12C ORA-错误汇总3 ORA-01500 to ORA-02098

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ORA-01500: failure in getting date/time
Cause: During create database or alter tablespace, there was a failure in getting
the date and time.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed
Cause: An error occurred during create database
Action: See accompanying errors.
ORA-01502: index 'string.string' or partition of such index is in unusable state
Cause: An attempt has been made to access an index or index partition that has
been marked unusable by a direct load or by a DDL operation
Action: DROP the specified index, or REBUILD the specified index, or REBUILD
the unusable index partition
ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
Cause: An error occurred during CREATE CONTROLFILE
Action: See accompanying errors.
ORA-01504: database name 'string' does not match parameter db_name 'string'
Cause: The name in a database create or mount does not match the name given in
the INIT.ORA parameter db_name.
Action: correct or omit one of the two names.
ORA-01505: error in adding log files
Cause: During create or alter database, error(s) occurred when adding new log
files.
Action: Check error stack for detailed error information.
ORA-01506: missing or illegal database name
Cause: No db_name INIT.ORA aprameter was specified.
Action: The database name must be given in the db_name INIT.ORA parameter.
ORA-01507: database not mounted
Cause: A command was attempted that requires the database to be mounted.
Action: If you are using the ALTER DATABASE statement via the SQLDBA
startup command, specify the MOUNT option to startup; else if you are directly
doing an ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT, do nothing; else specify the MOUNT
option to ALTER DATABASE. If you are doing a backup or copy, you must first
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mount the desired database. If you are doing a FLASHBACK DATABASE, you
must first mount the desired database.
ORA-01508: cannot create database; error in file 'string' at line string
Cause: CREATE DATABASE was unable to process the specified file.
Action: Check the offending line in the specified file.
ORA-01509: specified name 'string' does not match actual 'string'
Cause: The database name specified in ALTER DATABASE does not match the
name of the currently mounted database.
Action: Correct the database name spelling or DISMOUNT the mounted
database.
ORA-01510: error in deleting log files
Cause: During ALTER DATABASE, an error occurred while dropping log files.
Action: Check the error stack for detailed error information.
ORA-01511: error in renaming log/data files
Cause: An error occurred during the ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE
command.
Action: Check the error stack for detailed error information.
ORA-01512: error renaming log file string - new file string not found
Cause: An attempt to change a log file's name in the control file failed because no
file was found with the new name.
Action: Make sure that the log file has been properly renamed by the operating
system and retry.
ORA-01513: invalid current time returned by operating system
Cause: The operating system returned a time that was not between 1988 and 2121.
Action: Correct the time kept by the operating system.
ORA-01514: error in log specification: no such log
Cause: A log file name, or list of member names, did not correspond to an existing
log.
Action: Specify an existing log file.
ORA-01515: error dropping log group string: no such log
Cause: ALTER DATABASE is attempting to drop a log file which is not known to
the database control file.
Action: Specify the name of an existing log file.
ORA-01516: nonexistent log file, data file, or temporary file "string"
Cause: An attempt was made to use ALTER DATABASE to rename a log file, data
file, or temporary file; or to change attributes of a data file or temporary file (for
example, resize, autoextend, online or offline); or to re-create or move a data file.
The attempt failed because the specified file is not known to the database's control
file or is not of a type supported by the request.
Action: Specify the name or number of an existing file of the correct type, as
appropriate. Check the relevant V$ table for a list of possible files.
ORA-01517: log member: 'string'
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-3
Cause: Used to print member names
Action: See top level error for information
ORA-01518: CREATE DATABASE must specify more than one log file
Cause: Only one log file was specified in the CREATE DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify at least two log files.
ORA-01519: error while processing file 'string' near line string
Cause: CREATE DATABASE encountered a problem while processing specified
file. The specified file is bad.
Action: Retry your system installation procedure or contact your customer
support representative.
ORA-01520: number of data files to add (string) exceeds limit of string
Cause: CREATE TABLESPACE statement specifies more files than is permitted for
this database.
Action: Use fewer files or re-create the database with a larger value of
MAXDATAFILES.
ORA-01521: error in adding data files
Cause: During CREATE or ALTER TABLESPACE, an error was detected while
adding data files.
Action: Check the error stack for detailed error information.
ORA-01522: file 'string' to be renamed does not exist
Cause: During ALTER TABLESPACE RENAME, a file to be renamed was not
found in the database control file.
Action: Specify the correct file name.
ORA-01523: cannot rename data file to 'string' - file already part of database
Cause: During ALTER DATABASE RENAME or ALTER TABLESPACE RENAME,
the new name of a file is already present in the control file.
Action: Rename the file to a name not already being used as part of the database.
ORA-01524: cannot create data file as 'string' - file already part of database
Cause: During ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE, the new name of a file is
already present in the control file.
Action: Create the file as a name not already being used as part of the database.
ORA-01525: error in renaming data files
Cause: An error occurred when renaming files as part of ALTER TABLESPACE.
Action: Check the error stack for detailed information. All files are renamed
except for those mentioned in the error stack.
ORA-01526: error in opening file 'string'
Cause: CREATE DATABASE was not able to open the specified file. This is
probably due to a system installation error.
Action: Retry your system installation procedure or contact your customer
support representative.
ORA-01527: error while reading file
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Cause: CREATE DATABASE was not able to read the specified file. This is
probably due to a system installation error.
Action: Retry your system installation procedure or contact your customer
support representative.
ORA-01528: EOF while processing SQL statement
Cause: CREATE DATABASE unexpectedly hit EOF while reading the specified
file. The sql.bsq file is bad.
Action: Retry your system installation procedure or contact your customer
support representative.
ORA-01529: error closing file 'string'
Cause: CREATE DATABASE was not able to close the specified file.
Action: Retry your system installation procedure or contact your customer
support representative.
ORA-01530: a database already mounted by the instance
Cause: During ALTER DATABASE MOUNT, an attempt is being made to mount a
database on an instance in which a database is or has previously been mounted.
Action: If you wish to mount the database, shutdown the instance and then
startup the instance and retry the operation.
ORA-01531: a database already open by the instance
Cause: During ALTER DATABASE, an attempt was made to open a database on
an instance for which there is already an open database.
Action: If you wish to open a new database on the instance, first shutdown the
instance and then startup the instance and retry the operation.
ORA-01532: cannot create database; instance being started elsewhere
Cause: During CREATE DATABASE, another user appears to be simultaneously
altering the instance.
Action: Make sure no one else is simultaneously altering the instance. If no one is,
contact your customer support representative; otherwise, retry the operation.
ORA-01533: cannot rename file 'string'; file does not belong to tablespace
Cause: During ALTER TABLESPACE RENAME, a file to be renamed was not
found in the argument tablespace.
Action: Specify the correct file name or the correct tablespace name.
ORA-01534: rollback segment 'string' doesn't exist
Cause: During ALTER or DROP ROLLBACK SEGMENT, the specified rollback
segment name is unknown.
Action: Use the correct rollback segment name.
ORA-01535: rollback segment 'string' already exists or given name has prefix _
SYSSMU
Cause: Specified rollback segment already exists or given name starts with _
SYSSMU.
Action: Use a different name. Note that _SYSSMU is an illegal prefix to an RBU
segment.
ORA-01536: space quota exceeded for tablespace 'string'
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-5
Cause: The space quota for the segment owner in the tablespace has been
exhausted and the operation attempted the creation of a new segment extent in the
tablespace.
Action: Either drop unnecessary objects in the tablespace to reclaim space or have
a privileged user increase the quota on this tablespace for the segment owner.
ORA-01537: cannot add file 'string' - file already part of database
Cause: During CREATE or ALTER TABLESPACE, a file being added is already
part of the database.
Action: Use a different file name.
ORA-01538: failed to acquire any rollback segment
Cause: Failed to acquire any rollback segment during startup in shared mode
Action: Startup in exclusive mode to create one more public segment or specify
available private segments in the INIT.ORA parameter rollback_segments_
required, then startup in shared mode
ORA-01539: tablespace 'string' is not online
Cause: Failed to either make a tablespace read-only or offline because it is not
online. A tblespace must be online before it can become read-only or offline
normal.
Action: Check the status of the tablespace. Use IMMEDIATE or TEMPORARY
options to force all files offline. Bring the tablespace online before making it
read-only.
ORA-01540: tablespace 'string' is not offline
Cause: Failed to bring a tablespace online because it is not offline
Action: Check the status of the tablespace
ORA-01541: system tablespace cannot be brought offline; shut down if necessary
Cause: Tried to bring system tablespace offline
Action: Shutdown if necessary to do recovery
ORA-01542: tablespace 'string' is offline, cannot allocate space in it
Cause: Tried to allocate space in an offline tablespace
Action: Bring the tablespace online or create the object in other tablespace
ORA-01543: tablespace 'string' already exists
Cause: Tried to create a tablespace which already exists
Action: Use a different name for the new tablespace
ORA-01544: cannot drop system rollback segment
Cause: Tried to drop system rollback segment
Action: None
ORA-01545: rollback segment 'string' specified not available
Cause: Either: 1) An attempt was made to bring a rollback segment online that is
unavailable during startup; for example, the rollback segment is in an offline
tablespace. 2) An attempt was made to bring a rollback segment online that is
already online. This is because the rollback segment is specified twice in the
ROLLBACK_SEGMENTS parameter in the initialization parameter file or the
rollback segment is already online by another instance. 3) An attempt was made to
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drop a rollback segment that is currently online. 4) An attempt was made to alter a
rollback segment that is currently online to use unlimited extents. 5) An attempt
was made to online a rollback segment that is corrupted. This is because the
rollback is specified in _corrupted_rollback_segments parameter in initialization
parameter file.
Action: Either: 1) Make the rollback segment available; for example, bring an
offline tablespace online. 2) Remove the name from the ROLLBACK_SEGMENTS
parameter if the name is a duplicate or if another instance has already acquired the
rollback segment. 3) Bring the rollback segment offline first. This may involve
waiting for the active transactions to finish, or, if the rollback segment needs
recovery, discover which errors are holding up the rolling back of the transactions
and take appropriate actions. 4) Same as 3). 5) Remove the name from the _
corrupted_rollback_segments parameter.
ORA-01546: tablespace contains active rollback segment 'string'
Cause: Tried to make a tablespace that contains active rollback segment(s) offline
or read-only
Action: Shutdown instances that use the active rollback segments in the
tablespace and then make the tablespace offline or read-only
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get
error below
Cause: Media recovery with one of the incomplete recovery options ended
without error. However, if the ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS command
were attempted now, it would fail with the specified error. The most likely cause
of this error is forgetting to restore one or more datafiles from a sufficiently old
backup before executing the incomplete recovery.
Action: Rerun the incomplete media recovery using different datafile backups, a
different control file, or different stop criteria.
ORA-01548: active rollback segment 'string' found, terminate dropping tablespace
Cause: Tried to drop a tablespace that contains active rollback segment(s)
Action: Shutdown instances that use the active rollback segments in the
tablespace and then drop the tablespace
ORA-01549: tablespace not empty, use INCLUDING CONTENTS option
Cause: Tried to drop a non-empty tablespace
Action: To drop all the objects in the tablespace, use the INCLUDING
CONTENTS option
ORA-01550: cannot drop system tablespace
Cause: Tried to drop system tablespace
Action: None
ORA-01551: extended rollback segment, pinned blocks released
Cause: Doing recursive extent of rollback segment, trapped internally by the
system
Action: None
ORA-01552: cannot use system rollback segment for non-system tablespace 'string'
Cause: Tried to use the system rollback segment for operations involving
non-system tablespace. If this is a clone database then this will happen when
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-7
attempting any data modification outside of the system tablespace. Only the
system rollback segment can be online in a clone database.
Action: Create one or more private/public segment(s), shutdown and then
startup again. May need to modify the INIT.ORA parameter rollback_segments to
acquire private rollback segment. If this is a clone database being used for
tablspace point in time recovery then this operation is not allowed. If the
non-system tablespace has AUTO segment space management, then create an
undo tablespace.
ORA-01553: MAXEXTENTS must be no smaller than the string extents currently
allocated
Cause: The number of extents allocated is greater than the MAXEXTENTS
specified.
Action: Specify a larger MAXEXTENTS value.
ORA-01554: transaction concurrency limit reached reason:string params:string,
string
Cause: Too many concurrent transactions
Action: Shutdown the system, modify the INIT.ORA parameters transactions,
rollback_segments or rollback_segments_required, then startup again.
ORA-01555: snapshot too old: rollback segment number string with name "string"
too small
Cause: rollback records needed by a reader for consistent read are overwritten by
other writers
Action: If in Automatic Undo Management mode, increase undo_retention
setting. Otherwise, use larger rollback segments
ORA-01556: MINEXTENTS for rollback segment must be greater than 1
Cause: Specified MINEXTENTS of less than 2 for rollback segment
Action: Specify larger MINEXTENTS
ORA-01557: rollback segment extents must be at least string blocks
Cause: Specified extent of less than minimum size for rollback segment
Action: Specify larger extents
ORA-01558: out of transaction ID's in rollback segment string
Cause: All the available transaction id's have been used
Action: Shutdown the instance and restart using other rollback segment(s), then
drop the rollback segment that has no more transaction id's.
ORA-01559: MAXEXTENTS for rollback segment must be greater than 1
Cause: Specified MAXEXTENTS of less than 2 for rollback segment
Action: Specify larger MAXEXTENTS
ORA-01560: LIKE pattern contains partial or illegal character
Cause: like pattern is not formed correctly
Action: make sure like pattern is specified correctly
ORA-01561: failed to remove all objects in the tablespace specified
Cause: Failed to remove all objects when dropping a tablespace
Action: Retry the drop tablespace until all objects are dropped
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ORA-01562: failed to extend rollback segment number string
Cause: Failure occurred when trying to extend rollback segment
Action: This is normally followed by another error message that caused the
failure. You may take the rollback segment offline to perform maintainence. Use
the alter rollback segment offline command to take the rollback segment offline.
ORA-01563: rollback segment is PUBLIC, need to use the keyword PUBLIC
Cause: Did not use the keyword PUBLIC to identified public rollback segment
Action: Use the keyword PUBLIC when identifying public rollback segment
ORA-01564: rollback segment is not PUBLIC
Cause: The rollback segment segment identified is not public
Action: Do not use the keyword PUBLIC when identifying private rollback
segment
ORA-01565: error in identifying file 'string'
Cause: An error occurred while trying to identify a file.
Action: Check the error stack for detailed information.
ORA-01566: file specified more than once in ALTER DATABASE
Cause: The list of files supplied to the command contained at least one duplicate.
Action: Remove the duplicate file specification and retry.
ORA-01567: dropping log string would leave less than 2 log files for instance string
(thread string)
Cause: Dropping all the logs specified would leave fewer than the required two
log files per enabled thread.
Action: Either drop fewer logs or disable the thread before deleting the logs. It
may be possible to clear the log rather than drop it.
ORA-01568: cannot set space quota on PUBLIC
Cause: Trying to set space quota on a tablespace for PUBLIC.
Action: If trying to grant system-wide or tablespace-wide space priviledges to all
users, use GRANT RESOURCE [ON ] TO PUBLIC.
ORA-01569: data file too small for system dictionary tables
Cause: The datafile specified during creation of the database is too small to hold
the system dictionary tables.
Action: Recreate the database by specifying a larger file or more files.
ORA-01570: MINEXTENTS must be no larger than the string extents currently
allocated
Cause: The number of extents allocated is smaller than the MINEXTENTS
specified.
Action: Specify a smaller MINEXTENTS value.
ORA-01571: redo version string incompatible with ORACLE version string
Cause: This software version can not read the current redo logs, and either crash
recovery is required or there are offline database files that need media recovery. If
a file name is listed then it needs media recovery.
Action: Shutdown and startup using the compatible software. Do any required
media recovery, and open the database. Shutdown and then startup using current
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-9
software. If the file is going to be dropped then take it offline with the DROP
option to skip this check.
ORA-01572: rollback segment 'string' cannot be brought online, string extents
exceeded
Cause: The number of extents in the rollback segment exceeds the hard limit. It
cannot be brought online for writing.
Action: Drop and recreate the rollback segment.
ORA-01573: shutting down instance, no further change allowed
Cause: Some process tries to make changes while the db is being shutdown
Action: None
ORA-01574: maximum number of concurrent transactions exceeded
Cause: the limit on the number of concurrent transactions has been hit
Action: shutdown the system, increase the INIT.ORA parameter 'transactions' ,
and then restart the system.
ORA-01575: timeout waiting for space management resource
Cause: failed to acquire necessary resource to do space management.
Action: Retry the operation.
ORA-01576: The instance string is not enabled
Cause: The thread associated with instance is not enabled.
Action: Enable the thread associated with the instance using ALTER DATABASE
ENABLE INSTANCE command.
ORA-01577: cannot add log file 'string' - file already part of database
Cause: During CREATE or ALTER DATABASE, a file being added is already part
of the database.
Action: Use a different file name.
ORA-01578: ORACLE data block corrupted (file # string, block # string)
Cause: The data block indicated was corrupt. This was a physical corruption, also
called a media corruption. The cause is unknown but is most likely external to the
database. If ORA-26040 is also signaled, the corruption is due to NOLOGGING or
UNRECOVERABLE operations.
Action: The general method to repair a media corrupt block is to restore a backup
and recover the backup. For databases in ARCHIVELOG mode, use block media
recovery or media recovery. In some situations, you can also drop the segment and
re-create it. For example, you can drop an index and re-create the index.
ORA-01579: write error occurred during recovery
Cause: A write error occurred during recovery
Action: Consult trace files for the nature of the write error, and correct error.
ORA-01580: error creating control backup file string
Cause: An operating system error occurred while attempting to create a control
file backup.
Action: Check the error stack for more detailed information
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ORA-01581: attempt to use rollback segment (string) new extent (string) which is
being allocated
Cause: Undo generated to extend a rollback segment run out of current undo
block space and is attempting to write into the new extent which has not been
completely allocated.
Action: The rollback segment extending will be rollbacked by the system, no more
extension will be possible untill the next extent is freed up by rolling back or
committing other transactions.
ORA-01582: unable to open control file for backup
Cause: An operating system error occurred while attempting to open a control file
for backup.
Action: Check the error stack for more detailed information
ORA-01583: unable to get block size of control file to be backed up
Cause: An operating system error occurred while attempting to get the block size
of a control file for backup.
Action: Check the error stack for more detailed information
ORA-01584: unable to get file size of control file to be backed up
Cause: An operating system error occurred while attempting to get the file size of
a control file for backup.
Action: Check the error stack for more detailed information
ORA-01585: error identifying backup file string
Cause: An operating system error occurred when attempting to identify the file to
be used for control file backup.
Action: Check the error stack for more detailed information
ORA-01586: database must be mounted EXCLUSIVE and not open for this
operation
Cause: Attempting to DROP DATABASE when the database is not mounted
EXCLUSIVE.
Action: Mount the database in EXCLUSIVE mode.
ORA-01588: must use RESETLOGS option for database open
Cause: An earlier attempt to open the database with the RESETLOGS option did
not complete, or recovery was done with a control file backup, or a FLASHBACK
DATABASE was done.
Action: Use the RESETLOGS option when opening the database.
ORA-01589: must use RESETLOGS or NORESETLOGS option for database open
Cause: Either incomplete or backup control file recovery has been performed.
After these types of recovery you must specify either the RESETLOGS option or
the NORESETLOGS option to open your database.
Action: Specify the appropriate option.
ORA-01590: number of segment free list (string) exceeds maximum of string
Cause: storage parameter FREELIST GROUPS is too large.
Action: Reduce storage parameters FREELIST GROUPS
ORA-01591: lock held by in-doubt distributed transaction string
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-11
Cause: Trying to access resource that is locked by a dead two-phase commit
transaction that is in prepared state.
Action: DBA should query the pending_trans$ and related tables, and attempt to
repair network connection(s) to coordinator and commit point. If timely repair is
not possible, DBA should contact DBA at commit point if known or end user for
correct outcome, or use heuristic default if given to issue a heuristic commit or
abort command to finalize the local portion of the distributed transaction.
ORA-01592: error converting Version 7 rollback segment (string) to Oracle 8 format
Cause: Look at the accompanying internal error; Version 7 database may not have
shutdown cleanly.
Action: Investigate the internal error; may have to reload the Version 7 database
(from backup) and shutdown the database cleanly.
ORA-01593: rollback segment optimal size (string blks) is smaller than the
computed initial size (string blks)
Cause: Specified OPTIMAL size is smaller than the cumulative size of the initial
extents during create rollback segment.
Action: Specify a larger OPTIMAL size.
ORA-01594: attempt to wrap into rollback segment (string) extent (string) which is
being freed
Cause: Undo generated to free a rollback segment extent is attempting to write
into the same extent due to small extents and/or too many extents to free
Action: The rollback segment shrinking will be rollbacked by the system; increase
the optimal size of the rollback segment.
ORA-01595: error freeing extent (string) of rollback segment (string))
Cause: Some error occurred while freeing inactive rollback segment extents.
Action: Investigate the accompanying error.
ORA-01596: cannot specify system in string parameter
Cause: The system rollback segment is specified in the INIT.ORA parameter
referred to in the error message
Action: change the INIT.ORA parameter
ORA-01597: cannot alter system rollback segment online or offline
Cause: Tried to online or offline the system rollback segment
Action: None
ORA-01598: rollback segment 'string' is not online
Cause: Could have been taken offline before by DBA or cleaned up by SMON.
Action: Check the status of rollback segment in undo$ or dba_rollback_segs to
make sure the rollback segment is actually online.
ORA-01599: failed to acquire rollback segment (string), cache space is full
Cause: the amount statically allocated is not enough based on max_rollback_
segments parameter.
Action: For now take another rollback segment offline or increase the parameter
max_rollback_segments
ORA-01600: at most one "string" in clause "string" of string
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Cause: The INIT.ORA parameter was mis-specified.
Action: Correct the INIT.ORA parameter and restart the instance.
ORA-01601: illegal bucket size in clause "string" of string
Cause: The bucket size was invalid for this parameter.
Action: Correct the INIT.ORA parameter and restart the instance.
ORA-01603: illegal grouping size in clause "string" of string
Cause: The grouping size was invalid for this parameter.
Action: Correct the INIT.ORA parameter and restart the instance.
ORA-01604: illegal number range in clause "string" of string
Cause: The number range was invalid for this parameter.
Action: Correct the INIT.ORA parameter and restart the instance.
ORA-01605: missing numbers in clause "string" of string
Cause: The numbers were missing for this parameter.
Action: Correct the INIT.ORA parameter and restart the instance.
ORA-01606: parameter not identical to that of another mounted instance
Cause: A parameter was different on two instances.
Action: Modify the initialization parameter and restart.
ORA-01607: cannot add logfile to the specified instance
Cause: The limit on the number of instances supported by the control file has
been reached.
Action: Use an instance name supported by the control file, or resize the thread
record and/or checkpoint progress record secions of the control file.
ORA-01608: cannot bring rollback segment 'string' online, its status is (string)
Cause: Could have been brought online before by DBA or left as a result of
process crash.
Action: Check the status of rollback segment in undo$ or dba_rollback_segs
ORA-01609: log string is the current log for thread string - cannot drop members
Cause: A member of the current log for a thread cannot be dropped.
Action: If the thread is opened, request a log switch by the instance that is using
it. If it is not open, disable the thread, manually archive the log, or clear it.
ORA-01610: recovery using the BACKUP CONTROLFILE option must be done
Cause: Either an earlier database recovery session specified BACKUP
CONTROLFILE, or the control file was recreated with the RESETLOGS option, or
the control file being used is a backup control file. After that only BACKUP
CONTROLFILE recovery is allowed and it must be followed by a log reset at the
next database open.
Action: Perform recovery using the BACKUP CONTROFILE option.
ORA-01611: thread number string is invalid - must be between 1 and string
Cause: A thread number in a command is greater than the number of threads
supported by the control file.
Action: Use a thread number that is valid, or resize the thread record and/or
checkpoint progress record sections of the control file.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-13
ORA-01612: instance string (thread string) is already enabled
Cause: An attempt was made to enable a thread that is already enabled.
Action: Either use this thread or enable another thread.
ORA-01613: instance string (thread string) only has string logs - at least 2 logs
required to enable.
Cause: The thread cannot be enabled because it only has two online log files
associated with it.
Action: Add logs to the thread or pick another thread to enable
ORA-01614: instance string (thread string) is busy - cannot enable
Cause: The mount enqueue for the thread could not be acquired when attempting
to enable the thread. This probably means that another process has already started
enabling this thread.
Action: Wait and try again, or find another thread to enable.
ORA-01615: instance string (thread string) is mounted - cannot disable
Cause: Some instance, possibly this one, has allocated the thread for its use. The
thread can not be disabled while in use.
Action: Shut the instance down cleany using the thread.
ORA-01616: instance string (thread string) is open - cannot disable
Cause: The thread is not closed. The last instance to use the thread died leaving
the thread open. A thread cannot be disabled until it is closed. It is still required
for crash or instance recovery.
Action: If the database is open, instance recovery should close the thread soon -
wait a few minutes. Otherwise open the database - crash recovery will close the
thread.
ORA-01617: cannot mount: string is not a valid thread number
Cause: The INIT.ORA parameter "thread" is not between 1 and the number of
threads allowed by the control file.
Action: Shut down the instance, change the INIT.ORA parameter and startup, or
resize the thread record and/or checkpoint progress record sections of the control
file.
ORA-01618: redo thread string is not enabled - cannot mount
Cause: The INIT.ORA parameter "thread" requests a thread that is not enabled. A
thread must be enabled before it can be mounted.
Action: Shutdown the instance, change the INIT.ORA parameter and startup
mounting a different thread. If the database is open in another instance then the
thread may be enabled.
ORA-01619: thread string is mounted by another instance
Cause: The INIT.ORA parameter "thread" requests a thread that has been
mounted by another instance. Only one instance may use a thread.
Action: Shutdown the instance, change the INIT.ORA parameter and startup
mounting a different thread.
ORA-01620: no public threads are available for mounting
Cause: The INIT.ORA parameter "thread" is zero, its default value. There are no
threads which have been publicly enabled, and not mounted.
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Action: Shutdown the instance, change the INIT.ORA parameter to a thread
which is privately enabled and not mounted. If the database is open in another
instance, then a thread may be publicly enabled.
ORA-01621: cannot rename member of current log if database is open
Cause: This is a rename command for a member of the current log for an open
thread. If the database is open anywhere, the log may be in use, so the rename
cannot be done.
Action: Wait until the log is not current, or mount the database exclusively.
ORA-01622: thread number must be specified - default not specific
Cause: The thread was not specified when adding a log, and the currently
mounted thread was chosen by default at mount time. Since the current thread
was not specified explicitly the user cannot know which thread the log will be
added to.
Action: Explicitly specify the thread number either in the INIT.ORA parameter
"thread", or in the add command.
ORA-01623: log string is current log for instance string (thread string) - cannot drop
Cause: A thread's current log cannot be dropped even if the thread is closed. A
disabled thread usually does not have a current log, but a half completed disable
may need to be disabled again.
Action: If the database is not open then disable the thread. If the database is open
and an instance has the thread open, then the instance can be requested to switch
logs. If the database is closed the log can be archived or cleared to force a switch.
ORA-01624: log string needed for crash recovery of instance string (thread string)
Cause: A log cannot be dropped or cleared until the thread's checkpoint has
advanced out of the log.
Action: If the database is not open, then open it. Crash recovery will advance the
checkpoint. If the database is open force a global checkpoint. If the log is corrupted
so that the database cannot be opened, it may be necessary to do incomplete
recovery until cancel at this log.
ORA-01625: rollback segment 'string' does not belong to this instance
Cause: Trying to shrink or take a rollback segment offline that does not belong to
this instance.
Action: None
ORA-01626: rollback segment number 'string' cannot handle more transactions
Cause: Too many transactions in this segment.
Action: Choose a different rollback segment, or reduce the number of concurrent
transactions.
ORA-01627: rollback segment number 'string' is not online
Cause: Could have been taken offline before by DBA or cleaned up by SMON.
Action: Check the status of rollback segment in undo$ or dba_rollback_segs to
make sure the rollback segment is actually online.
ORA-01628: max # extents (string) reached for rollback segment string
Cause: An attempt was made to extend a rollback segment that was already at the
MAXEXTENTS value.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-15
Action: If the value of the MAXEXTENTS storage parameter is less than the
maximum allowed by the system, raise this value.
ORA-01629: max # extents (string) reached saving undo for tablespace string
Cause: Save undo for the offline tablespace at max extents
Action: Check the storage parameters for the system tablespace. The tablespace
needs to be brought back online so the undo can be applied .
ORA-01630: max # extents (string) reached in temp segment in tablespace string
Cause: A temp segment tried to extend past max extents.
Action: If maxextents for the tablespace is less than the the system maximum, you
can raise that. Otherwise, raise pctincrease for the tablespace
ORA-01631: max # extents (string) reached in table string.string
Cause: A table 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-01632: max # extents (string) reached in index string.string
Cause: An index 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-01633: Real Application Clusters Option needed for this operation
Cause: System doesn't have Real Application Clusters configured
Action: Obtain Real Application Clusters option
ORA-01634: rollback segment number 'string' is about to go offline
Cause: The rollback segment specified was marked to go offline by DBA.
Action: Bring the rollback segment online first.
ORA-01635: rollback segment #string specified not available
Cause: (same as 1545)
Action: (same as 1545)
ORA-01636: rollback segment 'string' is already online
Cause: The instance is trying to online an already online RS
Action: None
ORA-01637: rollback segment 'string' is being used by another instance (#string)
Cause: The instance is trying to online a RS already in use by another instance
Action: None
ORA-01638: parameter string does not allow ORACLE version string to mount
cluster database
Cause: The recovery compatible parameter is set too low to allow this software
version to mount in cluster database mode.
Action: Either use an earlier software release or advance the recovery_compatible
parameter. If this happens when no recovery_compatible parameter has been
specified then set it to the current software release.
ORA-01639: instance string has no thread assigned to it
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Cause: There is no mapping from instance to thread for this instance in the control
file.
Action: Make sure that this instance has a thread assigned to it by adding logfiles
to this instance or by starting the instance with an existing thread which will
automatically create a mapping.
ORA-01640: cannot make tablespace read-only with changes by in-doubt
transactions
Cause: An attempt was made to alter a tablespace read-only while there were
changes in the tablespace made by in-doubt distributed transactions. The in-doubt
transactions must commit or rollback to ensure that there is no undo for a
tablespace before it can be made read-only.
Action: Any in-doubt transactions that made changes to the tablespace must be
resolved.
ORA-01641: tablespace 'string' is not online - cannot add data file
Cause: Attempting to add a datafile to a tablespace that has been set to read-only
or offline.
Action: Make the tablespace online and read write then add the datafile.
ORA-01642: begin backup not needed for read-only tablespace 'string'
Cause: Attempting to begin or end a backup for a tablespace that has been set to
read-only.
Action: Take the backup without any begin or end commands. The files are not
being modified so the backup will be consistent.
ORA-01643: system tablespace can not be made read-only
Cause: Attempting to set the system tablespace to read-only. The system
tablespace must remain read write for database operation.
Action: Leave system tablespace read write.
ORA-01644: tablespace 'string' is already read-only
Cause: Attempting to make tablespace read-only that is already read-only.
Action: Leave tablespace read-only, or make read write then make read-only
again.
ORA-01645: previous attempt to make read write is half complete
Cause: A failure while making the tablespace read write left it read only, but the
checkpoint was advanced. The tablespace will not be useable after a resetlogs if its
files are offline.
Action: Repeat the command to make the tablespace read write.
ORA-01646: tablespace 'string' is not read-only - cannot make read write
Cause: Attempting to make a tablespace read write that is not read-only. It may be
either online or offline.
Action: Leave tablespace read write.
ORA-01647: tablespace 'string' is read-only, cannot allocate space in it
Cause: Tried to allocate space in a read-only tablespace
Action: Create the object in another tablespace
ORA-01648: log string is the current log of disabled instance string (thread string)
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-17
Cause: An attempt to enable the thread failed after it was half completed. This log
was left as the current log even though the thread is still disabled. Since a log
switch cannot be done until the thread is enabled, the log can not be cleared or
archived.
Action: Complete the thread enable by issuing the enable command again.
ORA-01649: operation not allowed with a backup control file
Cause: An attempt is being made to perform a command that does not make
sense when the control file is a restored backup.
Action: Wait until after the database has been opened and try again.
ORA-01650: unable to extend rollback segment string by string in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for a rollback
segment in the tablespace.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01651: unable to extend save undo segment by string for tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for saving
undo entries for the indicated offline tablespace.
Action: Check the storage parameters for the SYSTEM tablespace. The tablespace
needs to be brought back online so the undo can be applied.
ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment by string in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for a
temporary segment in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01653: unable to extend table string.string by string in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for a table
segment in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01654: unable to extend index string.string by string in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for an index
segment in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01655: unable to extend cluster string.string by string in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for a cluster
segment in tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01656: max # extents (string) reached in cluster string.string
Cause: A cluster 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
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ORA-01657: invalid SHRINK option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-01658: unable to create INITIAL extent for segment in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to find sufficient contiguous space to allocate INITIAL extent for
segment being created.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE to add additional space to the
tablespace or retry with a smaller value for INITIAL
ORA-01659: unable to allocate MINEXTENTS beyond string in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to find sufficient contiguous space to allocate MINEXTENTS for the
segment being created.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE to add additional space to the
tablespace or retry with smaller value for MINEXTENTS, NEXT or
PCTINCREASE
ORA-01660: tablespace 'string' is already permanent
Cause: Attempting to make tablespace permanent that is already permanent.
Action: Leave tablespace permanent.
ORA-01661: tablespace 'string' is already temporary
Cause: Attempting to make tablespace temporary that is already temporary.
Action: Leave tablespace permanent.
ORA-01662: tablespace 'string' is non-empty and cannot be made temporary
Cause: Tried to convert a non-empty tablespace to a temporary tablespace
Action: To drop all the objects in the tablespace.
ORA-01663: the contents of tablespace 'string' is constantly changing
Cause: The contents of the tablespace is always changing between PERMANENT
and TEMPORARY.
Action: To decide what the tablespace contents should be and stay with it.
ORA-01664: Transaction which has expanded the Sort Segment has aborted
Cause: Internal Error.
Action: Contact Oracle Support.
ORA-01665: control file is not a standby control file
Cause: Attempting to mount, recover or activate a standby database without a
standby control file.
Action: Create a standby control file before attempting to use the database as a
standby database.
ORA-01666: control file is for a standby database
Cause: Attempting to mount, recover, or open a standby database without the
appropriate command option to designate a standby database.
Action: Use the standby option or appropriate commands, or mount with the
primary control file.
ORA-01667: cannot add any more tablespaces: limit of string exceeded
Cause: There is no more room in the control file for adding tablespaces.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-19
Action: Resize the control file or drop other tablespaces.
ORA-01668: standby database requires DROP option for offline of data file
Cause: Attempting to take a datafile offline in a standby database without
specifying the DROP option. Files that are offline in a standby database are not
recovered, and are likely to be unusable if the standby is activated. Note that
specifying DROP does not prevent bringing the file online later.
Action: Specify the DROP option or leave the file online.
ORA-01669: standby database control file not consistent
Cause: Attempting to activate a standby database with a control file that has not
been recovered to the same point as the data files. Most likely the control file was
just copied from the primary database and has not been used for recovery.
Action: Recover the standby database until all the files are consistent.
ORA-01670: new datafile string needed for standby database recovery
Cause: Standby database recovery noticed that a file was added to the primary
database, but is not available on the standby.
Action: Either copy the file from the primary database or do an ALTER
DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE command on the standby to create a file to
recover.
ORA-01671: control file is a backup, cannot make a standby control file
Cause: The currently mounted control file is a backup control file, and attempting
to create a control file for a standby database.
Action: Complete any needed recovery and open the database with the resetlogs
option.
ORA-01672: control file may be missing files or have extra ones
Cause: Attempting to create a standby control file, but the control file was either
recently created via CREATE CONTROLFILE or an incomplete recovery has been
done. Thus the datafiles in the control file and the ones in the data dictionary may
not match.
Action: Open the database, then retry the operation.
ORA-01673: data file string has not been identified
Cause: This data file was not in the control file after an incomplete recovery or
CREATE CONTROLFILE. Since information from its header is needed for standby
database recovery, we can not create a standby control file.
Action: Find the file and bring it online. If desired it may be taken offline again. If
you intend to drop this file, then taking it offline with the DROP option will avoid
this error.
ORA-01674: data file string is an old incarnation rather than current file
Cause: Recovery encountered redo that indicates this file was dropped from the
database and another file was added using the same file number. This implies that
a CREATE CONTROLFILE command was given the old file which was dropped
rather than the latest file.
Action: Rebuild the control file using CREATE CONTROLFILE, and give the
correct file.
ORA-01675: max_commit_propagation_delay inconsistent with other instances
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Cause: The max_commit_propagation_delay INIT.ORA parameter is inconsistent
with those in other instances.
Action: Make sure all instances have the same max_commit_propagation_delay.
ORA-01676: standby file name conversion of 'string' exceeds maximum length of
string
Cause: When the given file name was converted to the name used for the standby
database, the converted name was bigger than the maximum allowed file name.
Action: Change initialization parameter DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT or LOG_
FILE_NAME_CONVERT to convert to a valid file name.
ORA-01677: standby file name conversion parameters differ from other instance
Cause: The DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT or LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT
initialization parameters were not the same as in other instances that already had
the database mounted.
Action: Change initialization parameters DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT or LOG_
FILE_NAME_CONVERT to match other instances.
ORA-01678: parameter string must be pairs of pattern and replacement strings
Cause: The initialization parameter does not have even number of strings for its
value. The odd numbered strings are patterns to be found in file names. The even
numbered strings are used to replace the corresponding patterns when found in
file names.
Action: Specify even number of strings for the parameter, or omit the parameter.
ORA-01679: database is being opened
Cause: An attempt was made to activate a standby database when the database
was in the middle of being opened.
Action: Wait for database open to finish and retry the ACTIVATE command.
ORA-01680: unable to extend LOB segment by string in tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for a LOB
segment in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01681: max # extents (string) reached in LOB segment in tablespace string
Cause: A LOB segment tried to extend past max extents.
Action: If maxextents for the tablespace is less than the the system maximum, you
can raise that. Otherwise, raise pctincrease for the tablespace
ORA-01682: read-only DB cannot allocate temporary space in tablespace string
Cause: Temporary space (usually for sorting) could not be allocated in either main
storage or a tempfile. An attempt was made to allocate the space from the
tablespace named, but the database is opened read-only. The database open
requires a sort work space.
Action: Either allow sufficient workspace in main storage (SORT_AREA_SIZE
initialization parameter), or create a temporary tablespace before making the
database read-only. Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD TEMPFILE statement to add
temporary files to the temporary tablespace.
ORA-01683: unable to extend index string.string partition string by string in
tablespace string
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-21
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for index
segment in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01684: max # extents (string) reached in table string.string partition string
Cause: A table 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-01685: max # extents (string) reached in index string.string partition string
Cause: An index 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-01686: max # files (string) reached for the tablespace string
Cause: The number of files for a given tablespace has reached its maximum value
Action: Resize existing files in the tablespace, or partition the objects among
multiple tablespaces, or move some objects to a different tablespace.
ORA-01687: specified logging attribute for tablespace 'string' is same as the existing
Cause: Attempting to change the tablespace default logging attribute (LOGGING
or NOLOGGING) to be the same as the existing logging attribute
Action: Change the specified logging attribute
ORA-01688: unable to extend table string.string partition string by string in
tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for table
segment in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01689: syntax error in clause "string" of string
Cause: There was a syntax in the INIT.ORA parameter.
Action: Fix the syntax error and restart the instance.
ORA-01690: sort area size too small
Cause: sort area size too small to fit two records in memory
Action: increase sort_area_size
ORA-01691: unable to extend lob segment string.string by string in tablespace
string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for LOB
segment in the tablespace indicated.
Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01692: unable to extend lob segment string.string partition string by string in
tablespace string
Cause: Failed to allocate an extent of the required number of blocks for LOB
segment in the tablespace indicated.
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Action: Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE statement to add one or more
files to the tablespace indicated.
ORA-01693: max # extents (string) reached in lob segment string.string
Cause: A LOB segment 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-01694: max # extents (string) reached in lob segment string.string partition
string
Cause: A LOB segment 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-01695: error converting rollback segment string to version 8.0.2
Cause: Version 8.0.1 database may not have shutdown cleanly
Action: May have to reload the 8.0.1 database and shutdown cleanly
ORA-01696: control file is not a clone control file
Cause: Attempting to mount, a database as a clone when it is already mounted by
another instance not as a clone or attempting to use a current control file for a
clone.
Action: Mount without the clone option or use a backup control file and
shutdown the other instances before mounting as a clone.
ORA-01697: control file is for a clone database
Cause: Attempting to mount a clone database without the appropriate command
option to designate a clone database.
Action: Use the clone option or appropriate commands, or mount with the
primary control file.
ORA-01698: a clone database may only have SYSTEM rollback segment online
Cause: Attempting to online a rollback segment in a clone database.
Action: Do not use this command.
ORA-01699: tablespace 'string' is being imported for point in time recovery
Cause: Attempting to online a tablespace or begin another point in time import
while a point in time import is already in progress
Action: Wait until the import complets
ORA-01702: a view is not appropriate here
Cause: Among other possible causes, this message will be produced if an attempt
was made to define an Editioning View over a view.
Action: An Editioning View may only be created over a base table.
ORA-01704: string literal too long
Cause: The string literal is longer than 4000 characters.
Action: Use a string literal of at most 4000 characters. Longer values may only be
entered using bind variables.
ORA-01715: UNIQUE may not be used with a cluster index
Cause: An attempt was made to create a cluster index with the UNIQUE attribute.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-23
Action: Remove UNIQUE from the CREATE INDEX statement.
ORA-01716: NOSORT may not be used with a cluster index
Cause: An attempt was made to create a cluster index using the NOSORT option.
Action: Remove NOSORT from the CREATE INDEX statement.
ORA-01718: BY ACCESS | SESSION clause not allowed for NOAUDIT
Cause: Attempt to specify BY ACCESS | SESSION in a NOAUDIT statement.
Action: Remove BY ACCESS | SESSION.
ORA-01719: outer join operator (+) not allowed in operand of OR or IN
Cause: An outer join appears in an or clause.
Action: If A and B are predicates, to get the effect of (A(+) or B), try (select where
(A(+) and not B)) union all (select where (B)).
ORA-01720: grant option does not exist for 'string.string'
Cause: A grant was being performed on a view or a view was being replaced and
the grant option was not present for an underlying object.
Action: Obtain the grant option on all underlying objects of the view or revoke
existing grants on the view.
ORA-01721: USERENV(COMMITSCN) invoked more than once in a transaction
Cause: The USERENV('COMMITSCN') function can only be used once in a
transaction.
Action: Re-write the transactioin to use USERENV('COMMITSCN') only once
ORA-01722: invalid number
Cause: The specified number was invalid.
Action: Specify a valid number.
ORA-01723: zero-length columns are not allowed
Cause: Columns with zero length were not allowed.
Action: Correct the use of the column.
ORA-01724: floating point precision is out of range (1 to 126)
Cause: The specified number had an invalid range.
Action: Use a floating point precision that is in the correct precision.
ORA-01725: USERENV('COMMITSCN') not allowed here
Cause: The function USERENV('COMMITSCN') is only allowed as a top-level
expression in the VALUES clause of an INSERT statement, and on the right-hand
side of an assignment in an UPDATE statement.
Action: Correct the use of the function.
ORA-01734: illegal parameters - EXTENT MIN higher than EXTENT MAX
Cause: A wrong value is specified for the parameter.
Action: Correct the parameter and reissue the statement.
ORA-01742: comment not terminated properly
Cause: The indicated comment or hint begun with the /* token did not have the
terminating */.
Action: Properly terminate the comment or hint with a */.
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ORA-01743: only pure functions can be indexed
Cause: The indexed function uses SYSDATE or the user environment.
Action: PL/SQL functions must be pure (RNDS, RNPS, WNDS, WNPS). SQL
expressions must not use SYSDATE, USER, USERENV(), or anything else
dependent on the session state. NLS-dependent functions are OK.
ORA-01751: Invalid dump undo option
Cause: An invalid option is specified in the ALTER DUMP UNDO command.
Action: Correct and reissue the command.
ORA-01752: cannot delete from view without exactly one key-preserved table
Cause: The deleted table had
- no key-preserved tables,
- more than one key-preserved table, or
- the key-preserved table was an unmerged view.
Action: Redefine the view or delete it from the underlying base tables.
ORA-01754: a table may contain only one column of type LONG
Cause: An attempt was made to add a LONG column to a table which already
had a LONG column. Note that even if the LONG column currently in the table
has already been marked unused, another LONG column may not be added until
the unused columns are dropped.
Action: Remove the LONG column currently in the table by using the ALTER
TABLE command.
ORA-01755: Must specify an extent number or block number
Cause: Expecting an extent or block number but something else was specified.
Action: Correct the error and reissue the command.
ORA-01757: Must specify an object number
Cause: Expecting an object number but something else was specified.
Action: Correct the error and reissue the command.
ORA-01761: DML operation does not map to a unique table in the join
Cause: The primary table is the base table against which the update, insert or
delete operation is finally being done. For delete either there is no primary table in
the join query or there is more than one. For update or insert the columns specified
map to more than one base table.
Action: Change the join specification.
ORA-01763: update or delete involves outer joined table
Cause: For deletes, the table being deleted from is outer joined to some other
table. For updates, either the table being updated is outer- joined to some other
table, or some table reachable from the primary table is being outer joined to a
table not reachable from the primary table.
Action: Change the join specification.
ORA-01764: new update value of join is not guaranteed to be unique
Cause: A row of a join query table is being updated using a row of a table that is
not guaranteed to have exactly one value for the row being updated.
Action: Change the join specification.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-25
ORA-01765: specifying owner's name of the table is not allowed
Cause: An attempt was made to rename the object with dotted object name.
Action: Do not specify username.tablename in query for table name.
ORA-01769: duplicate CLUSTER option specifications
Cause: During a CREATE of a clustered table, the user attempted to specify more
than one CLUSTER option.
Action: Remove the extra CLUSTER option.
ORA-01771: illegal option for a clustered table
Cause: During a CREATE or ALTER of a clustered table, the user attempted to
enter one or more of the following options: INITRANS, MAXTRANS, PCTFREE,
PCTUSED, STORAGE, TABLESPACE. These options may only be specified for the
cluster itself.
Action: Remove the illegal option(s).
ORA-01772: Must specify a value for LEVEL
Cause: Expecting the value of LEVEL but something else was specified.
Action: Correct the error and reissue the command.
ORA-01774: Dump undo option specified more than once
Cause: The same option for ALTER DUMP UNDO was specified twice.
Action: Remove the redundant options and reissue the command.
ORA-01776: cannot modify more than one base table through a join view
Cause: Columns belonging to more than one underlying table were either
inserted into or updated.
Action: Phrase the statement as two or more separate statements.
ORA-01779: cannot modify a column which maps to a non key-preserved table
Cause: An attempt was made to insert or update columns of a join view which
map to a non-key-preserved table.
Action: Modify the underlying base tables directly.
ORA-01781: UNRECOVERABLE cannot be specified without AS SELECT
Cause: UNRECOVERABLE was specified in a CREATE TABLE statement without
also specifying a populating subquery with an AS clause.
Action: Do not specify UNRECOVERABLE.
ORA-01782: UNRECOVERABLE cannot be specified for a cluster or clustered table
Cause: A CREATE CLUSTER, or clustered CREATE TABLE statement specified
UNRECOVERABLE.
Action: Do not specify UNRECOVERABLE.
ORA-01783: only one RECOVERABLE or UNRECOVERABLE clause may be
specified
Cause: RECOVERABLE was specified more than once, UNRECOVERABLE was
specified more than once, or both RECOVERABLE and UNRECOVERABLE were
specified in a CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX or ALTER INDEX REBUILD
statement.
Action: Remove all but one of the RECOVERABLE or UNRECOVERABLE clauses
and reissue the statement.
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ORA-01784: RECOVERABLE cannot be specified with database media recovery
disabled
Cause: A CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX statement specified
RECOVERABLE when the database was running in NOARCHIVELOG mode.
Since logs are not being archived, they will be overwritten and the object being
created cannot be recovered from a backup taken before the object was created.
Action: Do not specify RECOVERABLE, or restart the database with media
recovery enabled.
ORA-01792: maximum number of columns in a table or view is 1000
Cause: An attempt was made to create a table or view with more than 1000
columns, or to add more columns to a table or view which pushes it over the
maximum allowable limit of 1000. Note that unused columns in the table are
counted toward the 1000 column limit.
Action: If the error is a result of a CREATE command, then reduce the number of
columns in the command and resubmit. If the error is a result of an ALTER TABLE
command, then there are two options: 1) If the table contained unused columns,
remove them by executing ALTER TABLE DROP UNUSED COLUMNS before
adding new columns; 2) Reduce the number of columns in the command and
resubmit.
ORA-01795: maximum number of expressions in a list is 1000
Cause: Number of expressions in the query exceeded than 1000. Note that unused
column/expressions are also counted Maximum number of expressions that are
allowed are 1000.
Action: Reduce the number of expressions in the list and resubmit.
ORA-01799: a column may not be outer-joined to a subquery
Cause: (+) () is not allowed.
Action: Either remove the (+) or make a view out of the subquery. In V6 and
before, the (+) was just ignored in this case.
ORA-01804: failure to initialize timezone information
Cause: The timezone information file was not properly read.
Action: Please contact Oracle Customer Support.
ORA-01805: possible error in date/time operation
Cause: The timezone files on client and server do not match. Operation can
potentially result in incorrect results based on local timezone file.
Action: Please ensure client and server timezone versions are same.
ORA-01841: (full) year must be between -4713 and +9999, and not be 0
Cause: Illegal year entered
Action: Input year in the specified range
ORA-01854: julian date must be between 1 and 5373484
Cause: An invalid Julian date was entered.
Action: Enter a valid Julian date between 1 and 5373484.
ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-27
Cause: The input data to be converted using a date format model was incorrect.
The input data did not contain a number where a number was required by the
format model.
Action: Fix the input data or the date format model to make sure the elements
match in number and type. Then retry the operation.
ORA-01859: a non-alphabetic character was found where an alphabetic was
expected
Cause: The input data to be converted using a date format model was incorrect.
The input data did not contain a letter where a letter was required by the format
model.
Action: Fix the input data or the date format model to make sure the elements
match in number and type. Then retry the operation.
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
Cause: Literals in the input must be the same length as literals in the format string
(with the exception of leading whitespace). If the "FX" modifier has been toggled
on, the literal must match exactly, with no extra whitespace.
Action: Correct the format string to match the literal.
ORA-01862: the numeric value does not match the length of the format item
Cause: When the FX and FM format codes are specified for an input date, then the
number of digits must be exactly the number specified by the format code. For
example, 9 will not match the format specifier DD but 09 will.
Action: Correct the input date or turn off the FX or FM format specifier in the
format string.
ORA-01863: the year is not supported for the current calendar
Cause: The year is not supported for the current calendar.
Action: Please check the documentation to find out what years are supported for
the current calendar.
ORA-01864: the date is out of range for the current calendar
Cause: Your calendar doesn't extend to the specified date.
Action: Specify a date which is legal for this calendar.
ORA-01865: not a valid era
Cause: Era input does not match a known era.
Action: Provide a valid era on input.
ORA-01866: the datetime class is invalid
Cause: This is an internal error.
Action: Please contact Oracle Worldwide Support.
ORA-01867: the interval is invalid
Cause: The character string you specified is not a valid interval.
Action: Please specify a valid interval.
ORA-01868: the leading precision of the interval is too small
Cause: The leading precision of the interval is too small to store the specified
interval.
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Action: Increase the leading precision of the interval or specify an interval with a
smaller leading precision.
ORA-01870: the intervals or datetimes are not mutually comparable
Cause: The intervals or datetimes are not mutually comparable.
Action: Specify a pair of intervals or datetimes that are mutually comparable.
ORA-01871: the number of seconds must be less than 60
Cause: The number of seconds specified was greater than 59.
Action: Specify a value for seconds that is 59 or smaller.
ORA-01873: the leading precision of the interval is too small
Cause: The leading precision of the interval is too small to store the specified
interval.
Action: Increase the leading precision of the interval or specify an interval with a
smaller leading precision.
ORA-01874: time zone hour must be between -12 and 14
Cause: The time zone hour specified was not in the valid range.
Action: Specify a time zone hour between -12 and 14.
ORA-01875: time zone minute must be between -59 and 59
Cause: The time zone minute specified was not in the valid range.
Action: Specify a time zone minute between -59 and 59.
ORA-01876: year must be at least -4713
Cause: The specified year was not in range.
Action: Specify a year that is greater than or equal to -4713.
ORA-01877: string is too long for internal buffer
Cause: This is an internal error.
Action: Please contact Oracle Worldwide Support.
ORA-01878: specified field not found in datetime or interval
Cause: The specified field was not found in the datetime or interval.
Action: Make sure that the specified field is in the datetime or interval.
ORA-01879: the hh25 field must be between 0 and 24
Cause: The specified hh25 field was not in the valid range.
Action: Specify an hh25 field between 0 and 24.
ORA-01880: the fractional seconds must be between 0 and 999999999
Cause: The specified fractional seconds were not in the valid range.
Action: Specify a value for fractional seconds between 0 and 999999999.
ORA-01881: timezone region ID is invalid
Cause: The region ID referenced an invalid region.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-01882: timezone region not found
Cause: The specified region name was not found.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-29
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-01883: overlap was disabled during a region transition
Cause: The region was changing state and the overlap flag was disabled.
Action: Please contact Oracle Customer Support.
ORA-01884: divisor is equal to zero
Cause: An attempt was made to divide by zero.
Action: Avoid zero divisor.
ORA-01885: public synonym collides with Oracle-supplied schema name
Cause: The public synonym was the same as the Oracle-supplied schema name.
Action: Use either a different synonym or a different schema name.
ORA-01890: NLS error detected
Cause: An NLS error was detected.
Action: Look for additional error messages and take appropriate action. If there
are no additional errors, call Oracle Worldwide Support.
ORA-01891: Datetime/Interval internal error
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Please contact Oracle Worldwide Support.
ORA-01898: too many precision specifiers
Cause: While trying to truncate or round dates, extra data was found in the date
format picture
Action: Check the syntax of the date format picture and retry.
ORA-01900: LOGFILE keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01901: ROLLBACK keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01902: SEGMENT keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01903: EVENTS keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01904: DATAFILE keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01905: STORAGE keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
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ORA-01906: BACKUP keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01907: TABLESPACE keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01908: EXISTS keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01909: REUSE keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01910: TABLES keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01911: CONTENTS keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01912: ROW keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01913: EXCLUSIVE keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01914: invalid auditing option for sequence numbers
Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT on a sequence number specifies an auditing option
that is not legal for sequence numbers.
Action: The following options may not be used for sequence numbers and should
be removed: COMMENT, DELETE, INDEX, INSERT, LOCK, RENAME, UPDATE,
REFERENCES, EXECUTE
ORA-01915: invalid auditing option for views
Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT on a view specifies an auditing option that is not
legal for views.
Action: The following options may not be used for views and should be removed:
ALTER, INDEX, REFERENCES, EXECUTE
ORA-01916: keyword ONLINE, OFFLINE, RESIZE, AUTOEXTEND or END/DROP
expected
Cause: An expected keyword was not used for datafile/tempfile clause
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-01917: user or role 'string' does not exist
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-31
Cause: There is not a user or role by that name.
Action: Re-specify the name.
ORA-01918: user 'string' does not exist
Cause: User does not exist in the system.
Action: Verify the user name is correct.
ORA-01919: role 'string' does not exist
Cause: Role by that name does not exist.
Action: Verify you are using the correct role name.
ORA-01920: user name 'string' conflicts with another user or role name
Cause: There is already a user or role with that name.
Action: Specify a different user name.
ORA-01921: role name 'string' conflicts with another user or role name
Cause: There is already a user or role with that name.
Action: Specify a different role name.
ORA-01922: CASCADE must be specified to drop 'string'
Cause: Cascade is required to remove this user from the system. The user own's
object which will need to be dropped.
Action: Specify cascade.
ORA-01923: CASCADE aborted, objects locked by another user
Cause: Cannot drop the user's objects; someone has them locked.
Action: Use the lock monitor to determine who has the objects locked.
ORA-01924: role 'string' not granted or does not exist
Cause: Either the role was not granted to the user, or the role did not exist.
Action: Create the role or grant the role to the user and retry the operation.
ORA-01925: maximum of string enabled roles exceeded
Cause: The INIT.ORA parameter "max_enabled_roles" has been exceeded.
Action: Increase max_enabled_roles and warm start the database.
ORA-01926: cannot GRANT to a role WITH GRANT OPTION
Cause: Role cannot have a privilege with the grant option.
Action: Perform the grant without the grant option.
ORA-01927: cannot REVOKE privileges you did not grant
Cause: You can only revoke privileges you granted.
Action: Don't revoke these privileges.
ORA-01928: GRANT option not granted for all privileges
Cause: In order to grant a privilege, you must first have the privilege with the
grant option.
Action: Obtain the privilege with the grant option and try again.
ORA-01929: no privileges to GRANT
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Cause: "ALL" was specified but the user doesn't have any privileges with the
grant option.
Action: Don't grant privileges on that object.
ORA-01930: auditing the object is not supported
Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT was specified for an object that cannot be audited.
Action: Don't attempt to AUDIT the object.
ORA-01931: cannot grant string to a role
Cause: REFERENCES, INDEX, SYSDBA, SYSOPER or SYSASM privilege could
not be granted to a role.
Action: Grant privilege directly to the user.
ORA-01932: ADMIN option not granted for role 'string'
Cause: The operation requires the admin option on the role.
Action: Obtain the grant option and re-try.
ORA-01933: cannot create a stored object using privileges from a role
Cause: An attempt was made to create a stored object using privileges from a role.
Stored objects cannot use privileges from roles.
Action: Grant the privileges required to the user directly.
ORA-01934: circular role grant detected
Cause: Roles cannot be granted circularly. Also, a role cannot be granted to itself.
Action: Do not perform the grant.
ORA-01935: missing user or role name
Cause: A user or role name was expected.
Action: Specify a user or role name.
ORA-01936: cannot specify owner when creating users or roles
Cause: Users and roles do not have owners.
Action: Don't specify an owner.
ORA-01937: missing or invalid role name
Cause: A valid role name was expected.
Action: Specify a valid role name.
ORA-01938: IDENTIFIED BY must be specified for CREATE USER
Cause: Cannot create a user without specifying a password or "IDENTIFIED
EXTERNALLY".
Action: Specify one of the password clauses.
ORA-01939: only the ADMIN OPTION can be specified
Cause: System privileges and roles can only be granted with the admin option.
The grant option cannot be used with system privileges and roles. The delegate
option cannot be used with system privileges.
Action: Specify the admin option.
ORA-01940: cannot drop a user that is currently connected
Cause: Attempt was made to drop a user that is currently logged in.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-33
Action: Make sure user is logged off, then repeat command.
ORA-01941: SEQUENCE keyword expected
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-01942: IDENTIFIED BY and EXTERNALLY cannot both be specified
Cause: A user cannot be specified to have and not have a password.
Action: Specify only one of the options.
ORA-01943: IDENTIFIED BY already specified
Cause: The identified clause has been given twice.
Action: Use only one identified by clause.
ORA-01944: IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY already specified
Cause: The identified externaly clause has been given twice.
Action: Use only one identified clause.
ORA-01945: DEFAULT ROLE[S] already specified
Cause: The default roles clause has been given twice.
Action: Use only on default role clause.
ORA-01946: DEFAULT TABLESPACE already specified
Cause: The default tablespace clause has been given twice.
Action: Use only one default tablespace clause.
ORA-01947: TEMPORARY TABLESPACE already specified
Cause: The temporary tablespace clause has been given twice.
Action: Use only one temporary tablespace clause.
ORA-01948: identifier's name length (string) exceeds maximum (string)
Cause: A name has been specified that is too long. For example, dbms_session.is_
role_enabled() specifies a role name that is too long.
Action: Change the application or command to use a correct identifier.
ORA-01949: ROLE keyword expected
Cause: The role keyword is required here.
Action: Specify the role keyword.
ORA-01950: no privileges on tablespace 'string'
Cause: User does not have privileges to allocate an extent in the specified
tablespace.
Action: Grant the user the appropriate system privileges or grant the user space
resource on the tablespace.
ORA-01951: ROLE 'string' not granted to 'string'
Cause: The role you tried to revoke was not granted to the user.
Action: Don't try to revoke a privilege which is not granted.
ORA-01952: system privileges not granted to 'string'
Cause: A system privilege you tried to revoke was not granted to the user.
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Action: Make sure the privileges you are trying to revoke are granted.
ORA-01953: command no longer valid, see ALTER USER
Cause: The syntax for assigning quotas on tablespaces has changed. The ALTER
USER command is now used to perform the functionality
Action: Use the alter user command instead.
ORA-01954: DEFAULT ROLE clause not valid for CREATE USER
Cause: Default roles cannot be specified for create user.
Action: Grant and alter the user's default roles after creating the user.
ORA-01955: DEFAULT ROLE 'string' not granted to user
Cause: The user being altered does not have the specified role granted directly to
the user. Note, sub-roles cannot be used in the default role clause.
Action: Grant the role to the user.
ORA-01956: invalid command when OS_ROLES are being used
Cause: This command cannot be used when the INIT.ORA parameter OS_ROLES
is TRUE.
Action: Grant the role to the user in the operating system.
ORA-01967: invalid option for CREATE CONTROLFILE
Cause: An invalid CREATE CONTROLFILE option is present.
Action: Specify only valid CREATE CONTROLFILE options.
ORA-01968: Only specify RESETLOGS or NORESETLOGS once
Cause: The keyword RESETLOGS or NORESETLOGS has appeared more than
once
Action: Be sure to specify RESETLOGS or NORESETLOGS exactly once.
ORA-01969: You must specify RESETLOGS or NORESETLOGS
Cause: Missing a RESETLOGS or a NORESETLOGS
Action: Be sure to specify RESETLOGS or NORESETLOGS exactly once.
ORA-01970: You must specify a database name for CREATE CONTROLFILE
Cause: Missing a database name
Action: Retype CREATE CONTROLFILE command with the DATABASE
keyword.
ORA-01973: Missing change number
Cause: Keyword "CHANGE" found but change number not specified.
Action: Fix command line and resubmit
ORA-01974: Illegal archive option
Cause: Not a valid option to the "ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE" command
Action: None
ORA-01977: Missing thread number
Cause: Keyword "THREAD" found but thread number not specified.
Action: Fix command line and resubmit
ORA-01978: Missing sequence number
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-35
Cause: Keyword "SEQUENCE" found but sequence number not specified.
Action: Fix command line and resubmit
ORA-01979: missing or invalid password for role 'string'
Cause: An attempt was made to enable a role without giving the proper
password.
Action: Use the IDENTIFIED BY clause in SET ROLE to specify the correct
password.
ORA-01980: error during OS ROLE initialization
Cause: An OS error occurred while loading a users OS ROLES.
Action: Check the OS error.
ORA-01981: CASCADE CONSTRAINTS must be specified to perform this revoke
Cause: During this revoke some foreign key contraints will be removed. In order
to perform this automatically, CASCADE CONSTRAINTS must be specified.
Action: Remove the constraints or specify CASCADE CONSTRAINTS.
ORA-01982: invalid auditing option for tables
Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT on a table specifies an auditing option that is not
legal for tables.
Action: The following options may not be used for tables and should be removed:
REFERENCES, EXECUTE
ORA-01983: invalid auditing option for DEFAULT
Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT on a DEFAULT specifies an auditing option that is
not legal for DEFAULT.
Action: The following options may not be used for DEFAULT and should be
removed: REFERENCES
ORA-01984: invalid auditing option for procedures/packages/functions
Cause: AUDIT or NOAUDIT on a DEFAULT specifies an auditing option that is
not legal for procedures, packages, or functions.
Action: The following options may not be used for procedures, packages, and
functions and should be removed: all but EXECUTE
ORA-01985: cannot create user as LICENSE_MAX_USERS parameter exceeded
Cause: Maximum users in the database license limit exceeded.
Action: Increase license limit.
ORA-01986: OPTIMIZER_GOAL is obsolete
Cause: An obsolete parameter, OPTIMIZER_GOAL, was referenced.
Action: Use the OPTIMIZER_MODE parameter.
ORA-01987: client os username is too long
Cause: A client's os username is too long for the os logon to succeed.
Action: Use a shorter os username.
ORA-01988: remote os logon is not allowed
Cause: Remote os login attempted when not allowed.
Action: Use a local client, or use the remote_os_authent system parameter to turn
on remote os logon.
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ORA-01989: role 'string' not authorized by operating system
Cause: The os role does not exist, is not granted to you, or you did not provide the
correct password.
Action: Re-attempt the SET ROLE with a valid os role and password, if necessary.
ORA-01990: error opening password file 'string'
Cause: The password file either did not exist or was inaccessible.
Action: Ensure that the file exists and is accessible.
ORA-01994: GRANT failed: password file missing or disabled
Cause: The operation failed either because the INIT.ORA parameter REMOTE_
LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE was set to NONE or else because the password file was
missing.
Action: Create the password file using the orapwd tool and set the INIT.ORA
parameter REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE to EXCLUSIVE.
ORA-01999: password file cannot be updated in SHARED mode
Cause: The operation failed because the INIT.ORA parameter REMOTE_LOGIN_
PASSWORDFILE was set to SHARED.
Action: Set the INIT.ORA parameter to EXCLUSIVE.
ORA-02001: user SYS is not permitted to create indexes with freelist groups
Cause: user tried to create an index while running with sys authorization.
Action: None
ORA-02004: security violation
Cause: This error code is never returned to a user. It is used as a value for column,
audit_trail.returncode, to signal that a security violation occurred.
Action: None
ORA-02007: can't use ALLOCATE or DEALLOCATE options with REBUILD
Cause: Allocate or deallocate storage and rebuild index are not compatible.
Action: Choose one or the other.
ORA-02009: the size specified for a file must not be zero
Cause: A value of zero was specified in a SIZE or RESIZE clause of a file
specification.
Action: Use correct syntax, or, if allowed, omit the SIZE or RESIZE clause.
ORA-02014: cannot select FOR UPDATE from view with DISTINCT, GROUP BY,
etc.
Cause: An attempt was made to select FOR UPDATE from a view which had not
been merged because the view used syntax (for example, DISTINCT or GROUP
BY) preventing the merge, or because of initialization file parameter settings.
Action: Determine the reason the view will not merge and, if possible, make
changes so that it can.
ORA-02015: cannot select FOR UPDATE from remote table
Cause: An attempt was made to select FOR UPDATE on a remote table (directly,
or via a view) that had abstract data type columns, and the view or select list
contained abstract data type columns or non-column items.
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-37
Action: To attempt a select FOR UPDATE, use a view or select list that consists
only of base columns from the remote table, none of which may be abstract data
type columns.
ORA-02020: too many database links in use
Cause: The current session has exceeded the INIT.ORA open_links maximum.
Action: Increase the open_links limit, or free up some open links by committing
or rolling back the transaction and canceling open cursors that reference remote
databases.
ORA-02021: DDL operations are not allowed on a remote database
Cause: An attempt was made to use a DDL operation on a remote database. For
example, "CREATE TABLE tablename@remotedbname ...".
Action: To alter the remote database structure, you must connect to the remote
database with the appropriate privileges.
ORA-02022: remote statement has unoptimized view with remote object
Cause: The local view is unoptimized and contains references to objects at the
remote database and the statement must be executed at the remote database.
Action: Create a similar view on the remote database and modify the violating
view in the SQL statement with the new view@remote.
ORA-02024: database link not found
Cause: Database link to be dropped is not found in dictionary
Action: Correct the database link name
ORA-02025: all tables in the SQL statement must be at the remote database
Cause: The user's SQL statement references tables from multiple databases. The
remote database is not Oracle V7 or above, and can perform updates only if it can
reference all tables in the SQL statement.
Action: None
ORA-02026: missing LINK keyword
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-02027: multi-row UPDATE of LONG column is not supported
Cause: A bind variable with length greater than 4000 bytes is being used to
update a column, and the update statement updates more than one row.
Action: You may only update a single row with such a bind variable.
ORA-02028: fetching an exact number of rows is not supported by the server
Cause: The server does not support UPIALL, so the fetch of an exact number of
rows cannot be emulated on the user side.
Action: Connect to a valid server or do not use an exact fetch.
ORA-02029: missing FILE keyword
Cause: keyword missing
Action: supply missing keyword
ORA-02030: can only select from fixed tables/views
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Cause: An attempt is being made to perform an operation other than a retrieval
from a fixed table/view.
Action: You may only select rows from fixed tables/views.
ORA-02031: no ROWID for fixed tables or for external-organized tables
Cause: An attempt is being made to access rowid from a fixed table or from a
external-organized table.
Action: Do not access ROWID from a fixed table or from a external-organized
table.
ORA-02032: clustered tables cannot be used before the cluster index is built
Cause: User attempted to perform a DML statement on a clustered table for which
no cluster index has yet been created.
Action: Create the cluster index.
ORA-02033: a cluster index for this cluster already exists
Cause: A cluster index already exists for the cluster.
Action: None
ORA-02034: speed bind not permitted
Cause: Speed bind not allowed with supplied bind variables. Trapped internally
by the system.
Action: None
ORA-02035: illegal bundled operation combination
Cause: User requested that the UPI bundled execution call perform an an illegal
combination of operations.
Action: See documentation for legal operation combinations.
ORA-02036: too many variables to describe with automatic cursor open
Cause: User requested that the UPI bundled execution call perform automatic
cursor open and close on a describe operation. There were too many select-list
items or bind variables to do this.
Action: open and close cursor explicitly
ORA-02037: uninitialized speed bind storage
Cause: User attempted a UPI bundled execution call containing a standalone
execute operation without first performing a UPI bundled execution call
containing a bind operation.
Action: perform a UPI bundled execution call with bind before performing a
bundled execution call with execute
ORA-02038: define is not allowed for array type
Cause: User attempted to define a select list variable of type "array". Arrays may
only serve as host bind variables.
Action: None
ORA-02039: bind by value is not allowed for array type
Cause: User attempted to bind an array host variable by value. Arrays may only
be bound by reference.
Action: None
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-39
ORA-02040: remote database string does not support two-phase commit
Cause: the database was potentially updated but does not support prepare to
commit (as determined by its logon transaction traits). The transaction was rolled
back.
Action: Do not attempt to update the remote database unless it is the only
database updated in one transaction.
ORA-02041: client database did not begin a transaction
Cause: internal error
Action: contact support
ORA-02042: too many distributed transactions
Cause: the distributed transaction table was full because too many distributed
transactions were active.
Action: Run fewer transactions. If you are sure you don't have too many
concurrent distributed transactions, this indicates an internal error and support
should be notified. Instance shutdown/restart would be a work-around.
ORA-02043: must end current transaction before executing string
Cause: a transaction is in progress and one of the following commands
commands is issued: COMMIT FORCE, ROLLBACK FORCE, or ALTER SYSTEM
ENABLE DISTRIBUTED RECOVERY in single process mode.
Action: COMMIT or ROLLBACK the current transaction and resubmit command.
ORA-02044: transaction manager login denied: transaction in progress
Cause: a remote transaction manager tried to log in while a distributed
transaction is in progress.
Action: end the current transaction (this is a protocol error from a remote
transaction manager)
ORA-02045: too many local sessions participating in global transaction
Cause: too many sessions at this site for this transaction.
Action: use an existing link so another session need not be created.
ORA-02046: distributed transaction already begun
Cause: internal error or error in external transaction manager. A server session
received a begin_tran RPC before finishing with a previous distributed tran.
Action: None
ORA-02047: cannot join the distributed transaction in progress
Cause: Either a transaction is in progress against a remote database that does not
fully support two phase commit, and an update is attempted on another database,
or updates are pending and and an attempt is made to update a different database
that does not fully support two phase commit.
Action: complete the current transaction and then resubmit the update request.
ORA-02048: attempt to begin distributed transaction without logging on
Cause: client program must issue a distributed transaction login.
Action: contact support.
ORA-02049: timeout: distributed transaction waiting for lock
Cause: exceeded INIT.ORA distributed_lock_timeout seconds waiting for lock.
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Action: treat as a deadlock
ORA-02050: transaction string rolled back, some remote DBs may be in-doubt
Cause: network or remote failure in 2PC.
Action: Notify operations; remote DBs will automatically re-sync when the failure
is repaired.
ORA-02051: another session or branch in same transaction failed or finalized
Cause: A session at the same site with the same global transaction ID failed. The
failure could also be caused by an application error if an attempt was made to
update the database while another tightly coupled transaction branch with the
same global transaction ID was finalized or aborted.
Action: No action necessary as the transaction will be automatically recovered. In
the case of an application error, make sure there are no more updates to the
database once the transaction manager has started two-phase commit for tightly
coupled distributed transaction.
ORA-02052: remote transaction failure at string
Cause: error in remote transaction at given DBLINK
Action: retry
ORA-02053: transaction string committed, some remote DBs may be in-doubt
Cause: network or remote failure in 2PC.
Action: Notify operations; remote DBs will automatically re-sync when the failure
is repaired.
ORA-02054: transaction string in-doubt
Cause: network or remote failure in 2PC.
Action: Notify operations; DBs will automatically re-sync when the failure is
repaired. Monitor pending_trans$ for final outcome.
ORA-02055: distributed update operation failed; rollback required
Cause: a failure during distributed update operation may not have rolled back all
effects of the operation. Since some sites may be inconsistent, the transaction must
roll back to a savepoint or entirely
Action: rollback to a savepoint or rollback transaction and resubmit
ORA-02056: 2PC: string: bad two-phase command number string from string
Cause: two-phase commit protocol error.
Action: recovery of transaction attempted. Monitor pending_trans$ table to
ensure correct resolution. Contact support.
ORA-02057: 2PC: string: bad two-phase recovery state number string from string
Cause: internal error in two-phase recovery protocol
Action: contact support
ORA-02058: no prepared transaction found with ID string
Cause: no transaction with local_tran_id or global_tran_id found in the pending_
trans$ table in prepared state.
Action: check the pending_trans$ table.
ORA-02059: ORA-2PC-CRASH-TEST-string in commit comment
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-41
Cause: This is a special comment used to test the two phase commit.
Action: Don't use this special comment (%s a number 1-10)
ORA-02060: select for update specified a join of distributed tables
Cause: tables in a join with the for update clause must reside at the same DB.
Action: None
ORA-02061: lock table specified list of distributed tables
Cause: tables in a lock table statement must reside at the same DB.
Action: issue multiple lock table commands.
ORA-02062: distributed recovery received DBID string, expected string
Cause: a database link at a coordinator no longer points to the expected database.
Link may have been redefined, or a different DB mounted.
Action: restore link definition or remote database.
ORA-02063: preceding stringstring from stringstring
Cause: an Oracle error was received from a remote database link.
Action: refer to the preceding error message(s)
ORA-02064: distributed operation not supported
Cause: One of the following unsupported operations was attempted:
1. array execute of a remote update with a subquery that references a dblink, or
2. an update of a long column with bind variable and an update of a second
column with a subquery that both references a dblink and a bind variable, or
3. a commit is issued in a coordinated session from an RPC procedure call with
OUT parameters or function call.
Action: simplify remote update statement
ORA-02065: illegal option for ALTER SYSTEM
Cause: The option specified for ALTER SYSTEM is not supported
Action: refer to the user manual for option supported
ORA-02066: missing or invalid DISPATCHERS text
Cause: A character string literal was expected, but not found, following ALTER
SYSTEM SET DISPATCHERS
Action: place the string literal containing the dispatcher's specification after
ALTER SYSTEM SET DISPATCHERS
ORA-02067: transaction or savepoint rollback required
Cause: A failure (typically a trigger or stored procedure with multiple remote
updates) occurred such that the all-or-nothing execution of a previous Oracle call
cannot be guaranteed.
Action: rollback to a previous savepoint or rollback the transaction and resubmit.
ORA-02068: following severe error from stringstring
Cause: A severe error (disconnect, fatal Oracle error) received from the indicated
database link. See following error text.
Action: Contact the remote system administrator.
ORA-02069: global_names parameter must be set to TRUE for this operation
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Cause: A remote mapping of the statement is required but cannot be achieved
because global_names should be set to TRUE for it to be achieved
Action: Issue alter session set global_names = true if possible
ORA-02070: database stringstring does not support string in this context
Cause: The remote database does not support the named capability in the context
in which it is used.
Action: Simplify the SQL statement.
ORA-02071: error initializing capabilities for remote database string
Cause: Could not load a remote-specified capability table.
Action: Contact support for the remote SQL*Connect product.
ORA-02072: distributed database network protocol mismatch
Cause: This should never happen between different PRODUCTION releases of
ORACLE, but may happen between alpha and beta releases, for example.
Action: Upgrade the older release.
ORA-02073: sequence numbers not supported in remote updates
Cause: Sequence numbers may not be used in INSERTS, UPDATES, or DELETES
on remote tables.
Action: None
ORA-02074: cannot string in a distributed transaction
Cause: A commit or rollback was attempted from session other than the parent of
a distributed transaction.
Action: Only commit or rollback from the parent session.
ORA-02075: another instance changed state of transaction string
Cause: A commit force or rollback force was issued from a session in another
instance.
Action: Check if another Oracle instance is performing recovery of pending
transactions. Query DBA_2PC_PENDING to determine the new state of the
transaction.
ORA-02076: sequence not co-located with updated table or long column
Cause: all referenced sequences must be co-located with the table with the long
column.
Action: None
ORA-02077: selects of long columns must be from co-located tables
Cause: if a select returns long columns from multiple tables, all the tables must be
co-located
Action: None
ORA-02079: cannot join a committing distributed transaction
Cause: Once a transaction branch is prepared, no more new transaction branches
are allowed to start, nor is the prepared transaction branch allowed to be joined.
Action: Check the application code as this is an XA protocol violation.
ORA-02080: database link is in use
ORA-01500 to ORA-02098 4-43
Cause: a transaction is active or a cursor is open on the database link given in the
alter session close database link command.
Action: commit or rollback, and close all cursors
ORA-02081: database link is not open
Cause: dblink given is not currently open.
Action: None
ORA-02082: a loopback database link must have a connection qualifier
Cause: An attempt was made to create a database link with the same name as the
current database.
Action: a loopback database link needs a trailing qualifier, for example
MYDB.EXAMPLE.COM@INST1 - the '@INST1' is the qualifier
ORA-02083: database name has illegal character 'string'
Cause: supplied database name can contain only A-Z, 0-9, '_', '#', '$' '.' and '@'
characters.
Action: None
ORA-02084: database name is missing a component
Cause: supplied database name cannot contain a leading '.', trailing '.' or '@', or
two '.' or '@' in a row.
Action: None
ORA-02085: database link string connects to string
Cause: a database link connected to a database with a different name. The
connection is rejected.
Action: create a database link with the same name as the database it connects to,
or set global_names=false.
ORA-02086: database (link) name is too long
Cause: database/database link name can have at most 128 characters.
Action: None
ORA-02087: object locked by another process in same transaction
Cause: A database link is being used in the cluster database environment that
loops back to the same instance. One session is trying to convert a lock that was
obtained by the other session.
Action: Get the more restrictive lock first. For example, if session 1 gets a share
lock and session 2 gets an exclusive lock on the same object, get the exclusive lock
first. Or, simply use the same session to access the object.
ORA-02088: distributed database option not installed
Cause: Remote and distributed updates and transactions are a separately priced
option in ORACLE V7.
Action: None
ORA-02089: COMMIT is not allowed in a subordinate session
Cause: COMMIT was issued in a session that is not the two-phase commit global
coordinator.
Action: Issue commit at the global coordinator only.
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ORA-02090: network error: attempted callback+passthru
Cause: internal error.
Action: None
ORA-02091: transaction rolled back
Cause: Also see error 2092. If the transaction is aborted at a remote site then you
will only see 2091; if aborted at host then you will see 2092 and 2091.
Action: Add rollback segment and retry the transaction.
ORA-02092: out of transaction table slots for distributed transaction
Cause: The transaction is assigned to the system rollback segment and is trying to
get into the PREPARED state, but the required number of non-PREPARED slots
are not available, hence the transaction is rolled back.
Action: Add a rollback segment and retry the transaction.
ORA-02093: TRANSACTIONS_PER_ROLLBACK_SEGMENT(string) more than
maximum possible(string)
Cause: Value of parameter specified is greater than allowed on this port.
Action: Use default or reduce it to less than max.
ORA-02094: replication option not installed
Cause: The replication option was not installed at this site. Updatable
materialized views, deferred RPCs, and other replication features were, therefore,
unavailable.
Action: Install the replication option. The replication option is not part of the
Oracle Server product and must be purchased separately. Contact an Oracle Sales
representative if the replication option needs to be purchased.
ORA-02095: specified initialization parameter cannot be modified
Cause: The specified initialization parameter is not modifiable
Action: None
ORA-02096: specified initialization parameter is not modifiable with this option
Cause: Though the initialization parameter is modifiable, it cannot be modified
using the specified command.
Action: Check the DBA guide for information about under what scope the
parameter may be modified
ORA-02097: parameter cannot be modified because specified value is invalid
Cause: Though the initialization parameter is modifiable, the modified value is
not acceptable to the parameter.
Action: Check the DBA guide for range of acceptable values for this parameter.
ORA-02098: error parsing index-table reference (:I)
Cause: An incorrect index-table (:I) syntax was encountered.
Action: This syntax is for oracle internal use only.