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Resources for working with errors
ORA-00000 - ORA-01999
ORA-02000 - ORA-03999
ORA-04000 - ORA-05999
ORA-06000 - ORA-07999
ORA-08000 - ORA-11999
ORA-12000 - ORA-13999
ORA-14000 - ORA-23999
ORA-24000 - ORA-25999
ORA-26000 - ORA-27999
ORA-28000 - ORA-30100
Other error messages
For more information
General information about working with
errors
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- Where to get a complete list of all ORA errors
- Capturing errors from merge statement
- Perform a check or wait for an error?
- What should monitoring reports identify
- Oracle alert log miner
- Logging the command that caused server error
- Catching error code that arises in PL/SQL
- Advanced error checking using a trigger
ORA-00000 - ORA-01999
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ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified
Solutions:
- Is there a way to stop a rollback?
- Error trying to rebuild index after cancelled transaction
- How long does a rollback take?
- Identifying locks to resolve ORA-01658 and ORA-00054 errors
-
ORA-00054 error with shell scripts
ORA-00060: deadlock detected while waiting for resource
Solutions:
-
Deadlock error when a specific batch process runs in parallel
ORA-00200: controlfile could not be created
Solutions:
- Avoiding Oracle errors
- ORA-00235: controlfile fixed
table inconsistent due to concurrent update
Solutions:
-
Using the RMAN level 0 hot backup process
ORA-00312: online log string thread string: 'string'
Solutions:
- Errors causing Oracle instance to shut down
-
Receiving ORA-313 and ORA-312 errors when trying to open database
ORA-00313: open failed for members of log group string of thread string
Solutions:
-
Receiving ORA-313 and ORA-312 errors when trying to open database
ORA-00320: can not read file header from log 1 thread 1
Solutions:
- Getting Oracle errors -- database and Web site are down
- ORA-00321: ORACLE_HOME
Redo1.log
Solutions:
- Getting Oracle errors -- database and Web site are down
-
Errors causing Oracle instance to shut down
ORA-00381: cannot use both new and old parameters for buffer cache size specification
Solutions:
- Why am I getting the ORA-00381 error when initializing the parameter?
- ORA-00396: error string required
fallback to single-pass recovery
Solutions:
-
ORA-00396 and ORA-00397 while loading data
ORA-00397: lost write detected for file string, block string
Solutions:
-
ORA-00396 and ORA-00397 while loading data
ORA-00406: COMPATIBLE parameter needs to be string or greater
Solutions:
- ORA-00406 when trying to create a function index
- ORA-00439: feature not enabled:
string
Solutions:
- Creating a table partition
- Managed standby error in ARCHIVE MODE
-
Problems with installation of Partitioning
ORA-00510: internal limit restriction exceeded
Solutions:
- Is the number of processes causing listener error?
- ORA-00600: internal error
Solutions:
- System timing out writing to control file
- Error when updating table in Oracle 8i
- "Disconnection forced" message
- ORA-00604: error occurred at
recursive SQL level string
Solutions:
- Table update fails at recursive SQL level 2
- Recursive SQL error when using Web app
- Errors executing Oracle recursive query
- Getting ORA-00604 error when connecting to database user
- ORA-00604: error with recursive SQL
-
ORA-00903: invalid table name
Solutions:
- Trigger error in SQL*Plus
- ORA-00904: invalid column
name
Solutions:
- Error accessing all SQL Server fields in Oracle environment
- Getting invalid column name without access to system tables
- Error viewing records in table that has abstract column datatype
- "Invalid column name" error
- Error on "select timestamp" command
-
0RA-00922: missing or invalid option
Solutions:
- Substitution variables
- ORA-00932: inconsistent
datatypes
Solutions:
- Help creating a script from a view
- UNION of two Oracle8i views with CLOBs
- How to get the lengths of values in "long" datatype
-
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
Solutions:
- Export errors on Solaris
- Export errors on Linux
- Oracle9i R1 allows any user to access any table
- Errors with export command
-
Unable to select or drop a table
ORA-00955: name is already used by exsisting object
Solutions:
- Installing the recovery catalog from RMAN prompt
- ORA-00959: tablespace 'string'
does not exist
Solutions:
- Importing a table that contains LOB segments
- ORA-00980: synonym translation
is no longer valid
Solutions:
- Information on ORA-00980
- ORA-01000: Maximum open cursors
exceeded
Solutions:
- Errors executing Oracle recursive query
-
ORA-01000 errors on Windows XP
ORA-01002: fetch out of sequence
Solutions:
- ORA-01002 error when trying to describe a table
- Resolving the ORA-01002 error #1
- Resolving the ORA-01002 error #2
- ORA-01017: Invalid
username/password
Solutions:
- Error when trying to restore a specific table
- "Invalid username/password" error
- ORA-01017 error when connecting through Windows XP client
-
Unable to log in to database from desktop
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
Solutions:
- Trouble inserting large CLOB
- Password file generation
- Creating a function-based index
- "Insufficient privileges" error
- Logging in to a test database
-
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges trying to restore a database
ORA-01033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress
Solutions:
- Database stopped, showing multiple error messages
- Getting ORA-01033 when logging in to 9i application
- Restoring default database in 8i
- Encountering error while cloning a production database
- Initialization or shutdown in progress
-
ORA-01033 error when taking backup
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
Solutions:
- After starting SQL*Plus after 9i install
- On Linux Fedora Core 2
- When rebooting 9i
- Errors during reboot
- Error accessing database after migration to 9.2.0.3
- Errors connecting Oracle through SQL*Plus
- Domain name changes causing error
- Trouble getting two database instances running
- Error when starting Oracle
- Resolving the ORA-01034 error
- Oracle not available after installing 8i on WinXP Pro
- ORA-01034 after upgrading to version 9.2
- ORA-01034: Oracle not available error
- Resolving the "ORA-01034: ORACLE not available" error
- "Oracle not available" error
- Can't log in to database from SQL*Plus
- Error with tnsping
- ORA-01034 and ORA-27101 on trying to log in to database
- Receiving "Oracle is not available" error after restart
- Receiving ORA-01034 error while connecting
- Suddenly getting ORA-01034 and ORA-27101
- Unable to connect to server with Oracle8i
-
Why won't the mount and open happen automatically?
ORA-01039: insufficient privilege on underlying objects of the view
Solutions:
-
Insufficient privileges error ORA-01039
ORA-01053: user storage address cannot be read
Solutions:
-
ORA-1053 error after 8i installation on Windows 2003
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
Solutions:
- Help with error ORA-01078
- ORA-01081: cannot start
already-running ORACLE - shut it down first
Solutions:
-
Problems starting one of two databases on same server
ORA-01089: immediate shutdown in progress - no operations are permitted
Solutions:
- When opening database
- Cause of ORA-1089 error
- Error when stopping/starting Oracle SID
- ORA-01092: Oracle instance
terminated. Disconnection forced
Solutions:
- Database Configuration Assistant not executing
- Oracle installed, but error when creating db
- ORA-01092 error during 9i installation
- ORA-01092 error while executing database creation command
-
ORA-01092 on creating a new database
ORA-01110: data file string: 'string'
Solutions:
- Database stopped, showing multiple error messages
- Input/output errors
- ORA-01110 error when not in archive log mode
- ORA-01113 and ORA-01110 errors on restarting database
-
Too many open files error message
ORA-01113: file n needs media recovery
Solutions:
-
ORA-01113 and ORA-01110 errors on restarting database
ORA-01115: IO error reading block from file string (block # string)
Solutions:
- Database stopped, showing multiple error messages
- User datafile needs media recovery
- Input/output errors
-
Too many open files error message
ORA-01122: database file string failed verification check
Solutions:
- Database crash during hot backup
-
ORA-1122 error and huge TEMP tablespace
ORA-01157: cannot identify/lock data file string - see DBWR trace file
Solutions:
-
ORA-01033 error when taking backup
ORA-01158: database %s already mounted
Solutions:
-
Cloning a production database into a development server
ORA-01403: no data found
Solutions:
-
Errors during import of a dump file
ORA-01452: cannot CREATE UNIQUE INDEX; duplicate keys found
Solutions:
-
ORA-1452 error after export/import
ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed
Solutions:
- Avoiding Oracle errors
- ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE
failed
Solutions:
-
Cloning a production database into a development server
ORA-01535: rollback segment 'name' already exists
Solutions:
- Errors when importing from same version
- ORA-01543: tablespace 'TEMP'
already exists
Solutions:
- Errors when importing from same version
- ORA-01555: snapshot too old:
rollback segment number string with name "string" too small
Solutions:
- Help with ORA-01555: snapshot too old
- Help with ORA-01555 during export
- Exporting a table that is constantly updated
- RBS monitor to catch ORA-01555 errors
- Can't escape ORA-01555 error!
- Cause of "snapshot too old" error
-
Errors and slowness during export
ORA-01593: rollback segment optimal size (string blks) is smaller than the computed initial size (string blks)
Solutions:
-
Errors and slowness during export
ORA-01594: attempt to wrap into rollback segment (string) extent (string) which is being freed
Solutions:
-
Errors and slowness during export
ORA-01630: max # extents (string) reached in temp segment in tablespace string
Solutions:
- Resolving the ORA-01630 error
- ORA-01650: unable to extend
rollback segment string by string in tablespace string
Solutions:
-
Errors and slowness during export
ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment by string in tablespace string
Solutions:
- Help with ORA-01652 error -- unable to extend temp segment
- Solving ORA-1652 error
- High IO program is throwing ORA-01652 errors
- ORA-01652: add or resize datafile?
- Resolving errors ORA-01652 and ORA-04031
- Errors during building of tables
- ORA-01652 error when running query to delete large amount of data
-
Questions about ORA-1652 error
ORA-01653: unable to extend table xxx by xxx
Solutions:
-
ORA-01658: unable to create INITIAL extent for segment in tablespace string
Solutions:
-
Identifying locks to resolve ORA-01658 and ORA-00054 errors
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
Solutions:
- Error inserting data into customer table
-
Error inserting single quote into string
ORA-01758: table must be empty to add mandatory (NOT NULL) column
Solutions:
- Adding a new NOT NULL field to an existing table
- ORA-01940: cannot drop a user that
is currently connected
Solutions:
-
Deleting a user from a tablespace
ORA-02000 - ORA-03999
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ORA-02019: connection description for remote database not found
Solutions:
-
Why am I getting the ORA-02019 error?
ORA-02035: illegal bundled operation combination
Solutions:
-
ORA-02085: database link string connects to string
Solutions:
- Problem with dblink: ORA-02085
- Setting GLOBAL_NAMES to false to use dblink
-
ORA-02201: sequence not allowed here
Solutions:
- Can triggers be applied to sequence objects?
- ORA-02266: unique/primary keys
in table referenced by enabled foreign keys
Solutions:
- Truncate tables using PL/SQL
- ORA-02449: unique/primary keys
in table referenced by foreign keys
Solutions:
- Error when dropping objects
- Find all the 'son' constraints
- ORA-03001: unimplemented
feature
Solutions: - Solving ORA-03001
- ORA-03113: end-of-file on
communication channel
Solutions:
- Whenever the client is idle for five minutes
- When trying to start up
- ORA-03113 when running a query
- Error when creating a queue table
- Problem installing Oracle on Red Hat Linux
- Failure installing 9i Database Configuration Assistant Tool on Win2000
- Getting end of communication error when submitting a query
- Solving error ORA-03113
- Archive log files generating quickly
- ORA-03113 error when querying table
- ORA-03113 trying to rebuild indexes
- What is the ORA-03113 error?
- ORA-03114: not connected to
ORACLE
Solutions:
- During the initializing database step
- Resolving the ORA-03114 error
- ORA-03121: no interface driver
connected
Solutions:
- ORA-03121 while attaching database
-
What is the solution of the ORA-03121 error?
ORA-03232: unable to allocate an extent of x blocks from tablespace x
Solutions:
-
ORA-04000 - ORA-05999
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ORA-04030: out of process memory
Solutions:
- Help with ORA-04030 -- out of process memory
- RMAN process ran out of memory
-
ORA-04030: Out of process memory
ORA-04031: unable to allocate string bytes of shared memory ("string","string","string","string")
Solutions:
- In the job queue process
- Recursive SQL error when using Web app
- Consistently getting ORA-04031 error
- Error during patch installation
- Need fixes for ORA-04031
- Help with ORA-4031 error
- Resolving errors ORA-01652 and ORA-04031
- Error when trying to reduce temp tablespace
- Resolving a 04031 error
- Resolving the ORA-04031 error
-
Minimizing generation of archive logs
ORA-04043: object string does not exist
Solutions:
- Workaround for ORA-04043: Can't describe object using db_link
- ORA-04052: error occurred when
looking up remote object name
Solutions:
- Error creating database link
- ORA-04076: invalid NEW or OLD
specification
Solutions:
-
ORA-04091: table string.string is mutating, trigger/function may not see it
Solutions:
- Selecting rows from the same table in the trigger
- Resolving ORA-04091
- Workaround for the ORA-04091 error when checking ranges
- Resolving an ORA-04091 error
- Timestamping all rows of some tables on insert and update
- Writing an ON INSERT trigger without encountering mutating table error
- ORA-04098: trigger
'SYSTEM.LOG_ERRORS_TRIG' is invalid and failed re-validation
Solutions:
- Trigger error in SQL*Plus
ORA-06000 - ORA-07999
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ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator
Solutions:
- When trying to connect from Dreamweaver
- When using SQL*Plus on host computer
- Password creation in Oracle Developer 6i
- Error using JDBC to query local database
- Error trying to insert record through database link
- Resovling the ORA-06401 error
- ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not
find program unit being called
Solutions:
- Resolving the ORA-06508 error
- ORA-06512: Backtrace message as
the stack is unwound by unhandled exceptions
Solutions:
- What is ORA-06512?
- Errors during import of a dump file
-
Problems with exp utility after migration
ORA-06532: Subscript outside of limit
Solutions:
- New user error
- Determining the reason for the error message
- ORA-06544: PL/SQL: internal
error, arguments: [string], [string], [string], [string], [string], [string], [string],
[string]
Solutions:
- How to resolve ORA-06544
- ORA-06550: line string, column
string:string
Solutions:
- Error when calling stored procedure
- Help with ORA-06550 error
- Resolving error ORA-06550
- Cause of ORA-06550 error
- Error during export of database
- Error when executing procedures
- Receiving error at export command
- Receiving ORA-06550 error
-
Ways to handle an error on an INSERT statement
ORA-06553: PLS-string: string
Solutions:
- Error calling stored procedure from Java
- Removing Services entries, fixing ORA-06553
-
Problems with exporting database after modifying database characterset
ORA-06554: package DBMS_STANDARD must be created before using PL/SQL
Solutions:
- Help with ORA-06554 regarding package DBMS_STANDARD
- ORA-07445: exception
encountered: core dump [10]
Solutions:
- SQL subquery errors
ORA-08000 - ORA-11999
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ORA-10033: sort run information (SRD*/SRS*)
Solutions:
-
ORA-10033 error won't let me connect
ORA-10902: disable seghdr conversion for ro operation
Solutions:
-
ORA-12000 - ORA-13999
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ORA-12154: TNS-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
Solutions:
- No connection to run Forms
- Copying tables from one DB to another via database link
- Configuring the TNSNAMES.ORA file
-
Connecting to 10g database after rebooting server
ORA-12203: TNS-12203: TNS:unable to connect to destination
Solutions:
- On home computer
- After installing 7.3
- Unable to install Developer 2000
- Unable to connect to destination
- Resolving the PDE-POCO11 ORA-12203 error
- Problem connecting to a remote database
- Database crash during hot backup
-
Problems connecting to database after installing Forms
ORA-12502: TNS-12502: TNS:listener received no CONNECT_DATA from client
Solutions:
- Resolving the TNS-12502 error
- ORA-12505: TNS-12505:
TNS:listener could not resolve SID given in connect descriptor
Solutions:
- Resolving the ORA-12505 TNS error
- ORA-12514: TNS-12514:
TNS:listener could not resolve SERVICE_NAME given in connect descriptor
Solutions:
- When trying to create db link
- Error connecting through SQL*Plus
- Resolving the ORA-12514 TNS listener error
- Resolving the ORA-12514
- Accessing an Oracle instance with SQL*Plus
- ORA-12514 error when connecting through SQL*Plus
- Problems accessing 10g through SQL*Plus and Enterprise Manager
-
Problems connecting after installation of 10g
ORA-12528: TNS:listener: all appropriate instances are blocking new connections
Solutions:
-
ORA-12528 after shutting down and restarting instance
ORA-12531: TNS-12531: TNS:cannot allocate memory
Solutions:
-
ORA-12533: TNS-12533: TNS:illegal ADDRESS parameters
Solutions:
- ORA-12533 during installation
- ORA-12535: TNS-12535:
TNS:operation timed out
Solutions:
- Timed out error and slow computer performance
- Error since converting to 9.2
- Getting ORA-12535 since upgrade
- "TNS: Operation timed out" error
- Error in ODBC connections
-
TNS-12535 error connecting to remote machine
ORA-12537: TNS connection closed
Solutions:
- "TNS:connection closed" error
-
ORA-12537 error when trying to connect
ORA-12541: TNS: no listener
Solutions:
- Causes
- Connecting to database through forms builder
- No listener error when logging in to Oracle8
- No listener error after install on XP
- Receiving ORA-12541 error trying to connect through Forms/Reports
- ORA-12542: TNS: address already
in use
Solutions:
- Error affecting nightly batch jobs
- ORA-12545: TNS-12545: Connect
failed because target host or object does not exist
Solutions:
- Error accessing 9i on Linux
- Error in Oracle connection
- Resolving error ORA-12545
- Resolving error ORA-12545
- Error message ORA-12545 during remote connect
- ORA-12545 error trying to open forms in Oracle 8i on Windows 2000
-
ORA-12545 error when connecting to database via client
ORA-12546: TNS: permission denied
Solutions:
- DBA cannot connect to database
- Help with listener error
- ORA-12560: TNS-12560:
TNS:protocol adapter error
Solutions:
- When connecting to Oracle 9.0.2 on Win2K
- When logging in to svrmgr after install
- When connecting over dial-up
- When installing 8.1.7 on Windows 2000
- When creating new database
- When running exp
- Trouble connecting to listener after install
- Error running a form in a browser
- Connection problem with Forms/Reports
- Resolving ORA-12560 error
- Uninstalling Oracle9i
- "TNS:Could not resolve Service name" error
- Oracle 9i login error
- Receiving "TNSListener protocol adapter error" during installation
- Unable to connect to 9i on Windows 98
-
Unable to log in after installing Oracle Client 9i
ORA-12571: TNS-12571: TNS:packet writer failure
Solutions:
- Resolving the "ORA-12571: TNS:Packet writer failure" error
-
ORA-12571 error with Oracle 8i on Windows XP
ORA-12638: Credential retrieval failed
Solutions:
- Another Oracle server from a different LAN
- "TNS: Operation timed out" error
- ORA-12638 and ORA-01031 on Windows cluster
-
Problems with Oracle applications after upgrading to XP
ORA-12640: TNS-12640: Authentication adapter initialization failed
Solutions:
- Backup batch jobs not running
- Error creating database link
- Database link works for a few days, then ORA-12640
- ORA-12663: TNS-12663: Services
required by client not available on the server
Solutions:
- Error using DESC across dblink
- ORA-12801: error signaled in
parallel query server string
Solutions:
-
Errors during building of tables
ORA-14000 - ORA-23999
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ORA-1650: unable to extend rollback segment R05 by 512 in tablespace RBS Failure to extend rollback segment 6 because of 1650 condition.
Solutions:
- Solving the ORA-1650 error message
ORA-24000 - ORA-25999
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ORA-24008: queue table string.string must be dropped first
Solutions:
- How to drop the example schemas from Oracle9i
- ORA-24801: illegal parameter
value in OCI lob function
Solutions:
-
Export/import on table with clob datatype column
ORA-25143: default storage clause is not compatible with allocation policy
Solutions:
- Error inserting new record in table
- ORA-25150: ALTERING of extent
parameters not permitted
Solutions:
- Error inserting new record in table
ORA-26000 - ORA-27999
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ORA-27038: skgfrcre: file exists
Solutions:
- Avoiding ORA-27038 when creating a tablespace in 8i
- Avoiding Oracle errors
- ORA-27041: unable to open
file
Solutions:
- Errors causing Oracle instance to shut down
-
Too many open files error message
ORA-27072: skgfdisp: I/O error
Solutions:
- Database stopped, showing multiple error messages
-
ORA-27091: skgfqio: unable to queue I/O
Solutions:
- Getting Oracle errors -- database and Web site are down
- Errors causing Oracle instance to shut down
-
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
Solutions:
- When trying to connect to the database
- Errors during reboot
- Unable to login after installation
- Trouble getting two database instances running
- Error when starting Oracle
- "Oracle not available" error
- Can't log in to database from SQL*Plus
- ORA-01034 and ORA-27101 on trying to log in to database
- ORA-27101 error after moving DB to new domain
- Suddenly getting ORA-01034 and ORA-27101
-
Why won't the mount and open happen automatically?
ORA-27123: unable to attach to shared memory segment
Solutions:
- Error accessing database after migration to 9.2.0.3
- Error after upgrading to 9i Data Server patch set
- ORA-27123 while trying to create database after Red Hat Linux installation
- ORA-27125: unable to create
shared memory segment
Solutions:
- When creating Oracle database on Fedora Core 2
ORA-28000 - ORA-30100
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ORA-28030: Server encountered problems accessing LDAP directory service
Solutions:
-
Using dblink to access a different server
ORA-28547: connection to server failed, probable Net8 admin error
Solutions:
-
ORA-28547 trying to set up practice database
ORA-29516: Aurora assertion failure: string
Solutions:
- Hit an error
- "Aurora assertion failure" error
- ORA-30036: unable to extend
segment by string in undo tablespace 'string'
Solutions:
- Error loading data into target
-
ORA-30036 error when executing update query
Other error messages
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SQL*Plus error messages
SP2-0678: Column or attribute type can not be displayed by SQL*Plus
Solutions:
-
Import error messages
IMP-00009: abnormal end of export file Solutions:
- Dump file error
- Error during import from 9i to 10g
-
Errors during import of dump file
IMP-00010: not a valid export file, header failed verification
Solutions:
-
Create tablespace to resolve IMP-00010 error?
IMP-00015: following statement failed because the object already exists
Solutions:
-
Which IMP messages are warnings and which are errors?
IMP-00022: failed to process parameters, type 'IMP HELP=Y' for help
Solutions:
-
Which IMP messages are warnings and which are errors?
IMP-00028: partial import of previous table rolled back
Solutions:
- Dump file error
- Error during import from 9i to 10g
-
Errors during import of dump file
Export error messages
EXP-00002: error in writing to export file
Solutions:
-
Errors with character set in export
ORADIM command syntax errors
DIM-00019: Create Service Error
Solutions:
-
"Create service" error when starting DBCA
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