE invalid option specification
Cause: The value of one of the option parameters is incorrect
Action: Fix the option value
ORA-03211: The segment does not exist or is not in a valid state
Cause: The segment specified in the DBMS_SPACE_ADMIN or DBMS_SPACE
operation does not exist or is not in a state appropriate for this operation
Action: Fix the segment specification, or put the segment in the appropriate state.
ORA-03212: Temporary Segment cannot be created in locally-managed tablespace
Cause: Attempt to create a temporary segment for sort/hash/lobs in in
permanent tablespace of kind locally-managed
Action: Alter temporary tablespace of user to a temporary tablespace or a
dictionary-managed permanent tablespace
ORA-03213: Invalid Lob Segment Name for DBMS_SPACE package
Cause: The Lob Segment specified in the DBMS_SPACE operation does not exist.
Action: Fix the Segment Specification
ORA-03214: File Size specified is smaller than minimum required
Cause: File Size specified for add/resize datafile/tempfile does not allow for the
minimum required of one allocation unit.
Action: Increase the specification for file size
ORA-03215: File Size specified for resize is too small
Cause: File Size specified for resize datafile/tempfile causes bitmap control
structures to overlap
Action: Increase the specification for file size
ORA-03216: Tablespace/Segment Verification cannot proceed
Cause: Corruptions detected during verification whch cannot be dealt with
Action: Do manual verification
ORA-03217: invalid option for alter of TEMPORARY TABLESPACE
Cause: invalid option for alter of temporary tablespace was specified
Action: Specify one of the valid options: ADD TEMPFILE, TEMPFILE ONLINE,
TEMPFILE OFFLINE
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-51
ORA-03218: invalid option for CREATE/ALTER TABLESPACE
Cause: invalid option for create/alter tablespace of type locally-managed
Action: Specify one of the valid options.
ORA-03219: Tablespace 'string' is dictionary-managed, offline or temporary
Cause: Operation which is only applicable to permanent, online, locally-managed
tablespaces is specified for a tablespace which is either dictionary-managed,
offline or temporary
Action: Reissue operation for a different tablespace, mount the tablespace or do
not issue it at all, since it does not apply for the given tablespace
ORA-03220: DBMS_ADMIN_PACKAGE required parameter is NULL or missing
Cause: Some of the procedures was called with missing or NULL parameters
Action: Specify the missing parameter
ORA-03221: Temporary tablespaces and temporary segments must have standard
block size
Cause: An attempt was made to do one of the following : (1) create a temporary
tablespace with a non-standard block size or, (2) alter an existing permanent
tablespace of non-standard block size to a temporary tablespace or, (3) issue a DDL
statement that would result in the creation of a temporary segment in a tablespace
of non-standard block size.
Action: (1) If creating a temporary tablespace, do not specify a block size different
from the standard block size. (2) If altering an existing permanent tablespace to a
temporary tablespace, ensure that it is of standard block size. (3) Ensure that the
user's temporary tablespace is a tablespace having the standard block size.
ORA-03222: average row size and row count must be greater than zero
Cause: Either a bad value passed to dbms_space.create_table_cost() or explain
plan did not pass through size information.
Action: Check the row size parameter in dbms_space.create_table_cost(). For
explain plan, make sure statistics have been computed for all source tables in the
CREATE TABLE AS SELECT statement.
ORA-03223: Bitmap index block addressable limitation reached
Cause: The limitation of addressability of BMIB (Bitmap Index Block) was reached
for the current blocksize.
Action: If the segment size has grown greater than addressability of BMIB
(Bitmap Index Block), do the following: (1) Partition the table. (2) Move the
segment to a tablespace having bigger blocksize.
ORA-03230: segment only contains string blocks of unused space above high water
mark
Cause: Attempt to preserve too many blocks.
Action: reduce the KEEP amount.
ORA-03231: the INITIAL extent may not be deallocated
Cause: Attempt to deallocate space from the segment which was truncated prior
to the 7.3 release.
Action: increase the KEEP amount, or truncate the segment, and reissue the
command.
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ORA-03233: unable to extend table string.string subpartition string by string in
tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent for table subpartition segment in tablespace.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-03234: unable to extend index string.string subpartition string by string in
tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent for index subpartition segment in tablespace.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-03235: max # extents (string) reached in table string.string subpartition string
Cause: A table subpartition tried to extend past maxextents
Action: If maxextents is less than the system maximum, raise it. Otherwise, you
must recreate with larger initial, next or pctincrease params
ORA-03236: max # extents (string) reached in index string.string subpartition string
Cause: An index subpartition tried to extend past maxextents
Action: If maxextents is less than the system max, raise it. Otherwise, you must
recreate with larger initial, next or pctincrease params.
ORA-03237: Initial Extent of specified size cannot be allocated in tablespace (string)
Cause: Too large a size for an initial extent due to freelist group specification
Action: Reduce number of freelist groups specified for segment
ORA-03238: unable to extend LOB segment string.string subpartition string by
string in tablespace string
Cause: An attempt was made to allocate an extent for LOB subpartition segment
in tablespace, but the extent could not be allocated because there is not enough
space in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use the ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or
more files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-03239: maxextents (string) reached in LOB segment string.string subpartition
string
Cause: A LOB subpartition segment tried to extend past maxextents.
Action: If maxextents is less than the system maximum, raise it. Otherwise,
recreate the subpartition with larger INITIAL, NEXT, or PCTINCREASE
parameters.
ORA-03240: User's temporary tablespace same as tablespace being migrated
Cause: Users default temporary tablespace must be different from the tablespace
being migrated.
Action: alter users default temporary tablespace to be different.
ORA-03241: Invalid unit size
Cause: User specified an invalid unit size for the tablespace
Action: Specify the correct unit size. To estimate unit size please refer to Oracle
Server Administrator's Guide.
ORA-03242: Tablespace migration retried 500 times
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-53
Cause: For migration to complete, temporary segments should not be present in
the tablespace at the time of migration.
Action: Avoid migrating the tablespace when there is heavy temporary segment
creation going on as with object drops.
ORA-03243: destination dba overlaps with existing control information
Cause: Cannot overlap control information during relocation
Action: Please chose another destination address
ORA-03244: No free space found to place the control information
Cause: During migration of tablespace found no place to put the control
information. If during bitmaps relocation, found no space at the specified
destination.
Action: If during migration, add more space to the tablespace and retry
migration. If during bitmaps relocation, specify a destination address where there
is enough free space.
ORA-03245: Tablespace has to be dictionary managed, online and permanent to be
able to migrate
Cause: Tablespace was not dictionary managed or online or permanent.
Action: Make sure the tablespace is online, permanent and dictionary managed
ORA-03246: Invalid block number specified
Cause: Control information cannot be placed at the specified dba either because
the block number specified is beyond the file end or the file is not large enough to
accomodate the control information at that location
Action: specify a correct block number
ORA-03247: Invalid block number specified
Cause: Relocation of bitmaps to the said destination will make the tablespace self
descriptive
Action: Choose another destination dba.
ORA-03248: Too much of segment creation activity during migration
Cause: Temporary segments were attempted to be created during migration
Action: The error is signalled after retrying migration for 500 times. Run
migration when there is less of segment creation activity is going on.
ORA-03249: Uniform size for auto segment space managed tablespace should have
atleast string blocks
Cause: For the given blocksize, uniform size specified is insufficient
Action: Specify larger extent size and retry
ORA-03250: Cannot mark this segment corrupt
Cause: This segment cannot be marked corrupt because it contains data
dictionary objects
Action: Check the segment information and reissue the command.
ORA-03251: Cannot issue this command on SYSTEM tablespace
Cause: It is not permitted to migrate SYSTEM tablespace from locally managed
format to dictionary managed format or relocate bitmaps.
Action: Check the tablespace name and procedure name
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ORA-03252: initial extent size not enough for LOB segment
Cause: Fatblock size of LOB segment is too big to fit into the initial extent.
Action: Specify a smaller fatblock size or create the LOB segment in other
tablespaces with bigger initial extent size.
ORA-03254: unable to execute the sql in read only database
Cause: Unable to create a consistent snapshot of the object in a read only
database. Transaction recovery must be performed before opening the database
read only.
Action: Open the database read write, allow dead transaction recovery to
complete and then open the database read only.
ORA-03261: the tablespace string has only one file
Cause: Dropping file from ts which has a single file extent.
Action: Cannot make a tablespace fileless
ORA-03262: the file is non-empty
Cause: Trying to drop a non-empty datafile
Action: Cannot drop a non empty datafile
ORA-03263: cannot drop the first file of tablespace string
Cause: Trying to drop the first datafile with which ts is created
Action: Cannot drop the first datafile with which ts is created
ORA-03264: cannot drop offline datafile of locally managed tablespace
Cause: Trying to drop offline datafile in lmts
Action: Try to drop file afetr making it online
ORA-03274: both ALLOCATE EXTENT and DEALLOCATE UNUSED options are
specified
Cause: The DEALLOCATE option and the ALLOCATE option are specified in the
same command.
Action: Choose one of the options or issue two separate commands.
ORA-03275: duplicate DEALLOCATE option specification
Cause: The DEALLOCATE UNUSED option to ALTER TABLE or ALTER INDEX
is specified more than once.
Action: Specify the option at most once.
ORA-03276: duplicate ALLOCATE EXTENT option specification
Cause: The ALLOCATE EXTENT option to ALTER TABLE or ALTER INDEX is
specified more than once.
Action: Specify the option at most once.
ORA-03277: invalid SIZE specified
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-03278: duplicate ALLOCATE EXTENT option specification
Cause: An option (DATAFILE, SIZE or INSTANCE) was specified more than
once.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-55
Action: Specify each option at most once.
ORA-03279: invalid INSTANCE specified
Cause: The specified value is not recognized as a valid instance name.
Action: Use a valid name.
ORA-03280: invalid DATAFILE filename specified
Cause: A character string literal is expected, but not found.
Action: Specify filenames using character string literals.
ORA-03281: invalid ALLOCATE EXTENT option
Cause: An option other than DATAFILE, SIZE or INSTANCE was specified.
Action: Remove invalid option and retry the command.
ORA-03282: missing ALLOCATE EXTENT option
Cause: No ALLOCATE EXTENT options were specified.
Action: Specified one or more of the following options: DATAFILE, SIZE or
INSTANCE.
ORA-03283: specified datafile string does not exist
Cause: The datafile does not exist
Action: Retry the option with the correct datafile
ORA-03284: datafile or tempfile string is not a member of tablespace string
Cause: The specified datafile or tempfile did not belong to the tablespace that the
object resides in.
Action: Retry the option with the correct datafile or tempfile.
ORA-03286: ALLOCATE EXTENT not valid for HASH CLUSTERS
Cause: The cluster is a hash cluster, and can not use the allcoate extent option.
Action: None
ORA-03287: invalid FREELIST GROUP specified
Cause: The specified FREELIST GROUP number is invalid
Action: Choose a number between 1 and # freelist groups for this object
ORA-03288: both FREELIST GROUP and INSTANCE parameters may not be
specified
Cause: Both FREELIST GROUP and INSTANCE were specified in clause
Action: Remove one of the two parameters
ORA-03289: partition name and segment type do not match
Cause: Partition name and segment type specified for space analysis do not match
Action: Specify type PARTITION if the object is partitioned, specify
SUBPARTITION if the object is composite
ORA-03290: Invalid truncate command - missing CLUSTER or TABLE keyword
Cause: Invalid object specification given.
Action: Either specify TRUNCATE CLUSTER or TRUNCATE TABLE
ORA-03291: Invalid truncate option - missing STORAGE keyword
Cause: Expected STORAGE keyword
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Action: Either specify DROP STORAGE or REUSE STORAGE
ORA-03292: Table to be truncated is part of a cluster
Cause: The table being truncated is a member of a cluster.
Action: Either use TRUNCATE CLUSTER or DROP TABLE
ORA-03293: Cluster to be truncated is a HASH CLUSTER
Cause: Only INDEX CLUSTERS can be truncated.
Action: Drop and recreate the HASH CLUSTER instead of using truncate.
ORA-03296: cannot resize datafile - file string not found
Cause: The specified datafile is not available for resizing.
Action: Ensure that the datafile name is valid, and if so, ensure the file is
accessible.
ORA-03297: file contains used data beyond requested RESIZE value
Cause: Some portion of the file in the region to be trimmed is currently in use by a
database object
Action: Drop or move segments containing extents in this region prior to resizing
the file, or choose a resize value such that only free space is in the trimmed.
ORA-03298: cannot shrink datafile - file string is under hot backup
Cause: Attempt to shrink a datafile while it is under hot backup. This is not
allowed.
Action: Retry shrinking the file after the hot backup completes.
ORA-03299: cannot create dictionary table string
Cause: A dictionary table is created upon the first execution of the command 'alter
database datafile autoextend on' for a database. This operation did not succeed.
The most probable cause for this is insufficient space in the system tablespace.
Action: See action for next error message in error stack.
ORA-04000: the sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE cannot exceed 100
Cause: the sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE for a cluster or table exceeds 100
Action: create the table/cluster specifying values whose sum is <= 100
ORA-04001: sequence parameter string must be an integer
Cause: %s (a sequence parameter) specified was not an integer
Action: create the sequence, giving the specified parameter an integer value
ORA-04002: INCREMENT must be a non-zero integer
Cause: a sequence increment was specified to be zero
Action: specify the increment to be a non-zero value
ORA-04003: sequence parameter string exceeds maximum size allowed (string
digits)
Cause: %s (a sequencer parameter) had too many digits
Action: specify the parameter with the allowed number of digits
ORA-04004: MINVALUE must be less than MAXVALUE
Cause: MINVALUE was specified to be greater than or equal to MAXVALUE
Action: specify a MINVALUE that is less than MAXVALUE
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-57
ORA-04005: INCREMENT must be less than MAXVALUE minus MINVALUE
Cause: the INCREMENT specified is >= MAXVALUE-MINVALUE
Action: specify an INCREMENT that is < MAXVALUE-MINVALUE
ORA-04006: START WITH cannot be less than MINVALUE
Cause: the given starting value is less than MINVALUE
Action: make sure that the starting value is >= MINVALUE
ORA-04007: MINVALUE cannot be made to exceed the current value
Cause: the given MINVALUE would be greater than the current value
Action: always make sure that MINVALUE is <= the current value
ORA-04008: START WITH cannot be more than MAXVALUE
Cause: the starting value would be larger than MAXVALUE
Action: make sure that the starting value is less than MAXVALUE
ORA-04009: MAXVALUE cannot be made to be less than the current value
Cause: the current value exceeds the given MAXVALUE
Action: make sure that the new MAXVALUE is larger than the current value
ORA-04010: the number of values to CACHE must be greater than 1
Cause: the value in the CACHE clause was one
Action: specify NOCACHE, or a value larger than one
ORA-04011: sequence string must range between string and string
Cause: the value specified for one of the sequence parameters exceeds limits
Action: specify parameter within these limits
ORA-04012: object is not a sequence
Cause: the object specified cannot have sequence ddl's performed on it
Action: re-enter the statement being careful with the spelling of the name
ORA-04013: number to CACHE must be less than one cycle
Cause: number to CACHE given is larger than values in a cycle
Action: enlarge the cycle, or cache fewer values
ORA-04014: descending sequences that CYCLE must specify MINVALUE
Cause: sequences that cycle must have their wrap-wrap specified
Action: re-create the sequence, specifying its wrap-value
ORA-04015: ascending sequences that CYCLE must specify MAXVALUE
Cause: sequences that cycle must have their wrap-wrap specified
Action: re-create the sequence, specifying its wrap-value
ORA-04016: sequence string no longer exists
Cause: sequence was dropped while processing its next value.
Action: re-create the sequence
ORA-04017: invalid value string (length = string) for parameter MAX_DUMP_FILE_
SIZE
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Cause: The string supplied for the parameter MAX_DUMP_FILE_SIZE was not
an integer, an integer followed by 'K', 'M', or 'G', nor the special value
UNLIMITED.
Action: Provide a proper value for this parameter.
ORA-04020: deadlock detected while trying to lock object
stringstringstringstringstring
Cause: While trying to lock a library object, a deadlock is detected.
Action: Retry the operation later.
ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object
stringstringstringstringstring
Cause: While waiting to lock a library object, a timeout occurred.
Action: Retry the operation later.
ORA-04022: nowait requested, but had to wait to lock dictionary object
Cause: Had to wait to lock a library object during a nowait request.
Action: Retry the operation later.
ORA-04023: Object stringstringstringstringstring could not be validated or
authorized
Cause: A number of attempts were made to validate or authorize an object but
failed.
Action: Please report this error to Oracle Support Services.
ORA-04024: self-deadlock detected while trying to mutex pin cursor string
Cause: While trying to mutex pin a cursor, a self-deadlock is detected.
Action: Retry the operation later.
ORA-04025: maximum allowed library object lock allocated for
stringstringstringstringstring
Cause: Too many active locks for the object has been allocated. This error can be a
result of too many cursors kept open per session.
Action: Close cursors, reduce session_cached_cursors value.
ORA-04027: self-deadlock during automatic validation for object string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to validate an invalidated object but it failed
because of a self-deadlock.
Action: , e.g. compile the invalidated object separately.
ORA-04028: cannot generate diana for object stringstringstringstringstring
Cause: Cannot generate diana for an object because of lock conflict.
Action: Please report this error to your support representative.
ORA-04029: error ORA-string occurred when querying stringstringstring
Cause: The table or view being queried might be missing. The error number
indicates the error.
Action: Fix the error.
ORA-04030: out of process memory when trying to allocate string bytes
(string,string)
Cause: Operating system process private memory was exhausted.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-59
Action: None
ORA-04031: unable to allocate string bytes of shared memory
("string","string","string","string")
Cause: More shared memory is needed than was allocated in the shared pool or
Streams pool.
Action: If the shared pool is out of memory, either use the DBMS_SHARED_
POOL package to pin large packages, reduce your use of shared memory, or
increase the amount of available shared memory by increasing the value of the
initialization parameters SHARED_POOL_RESERVED_SIZE and SHARED_
POOL_SIZE. If the large pool is out of memory, increase the initialization
parameter LARGE_POOL_SIZE. If the error is issued from an Oracle Streams or
XStream process, increase the initialization parameter STREAMS_POOL_SIZE or
increase the capture or apply parameter MAX_SGA_SIZE.
ORA-04032: pga_aggregate_target must be set before switching to auto mode
Cause: attempt to set workarea_size_policy to AUTO while pga_aggregate_target
is not specified
Action: before setting workarea_size_policy, set pga_aggregate_target to a value
representing the total private memory available to the instance. This total is
generally the total physical memory available in the system minus what is needed
for the SGA minus what is needed for the operating system (e.g. 500MB)
ORA-04033: Insufficient memory to grow pool
Cause: The system had insufficient memory to grow the pool to the specified size.
Action: Specify a smaller value to grow the pool.
ORA-04034: unable to shrink pool to specified size
Cause: The pool could not shrink to the specified size as it could not free memory.
Action: Specify a larger value to which to shrink the pool to.
ORA-04035: unable to allocate string bytes of shared memory in shared object cache
"string" of size "string"
Cause: More shared memory is needed than was allocated in the shared object
cache.
Action: None
ORA-04036: PGA memory used by the instance exceeds PGA_AGGREGATE_
LIMIT
Cause: Private memory across the instance exceeded the limit specified in the
PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT initialization parameter. The largest sessions using
Program Global Area (PGA) memory were interrupted to get under the limit.
Action: Increase the PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT initialization parameter or
reduce memory usage.
ORA-04041: package specification must be created first before creating package
body
Cause: Attempt to create a package body before creating its package specification.
Action: Create the package specification first before creating the package body.
ORA-04042: procedure, function, package, or package body does not exist
Cause: Attempt to access a procedure, function, package, or package body that
does not exist.
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Action: Make sure the name is correct.
ORA-04043: object string does not exist
Cause: An object name was specified that was not recognized by the system.
There are several possible causes:
- An invalid name for a table, view, sequence, procedure, function, package, or
package body was entered. Since the system could not recognize the invalid name,
it responded with the message that the named object does not exist.
- An attempt was made to rename an index or a cluster, or some other object that
cannot be renamed.
Action: Check the spelling of the named object and rerun the code. (Valid names
of tables, views, functions, etc. can be listed by querying the data dictionary.)
ORA-04044: procedure, function, package, or type is not allowed here
Cause: A procedure, function, or package was specified in an inappropriate place
in a statement.
Action: Make sure the name is correct or remove it.
ORA-04045: errors during recompilation/revalidation of string.string
Cause: This message indicates the object to which the following errors apply. The
errors occurred during implicit recompilation/revalidation of the object.
Action: Check the following errors for more information, and make the necessary
corrections to the object.
ORA-04046: results of compilation are too large to support
Cause: Attempt to compile and store a large stored procedure that results in
compilation data that is too large for the system to support or store.
Action: Reduce the size of the store procedure by splitting it into smaller stored
procedures.
ORA-04047: object specified is incompatible with the flag specified
Cause: The object type implied by the flag does not match the type of object
specified.
Action: Specify the correct object, or use the appropriate flag
ORA-04050: invalid or missing procedure, function, or package name
Cause: The required procedure, function, or package name is invalid or missing.
Action: Specify a valid name.
ORA-04051: user string cannot use database link string.string
Cause: During forwarding of a remote object access, an attempt was made to use
a non-existent database link or one owned by a user other than the logon user or
PUBLIC.
Action: Change your database link structure so that all indirect remote accesses
are done from the same userid that originates the request.
ORA-04052: error occurred when looking up remote object
stringstringstringstringstring
Cause: An error occurred when trying to look up a remote object.
Action: Fix the error. Make sure the remote database system has run
CATRPC.SQL to create necessary views used for querying or looking up objects
stored in the database.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-61
ORA-04053: error occurred when validating remote object
stringstringstringstringstring
Cause: An error occurred when trying to validate a remote object.
Action: Fix the error. Make sure the remote database system has run
CATRPC.SQL to create necessary views used for querying or looking up objects
stored in the database.
ORA-04054: database link string does not exist
Cause: During compilation of a PL/SQL block, an attempt was made to use a
non-existent database link.
Action: Either use a different database link or create the database link.
ORA-04055: Aborted: "string" formed a non-REF mutually-dependent cycle with
"string".
Cause: This compilation was aborted because the library unit that was compiled
would have formed a non-REF mutually-dependent cycle with some other library
units. This happens when an attempt is made to compile types that have attributes
of other types that may participate in a cycle with this type. Example: create type
t1; create type t2 (a t1); create type t1 (a t2);
Action: Break the cycle (possibly by adding a REF or by using another type).
ORA-04060: insufficient privileges to execute string
Cause: Attempt to execute a stored procedure without sufficient privileges.
Action: Get necessary privileges.
ORA-04061: existing state of string has been invalidated
Cause: Attempt to resume the execution of a stored procedure using the existing
state which has become invalid or inconsistent with the stored procedure because
the procedure has been altered or dropped.
Action: Try again; this error should have caused the existing state of all packages
to be re-initialized.
ORA-04062: string of string has been changed
Cause: Attempt to execute a stored procedure to serve an RPC stub which
specifies a timestamp or signature that is different from the current
timestamp/signature of the procedure.
Action: Recompile the caller in order to pick up the new timestamp.
ORA-04063: string has errors
Cause: Attempt to execute a stored procedure or use a view that has errors. For
stored procedures, the problem could be syntax errors or references to other,
non-existent procedures. For views, the problem could be a reference in the view's
defining query to a non-existent table. Can also be a table which has references to
non-existent or inaccessible types.
Action: Fix the errors and/or create referenced objects as necessary.
ORA-04064: not executed, invalidated string
Cause: Attempt to execute a stored procedure that has been invalidated.
Action: Recompile it.
ORA-04065: not executed, altered or dropped string
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Cause: Attempt to execute a stored procedure that has been altered or dropped
thus making it not callable from the calling procedure.
Action: Recompile its dependents.
ORA-04066: non-executable object, string
Cause: Attempt to execute a non-procedure.
Action: Make sure that a correct name is given.
ORA-04067: not executed, string does not exist
Cause: Attempt to execute a non-existent stored procedure.
Action: Make sure that a correct name is given.
ORA-04068: existing state of packagesstringstringstring has been discarded
Cause: One of errors 4060 - 4067 when attempt to execute a stored procedure.
Action: Try again after proper re-initialization of any application's state.
ORA-04069: cannot drop or replace a library with table dependents
Cause: An attempt was made to drop or replace a library that has dependents.
There could be a table which depends on type which depends on the library being
dropped.
Action: Drop all table(s) depending on the type, then retry.
ORA-04070: invalid trigger name
Cause: An invalid trigger name was specified.
Action: Verify that trigger name is not a reserved keyword.
ORA-04071: missing BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF keyword
Cause: The trigger statement is missing the BEFORE/AFTER/INSTEAD OF
clause.
Action: Specify either BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF.
ORA-04072: invalid trigger type
Cause: An invalid trigger type was given.
Action: Specify either INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE.
ORA-04073: column list not valid for this trigger type
Cause: A column list was specified for a non-update trigger type.
Action: Remove the column list.
ORA-04074: invalid REFERENCING name
Cause: An invalid name was given in the referencing clause.
Action: Verify the referencing name is not a reserved word.
ORA-04075: invalid trigger action
Cause: An statement was given for the trigger action.
Action: Re-specify the trigger action.
ORA-04076: invalid NEW or OLD specification
Cause: An invalid NEW or OLD specification was given for a column.
Action: Re-specify the column using the correct NEW or OLD specification.
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-63
ORA-04077: WHEN clause cannot be used with table level triggers
Cause: The when clause can only be specified for row level triggers.
Action: Remove the when clause or specify for each row.
ORA-04078: OLD and NEW values cannot be identical
Cause: The referencing clause specifies identical values for NEW and OLD.
Action: Re-specify either the OLD or NEW referencing value.
ORA-04079: invalid trigger specification
Cause: The create TRIGGER statement is invalid.
Action: Check the statement for correct syntax.
ORA-04080: trigger 'string' does not exist
Cause: The TRIGGER name is invalid.
Action: Check the trigger name.
ORA-04081: trigger 'string' already exists
Cause: The TRIGGER name or type already exists.
Action: Use a different trigger name or drop the trigger which is of the same
name.
ORA-04082: NEW or OLD references not allowed in table level triggers
Cause: The trigger is accessing "new" or "old" values in a table trigger.
Action: Remove any new or old references.
ORA-04083: invalid trigger variable 'string'
Cause: The variable referenced in the trigger body is invalid.
Action: See the manual for valid trigger variable types.
ORA-04084: cannot change NEW values for this trigger type
Cause: New trigger variables can only be changed in before row insert or update
triggers.
Action: Change the trigger type or remove the variable reference.
ORA-04085: cannot change the value of an OLD reference variable
Cause: Old values can only be read and not changed.
Action: Do not attempt to change an old variable.
ORA-04086: trigger description too long, move comments into triggering code
Cause: The trigger description is limited to 2000 characters (for dictionary storage
reasons). The description does not include the text of the "when" clause or the text
of the pl/sql code executed for the trigger.
Action: If the trigger description contains a large comment, move that
ORA-04087: cannot change the value of ROWID reference variable
Cause: Rowid's can only be read and not changed.
Action: Do not attempt to change an rowid value.
ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger 'string.string'
Cause: A runtime error occurred during execution of a trigger.
Action: Check the triggers which were involved in the operation.
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ORA-04089: cannot create triggers on objects owned by SYS
Cause: An attempt was made to create a trigger on an object owned by SYS.
Action: Do not create triggers on objects owned by SYS.
ORA-04090: 'string' specifies same table, event and trigger time as 'string'
Cause: Trigger is of duplicate event and trigger time.
Action: Combine the triggering information into one trigger which is fired at the
given time.
ORA-04091: table string.string is mutating, trigger/function may not see it
Cause: A trigger (or a user defined plsql function that is referenced in this
statement) attempted to look at (or modify) a table that was in the middle of being
modified by the statement which fired it.
Action: Rewrite the trigger (or function) so it does not read that table.
ORA-04092: cannot string in a trigger
Cause: A trigger attempted to commit or rollback.
Action: Rewrite the trigger so it does not commit or rollback.
ORA-04093: references to columns of type LONG are not allowed in triggers
Cause: A trigger attempted to reference a long column in the triggering table.
Action: Do not reference the long column.
ORA-04094: table string.string is constraining, trigger may not modify it
Cause: A trigger attempted to modify a table that was constraining for some
referential constraint of a parent SQL statement.
Action: None
ORA-04095: trigger 'string' already exists on another table, cannot replace it
Cause: Cannot replace a trigger which already exists on a different table than the
one being replaced.
Action: Drop the trigger with the same name and re-create it.
ORA-04096: trigger 'string' has a WHEN clause which is too large, limit 2K
Cause: A trigger's 'when' clause is limited to 2K for dictionary storage reasons.
The trigger being created exceeded that size.
Action: Use a smaller 'when' clause. Note, the trigger body could be used to
perform the same limiting action as the 'when' clause.
ORA-04097: DDL conflict while trying to drop or alter a trigger
Cause: An attempt was made to concurrently perform two DDL operations on a
trigger or trigger table.
Action: Investigate the new state of the trigger and retry the DDL operation, if
still appropriate.
ORA-04098: trigger 'string.string' is invalid and failed re-validation
Cause: A trigger was attempted to be retrieved for execution and was found to be
invalid. This also means that compilation/authorization failed for the trigger.
Action: Options are to resolve the compilation/authorization errors, disable the
trigger, or drop the trigger.
ORA-04099: trigger 'string' is valid but not stored in compiled form
ORA-02140 to ORA-04099 5-65
Cause: A trigger was attempted to be retrieved for execution and was found to be
valid, but not stored. This may mean the an upgrade was done improperly from a
non-stored trigger release.
Action: Alter compile the trigger to create the trigger in stored form. Also, you
may want to review that a proper upgrade was done.