Error Messages ORA-24280 to ORA-28674

ORA-24280 to ORA-28674

 

ORA-24280: invalid input value for parameter string
Cause: The parameter has been provided a negative, out of range, or NULL input
value.
Action: Correct the input value such that it is valid, and is within the range as
specified in the documentation.

ORA-24281: invalid access past the maximum size of LOB parameter string
Cause: The value of positional or size parameters exceeds the maximum allowed
LOB size of 4 Gigabytes.
Action: Correct the input values for amount and offset such that their sum is less
than or equal to 4 Gigabytes. If error occurs in a read or write loop, check the
looping conditions and/or offset increments.

ORA-24292: no more tables permitted in this sorted hash cluster
Cause: A sorted hash cluster only supports a maximum of 2 tables
Action: none

ORA-24295: max key length (string) for sorted hash cluster exceeded
Cause: Sorted hash clusters have a maximum key size
Action: none

ORA-24300: bad value for mode
Cause: An undefined mode value was specified.
Action: Check that the correct mode is selected and that an allowed value for that
mode is specified.

ORA-24301: null host specified in thread-safe logon
Cause: An HDA was not specified in the logon call while running in a thread safe
environment.
Action: Make sure that HDA is not NULL when calling the logon routine.

ORA-24302: host connection in use by another thread
Cause: An attempt was made to use the host connection while it was in use by
another thread.
Action: Wait for another thread to finish before using this connection.

ORA-24303: call not supported in non-deferred linkage
Cause: One of the calls that is supported in deferred mode linkage exclusively
was invoked when the client was linked non-deferred.
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Action: Use this call in deferred mode of linkage.

ORA-24304: datatype not allowed for this call
Cause: Data of this datatype cannot be sent or fetched in pieces.
Action: Use other bind or define calls for this datatype.

ORA-24305: bad bind or define context
Cause: The call was executed on a cursor for which this is invalid.
Action: Verify that this call is valid for this cursor. For example, Get piece
information and set piece information are valid on a cursor if appropriate binds
and defines have been done on this cursor.

ORA-24306: bad buffer for piece
Cause: A zero length buffer or a null buffer pointer was provided.
Action: Verify that the buffer pointing to this piece or its length is non-zero. The
buffer pointer for the next piece or its length can be zero if it is the last piece to be
inserted and there are no more data for the column.

ORA-24307: invalid length for piece
Cause: The length of the piece exceeded the maximum possible size.
Action: Verify that the length of this piece and the cumulative length of all the
previous pieces is not more than the desired value supplied by the application.

ORA-24308: illegal define position
Cause: Call to modify attributes was done for a non-existent position
Action: Verify that a define has been done for this position

ORA-24309: already connected to a server
Cause: This server handle is already attached to a server.
Action: Disconnect from the server and then retry the call to establish a
connection.

ORA-24310: length specified for null connect string
Cause: The connect string is null, but a length was specified for it.
Action: Set length to zero if connect string is null.

ORA-24311: memory initialization failed
Cause: Cannot initialize user memory.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24312: illegal parameters specified for allocating user memory
Cause: An illegal size or null pointer was specified for user memory.
Action: Specify a legal size and a valid pointer for user memory.

ORA-24313: user already authenticated
Cause: A user has already been authenticated on this service handle.
Action: Terminate the service context before using it for another user.

ORA-24314: service handle not initialized
Cause: The server context does not done exist.
Action: Establish the server context in the service context.

ORA-24315: illegal attribute type
Cause: An illegal attribute type was specified for the handle.
Action: Consult user manual to specify an attribute valid for this handle.

ORA-24316: illegal handle type
Cause: An illegal handle type was specified.
Action: Consult user manual to specify a valid handle type.

ORA-24317: define handle used in a different position
Cause: A define was done with an existing handle on a different position.
Action: Specify the same position as before on a re-define.

ORA-24318: call not allowed for scalar data types
Cause: This call is valid only for object types.
Action: Verify that the data-type for this variable is an object type

ORA-24319: unable to allocate memory
Cause: Process was unable to allocate memory to store diagnostics.
Action: Terminate other processes in order to reclaim needed memory.

ORA-24320: unable to initialize a mutex
Cause: An attempt to initialize a mutex failed.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24321: inconsistent parameters passed
Cause: One of the three memory function pointers is null or non-null.
Action: Verify that either all the memory functions are null or non-null.

ORA-24322: unable to delete an initialized mutex
Cause: An attempt to delete an initialized mutex failed.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24323: value not allowed
Cause: A null value or a bogus value was passed in for a mandatory parameter.
Action: Verify that all mandatory parameters are properly initialized.

ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
Cause: An attempt was made to use an improper service context handle.
Action: Verify that the service context handle has all the parameters initialized
prior to this call.

ORA-24325: this OCI operation is not currently allowed
Cause: An attempt was made to use a context handle outside its scope.
Action: Verify that the context handle is set to a service context handle that has
been converted to a logon data area for other OCI calls. The logon data area must
be converted back to a service context before it can be used.

ORA-24326: handle passed in is already initialized
Cause: An attempt was made to pass an initialized handle.
Action: Verify that the parameter passed in to retrieve a handle does not already
point to a handle.
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ORA-24327: need explicit attach before authenticating a user
Cause: A server context must be initialized before creating a session.
Action: Create and initialize a server handle.

ORA-24328: illegal attribute value
Cause: The attribute value passed in is illegal.
Action: Consult the users manual and specify a legal attribute value for the
handle.

ORA-24329: invalid character set identifier
Cause: The character set identifier specifed is invalid
Action: Specify a valid character set identifier in the OCI call.

ORA-24330: internal OCI error
Cause: An internal OCI error has occurred.
Action: Please contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-24331: user buffer too small
Cause: The user buffer to contain the output data is too small.
Action: Specify a bigger buffer.

ORA-24332: invalid object type
Cause: An invalid object type is requested for the describe call.
Action: Specify a valid object type to the describe call.

ORA-24333: zero iteration count
Cause: An iteration count of zero was specified for the statement
Action: Specify the number of times this statement must be executed

ORA-24334: no descriptor for this position
Cause: The application is trying to get a descriptor from a handle for an illegal
position.
Action: Check the position number.

ORA-24335: cannot support more than 1000 columns
Cause: The number of columns exceeds the maximum number supported.
Action: none

ORA-24336: invalid result set descriptor
Cause: The result set descriptor should have valid data fetched into it before it can
be converted to a statement handle
Action: Fetch valid data into the descriptor before attempting to convert it into a
statement handle

ORA-24337: statement handle not prepared
Cause: A statement cannot be executed before making preparing a request.
Action: Prepare a statement before attempting to execute it.

ORA-24338: statement handle not executed
Cause: A fetch or describe was attempted before executing a statement handle.
Action: Execute a statement and then fetch or describe the data.

ORA-24339: cannot set server group name after connecting to server
Cause: An attempt was made to set the server group in a server handle after
connecting to the server. However, once the connection is established to a server,
the server group name cannot be set anymore.
Action: Attach to the server after setting the server group name in the server
handle.

ORA-24340: cannot support more than 255 columns
Cause: The number of columns exceeds maximum supported by the server.
Action: Limit your operation to 255 columns.

ORA-24341: bad mode specified
Cause: OCI_ENV_NO_MUTEX mode was specified for a non-threaded client.
Action: OCI_ENV_NO_MUTEX may be specified when OCI_THREADED had
been specified at process initialization.

ORA-24342: unable to destroy a mutex
Cause: An attempt to destroy a mutex failed.
Action: none

ORA-24343: user defined callback error
Cause: The only valid return value for a user defined callback function is OCI_
CONTINUE or OCI_ROWCBK_DONE. Any other value will cause this error.
Action: Please insure that OCI_CONTINUE or OCI_ROWCBK_DONE is returned
from the user defined callback function.

ORA-24344: success with compilation error
Cause: A sql/plsql compilation error occurred.
Action: Return OCI_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO along with the error code

ORA-24345: A Truncation or null fetch error occurred
Cause: A truncation or a null fetch error”
Action: Please ensure that the buffer size is long enough to store the returned
data.

ORA-24346: cannot execute without binding variables
Cause: None of the bind variables in the SQL statement are bound.
Action: Please bind all the variables before the execute is done.

ORA-24347: Warning of a NULL column in an aggregate function
Cause: A null column was processed by an aggregate function
Action: An OCI_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO is returned.

ORA-24348: Update or Delete without Where
Cause: An update or delete was executed without where clause
Action: An OCI_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO is returned.

ORA-24350: OCI call not allowed
Cause: OCI used is not permitted from external procedures.
Action: Refer to user manual for usage restrictions.

ORA-24351: invalid date passed into OCI call
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Cause: A bad date was passed into one of the OCI calls.
Action: Check your date bind values and correct them.

ORA-24352: invalid COBOL display type passed into OCI call
Cause: A bad COBOL display type was passed into one of the OCI calls.
Action: Check your COBOL display type bind values and correct them.

ORA-24353: user buffer too small to accommodate COBOL display type
Cause: User supplied buffer for a COBOL display type was too small to
accommodate fetched number.
Action: Increase the allocation for COBOL display type buffer.

ORA-24354: number fetched too large to fit in COBOL display type buffer.
Cause: The number fetched was beyond the range that can be displayed.
Action: Please check the number in the database.

ORA-24355: attempt to store a negative number in an Unsigned Display type.
Cause: An attempt was made to convert a negative number into an unsigned
display type.
Action: Please check the number in the database or change the defined datatype.

ORA-24356: internal error while converting from to COBOL display type.
Cause: An internal error was encountered during conversion to COBOL display
type.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24357: internal error while converting from to OCIDate.
Cause: An internal error was encountered during conversion to OCIDate type.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24358: OCIBindObject not invoked for a Object type or Reference
Cause: OCIBindObject was not invoked resulting in an incomplete bind
specification for a Object Type or Reference.
Action: Please invoke the OCIBindObject call for all Object Types and References.

ORA-24359: OCIDefineObject not invoked for a Object type or Reference
Cause: OCIDefineObject was not invoked resulting in an incomplete bind
specification for a Object Type or Reference.
Action: Please invoke the OCIDefineObject call for all Object Types and
References.

ORA-24360: Type Descriptor Object not specified for Object Bind/Define
Cause: Type Descriptor Object is a mandatory parameter for Object Types Binds
and Defines.
Action: Please invoke the OCIBindObject() or OCIDefineObject() call with a valid
Type Descriptor Object.

ORA-24361: basic bind call not invoked before invoking advanced bind call
Cause: One of the basic bind calls was not invoked on this bind handle before
performing an advanced bind call.
Action: Please invoke the advanced bind call on this bind handle only after
performing a basic bind call.

ORA-24362: improper use of the character count flag
Cause: When the character count flag is set, then the maximum size of the buffer
in the server should be specified as a non-zero value.
Action: Please use a non-zero value for the mamimum size of the buffer in the
server.

ORA-24363: measurements in characters illegal here
Cause: Measurements in characters instead of bytes are illegal if either the
server”s or client”s character set is varying width.
Action: If either the client”s or server”s character set is varying width then do not
use the OCI_ATTR_CHAR_COUNT attribute for the bind handle. Use OCI_
ATTR_MAXDATA_SIZE instead.

ORA-24364: internal error while padding blanks
Cause: An internal error has occurred while attempting to blank pad string data.
This error should not occur normally.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24365: error in character conversion
Cause: This usually occurs during conversion of a multibyte character data when
the source data is abnormally terminated in the middle of a multibyte character.
Action: Make sure that all multibyte character data is properly terminated.

ORA-24366: migratable user handle is set in service handle
Cause: This occurs during user authentication, a migratable user handle has been
set in the service handle.
Action: Service handle must not be set with migratable user handle when it is
used to authenticate another user.

ORA-24367: user handle has not been set in service handle
Cause: This occurs during authentication of a migratable user. the service handle
has not been set with non-migratable user handle.
Action: Service handle must be set with non-migratable user handle when it is
used to authenticate a migratable user.

ORA-24368: OCI mutex counter non-zero when freeing a handle
Cause: This is an internal OCI error.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24369: required callbacks not registered for one or more bind handles
Cause: No callbacks have been registered for one or more of the bind handles
which are part of the RETURNING clause.
Action: The bind handles which are to receive data in a DML statememt with a
RETURNING clause must have their mode set as DATA_AT_EXEC and callback
functions must be registered for these bind handles using OCIBindDynamic.

ORA-24370: illegal piecewise operation attempted
Cause: Data of a certain datatype that does not support piecewise operation is
being sent or fetched in pieces.
Action: Always set the piece value to OCI_ONE_PIECE for datatypes that does
not support piecewise operation.
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ORA-24371: data would not fit in current prefetch buffer
Cause: An internal OCI error has occurred.
Action: Please contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-24372: invalid object for describe
Cause: The object to be described is not valid. It either has compilation or
authorization errors.
Action: The object to be described must be valid.

ORA-24373: invalid length specified for statement
Cause: The length specified for the statement is either 0 or too large.
Action: Specify a valid length for the statement.

ORA-24374: define not done before fetch or execute and fetch
Cause: The application did not define output variables for data being fetched
before issuing a fetch call or invoking a fetch by specifying a non-zero row count
in an execute call.
Action: Issue OCI define calls for the columns to be fetched.

ORA-24375: Cannot use V6 syntax when talking to a V8 server
Cause: V6 syntax is no longer supported in V8 server.
Action: Change syntax to V7 syntax or higher.

ORA-24376: cannot register/get user callback for non-environment handle
Cause: A user callback registration or get was attempted on a handle which is not
an environment handle.
Action: Pass the environment handle to register/get user callback.

ORA-24377: invalid OCI function code
Cause: An invalid function code was used to register or get user callback”
Action: Use a valid OCI function code.

ORA-24378: user callbacks not allowed for this call
Cause: An attempt was made to register a user callback for an OCI call for which
it not allowed to register user callbacks.
Action: Do not register user callback for this OCI call.

ORA-24379: invalid user callback type
Cause: An invalid type of user callback was specified.
Action: Specify a valid user callback type.

ORA-24380: invalid mode specification
Cause: The mode parameter in an OCIU* call is invalid
Action: Use only valid mode parameter

ORA-24381: error(s) in array DML
Cause: One or more rows failed in the DML.
Action: Refer to the error stack in the error handle.

ORA-24382: statement handled already executed or described
Cause: The Statement handle was executed or described successfuly before.
Action: Perform a OCIStmtPrepare again before OCI_PARSE_ONLY.

ORA-24383: Overflow segment of an IOT cannot be described
Cause: The name specified in the OCIDescribeAny call referred to an IOT
overflow segment.
Action: Use OCIDescribeAny to describe only documented objects.

ORA-24384: Application context size is not initialized
Cause: The size of the application context must be initialized before populating
each context element.
Action: Issue OCIAttrSet with OCI_ATTR_CTX_SIZE to initialize context size

ORA-24385: Application context size or index is not valid
Cause: The size or index of the application context must be non-zero and
non-negative.
Action: Use an appropriate value for the size.

ORA-24386: statement/server handle is in use when being freed
Cause: This is an internal OCI error.
Action: The user should reset in-use flag in statement handle before freeing the
handle.

ORA-24387: Invalid attach driver
Cause: Trying to attach using the wrong driver
Action: Relink the application in the right mode

ORA-24388: Unsupported functionality in fast path mode
Cause: Feature not supported in fast path mode
Action: Avoid using the functionality in this mode

ORA-24389: Invalid scrollable fetch parameters
Cause: All the requested rows in this fetch could not be received.
Action: Check the fetch orientation, scroll offset, OCI_ATTR_CURRENT_
POSITION and number of rows in OCIStmtFetch2 call. If required, change some of
above parameters and fetch again.

ORA-24390: Unsupported scrollable cursor operation
Cause: The scrollable cursor execute or fetch has failed.
Action: Check the documentation for supported types, and other restrictions
while using scrollable cursors.

ORA-24391: invalid fetch operation
Cause: Scrollable cursor operation requested with non-scrollable cursor.
Action: Check if the statement was executed in the scrollable mode. Else the only
acceptable orientation is OCI_FETCH_NEXT that ignores the scroll offset
parameter.

ORA-24392: no connection pool to associate server handle
Cause: OCIServerAttach called in OCI_POOL mode but no connection pool
found to associate the server handle.
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Action: 1) Verify that OCIConnectionPoolCreate is called before calling
OCIServerAttach. 2) Verify that the database link specified in OCIServerAttach
matches with that of the connection pool database link.

ORA-24393: invalid mode for creating connection pool
Cause: Mode specified in OCIConnectionPoolCreate is invalid.
Action: Use a valid mode.

ORA-24394: invalid mode for destroying connection pool
Cause: Mode specified in OCIConnectionPoolDestroy is invalid.
Action: Use a valid mode.

ORA-24395: cannot reinitialize non-existent pool
Cause: OCIConnectionPoolCreate was not called in OCI_DEFAULT mode for this
pool handle.
Action: Create a connection pool prior to reinitializing it.

ORA-24396: invalid attribute set in server handle
Cause: Attribute OCI_ATTR_NONBLOCKING_MODE has been set on the server
handle and attached in OCI_POOL mode. Connection pooling does not support
non blocking mode.
Action: Do not set the OCI_ATTR_NONBLOCKING_MODE attribute on the
server handle while attaching in OCI_POOL mode.

ORA-24397: error occured while trying to free connections
Cause: An internal error occured while trying to free connections.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24398: connection pool already exists
Cause: A connection pool has already been created for the specified pool handle.
Action: 1) Specify a different pool handle to create a new connection pool. 2) If
you wish to modify the pool parameters, call OCIConnectionPoolCreate in OCI_
CPOOL_REINITIALIZE mode.

ORA-24399: invalid number of connections specified
Cause: An invalid combination of minimum, maximum and increment number of
connections was specified in the OCIConnectionPoolCreate call.
Action: Specify a valid combination of parameters.

ORA-24400: error occured while creating connections in the pool
Cause: The database link specified in OCIConnectionPoolCreate might be an
invalid one.
Action: Specify a valid database link.

ORA-24401: cannot open further connections
Cause: Sufficient number of connections are not present in the pool to execute the
call. No new connections can be opened as the connMax parameter supplied in
OCIConnectionPoolCreate has been reached.
Action: Call OCIConnectionPoolCreate in OCI_CPOOL_REINITIALIZE mode
and increase the value of the connMax parameter.

ORA-24402: error occured while creating connections in the pool
Cause: The username and password specified in OCIConnectionPoolCreate might
be invalid.
Action: Specify a valid username and password.

ORA-24403: error occured while trying to destroy the connection pool
Cause: Some connections in the pool were busy when an attempt to destroy the
connection pool was made.
Action: Ensure no connections from the pool are being used.

ORA-24404: connection pool does not exist
Cause: An attempt was made to use the connection pool before creating it.
Action: Create the connection pool.

ORA-24405: error occured while trying to create connections in the pool
Cause: An internal error occured while creating connections in the pool.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24406: API mode switch is disallowed when a call is in progress.
Cause: A mode switch from OCI8 to OCI7 was attempted in a callback.
Action: The user should perform the API mode switch either prior to initiating
the top call or after the main call is done.

ORA-24407: connection pool already exists
Cause: A connection pool has already been created for the specified pool name.
Action: Specify a different pool name to create a new connection pool.

ORA-24408: could not generate unique server group name
Cause: An internal error occured while generating unique server group name.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24409: client cannot understand the object
Cause: The client cannot process all the new features in the object.
Action: Upgrade the client so that features like inheritance and SQLJ objects can
be used.

ORA-24410: scrollable cursor max size exceeded
Cause: Result set size exceeded the max limits.
Action: Check the documentation for allowable maximum result set size for
scrollable cursors. Re-execute with a smaller expected result set size or make the
cursor non-scrollable.

ORA-24411: Session pool already exists.
Cause: A session pool has already been created for the specified pool handle.
Action: 1) Specify a different pool handle to create a new session pool. 2) If you
wish to modify the pool parameters, call OCISessionPoolCreate in OCI_SPOOL_
REINITIALIZE mode.

ORA-24412: Cannot reinitialize non-existent pool
Cause: OCISessionPoolCreate was not called in OCI_DEFAULT mode for this
pool handle.
Action: Create a session pool prior to reinitializing it.
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ORA-24413: Invalid number of sessions specified
Cause: An invalid combination of minimum, maximum and increment number of
sessions was specified in the OCISessionPoolCreate call.
Action: Specify a valid combination of parameters.

ORA-24414: Only number sessions could be started.
Cause: The number of sessions specified by the minSess parameter of
OCISessionPoolCreate could not be started, possibly because the value supplied
was larger than that supported by the server.”
Action: This is a warning. Check the maximum number of sessions allowed on
the server.

ORA-24415: Missing or null username.
Cause: Username and password must be specified when pool is created in this
mode.
Action: Specify a valid username and password.

ORA-24416: Invalid session Poolname was specified.
Cause: An attempt was made to use a Session Pool that does not exist.
Action: Create a Session Pool before using it.

ORA-24417: Session pool size has exceeded the maximum limit
Cause: The number of sessions has exceeded the maximum size of the Session
Pool.
Action: This is a warning. You can tune the session pool with appropriate
minimum and maximum parameters.

ORA-24418: Cannot open further sessions.
Cause: Sufficient number of sessions are not present in the pool to execute the call.
No new sessions can be opened as the sessMax parameter supplied in
OCISessionPoolCreate has been reached.
Action: Call OCISessionPoolCreate in OCI_SPOOL_REINITIALIZE mode and
increase the value of the sessMax parameter.

ORA-24419: Proxy sessions are not supported in this mode.
Cause: A proxy session was requested for from a Session Pool which does not
support proxy sessions.
Action: Do not specify mode OCI_CRED_PROXY.

ORA-24420: OCISessionRelease must be used to release this session.
Cause: The session was retrieved using OCISessionGet, and an attempt has been
made to release it using a call other than OCISessionRelease.
Action: Call OCISessionRelease.

ORA-24421: OCISessionRelease cannot be used to release this session.
Cause: The session was not retrieved using OCISessionGet, and an attempt has
been made to release it using OCISessionRelease.
Action: Release the session using an appropriate call.

ORA-24422: error occurred while trying to destroy the Session Pool
Cause: An attempt was made to destroy the session pool while some sessions in
the pool were busy.
Action: Ensure that no sessions from the pool are being used OR call
OCISessionPoolDestroy with mode set to OCI_SPD_FORCE.

ORA-24430: Null values for sqltext and key were specified.
Cause: An attempt was made to call OCIStmtPrepare2 and neither sqltext nor key
were specified.
Action: Specify valid values for sqltext or key or both.

ORA-24431: Statement does not exist in the cache
Cause: The statement that was requested for does not exist in the statement cache.
Action: Please request for a valid statement.

ORA-24432: The statement that was returned is not tagged.
Cause: A tagged statement was requested for, but an untagged statement has
been returned.
Action: This is a warning. Please modify and tag the statement as desired.

ORA-24433: This statement has already been prepared using OCIStmtPrepare2.
Cause: A statement that was earlier prepared using OCIStmtPrepare2 is now
being reprepared using OCIStmtPrepare.”
Action: Please use a different statement handle.

ORA-24434: OCIStmtRelease called before OCIStmtPrepare2.
Cause: An attempt was made to release a statement without first preparing it
using OCIStmtPrepare2.
Action: Call OCIStmtPrepare2 before OCIStmtRelease.

ORA-24435: Invalid Service Context specified.
Cause: The statement was prepared using a service context that is different from
the one specified in OCIStmtExecute.
Action: Please specify the same service context that the statement was prepared
with.

ORA-24436: Invalid statement Handle.
Cause: OCIHandleFree called on a statement that was prepared using
OCIstmtPrepare2.
Action: Release the statement using OCIStmtRelease.

ORA-24437: OCIStmtExecute called before OCIStmtPrepare2.
Cause: An attempt was made to execute a statement without first preparing it
using OCIStmtPrepare2.
Action: Call OCIStmtPrepare2 before OCIStmtExecute.

ORA-24438: Invalid Authentication Handle specified.
Cause: The statement was prepared using an authentication handle that is
different from the one specified in OCIStmtExecute.
Action: none

ORA-24439: success with PLSQL compilation warning
Cause: A plsql compilation warning occurred.
Action: Return OCI_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO along with the error code.
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ORA-24440: OCI Easy Install mode cannot be initialized
Cause: An internal OCI error has occurred.
Action: Please contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-24450: Cannot pre-process OCI statement
Cause: An error occured during statement pre-processing. E.g., SQL statement
has invalid usage of N” or Q” literals.
Action: Correct the SQL statement.

ORA-24460: Native Net Internal Error
Cause: Internal error .
Action: This error should not normally occur. If it persists, please contact your
customer service representative.

ORA-24500: invalid UTF16 mode
Cause: UTF16 mode is allowed only at environment handle creation time.
Action: Remove UTF16 mode for functions other than OCIEnvCreate()

ORA-24501: invalid UTF16 string passed in
Cause: Non-UTF16 string is passed in while UTF16 string is expected
Action: Check the parameter which is actually a string

ORA-24502: codepoint length overflows
Cause: Returned buffer has more codepoints than allowed
Action: Set OCI_MAXCHAR_SIZE large enough to accommodate

ORA-24503: codepoint length overflows for piecewise operation
Cause: Accumulated codepoint length exceeds allowed codepoint length
Action: Set OCI_MAXCHAR_SIZE large enough to accommodate

ORA-24504: data length larger than expected
Cause: Incoming data larger than receiving buffer
Action: Set OCI_MAXDATA/MAXCHAR_SIZE appropriately or remove the
setting

ORA-24505: cannot change character set id on the handle
Cause: Attempts to change character set id on non-environment handles
Action: Only try to change character set id on environment handles

ORA-24506: invalid attempt to change character set id on env handle
Cause: Attempts to change character set id after other handles have been
allocated from the env handle
Action: Change character set id after creating environment handle but before
allocating any handles from it.

ORA-24507: invalid combination of character set ids
Cause: Attempts to set one character set id as zero
Action: Set both charset and ncharset as zero or non-zero in OCIEnvNlsCreate()

ORA-24508: Buffer is not aligned correctly.
Cause: Alignment error ocurred in buffer when converting between character
sets.
Action: Align buffer appropriately. For UTF16 buffer, pass a ub2 pointer.

ORA-24750: incorrect size of attribute
Cause: Transaction ID attribute size is incorrect.
Action: Verify that the size parameter is correct.

ORA-24752: OCI_TRANS_NEW flag must be specified for local transactions
Cause: Application attempted to start a local transaction without using OCI_
TRANS_NEW.
Action: Use OCI_TRANS_NEW when starting local transactions.

ORA-24753: local transactions cannot be detached
Cause: An attempt to detach a local transaction was made.
Action: Local transactions may only be committed or rolled back.

ORA-24754: cannot start new transaction with an active transaction
Cause: An attempt to start a new transaction was made when there was an active
transaction.
Action: Commit, rollback or detach the existing transaction before starting a new
transaction.

ORA-24755: OCI_TRANS_NOMIGRATE, OCI_TRANS_JOIN options are not
supported
Cause: These flags are currently not supported.
Action: none

ORA-24756: transaction does not exist
Cause: An invalid transaction identifier or context was used or the transaction has
completed.
Action: Supply a valid identifier if the transaction has not completed and retry the
call.

ORA-24757: duplicate transaction identifier
Cause: An attempt was made to start a new transaction with an identifier already
in use by an existing transaction.
Action: Verify that the identifier is not in use.

ORA-24758: not attached to the requested transaction
Cause: An attempt was made to detach or complete a transaction that is not the
current transaction.
Action: Verify that the transaction context refers to the current transaction.

ORA-24759: invalid transaction start flags
Cause: An invalid transaction start flag was passed.
Action: Verify that one of the following values – OCI_TRANS_NEW, OCI_
TRANS_JOIN, OCI_TRANS_RESUME was specified.

ORA-24760: invalid isolation level flags
Cause: An invalid isolation level flag was passed.
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Action: Verify that only one of following values – OCI_TRANS_READONLY,
OCI_TRANS_READWRITE, OCI_TRANS_SERIALIZABLE is used.

ORA-24762: server failed due to unspecified error
Cause: An internal error has occured in the server commit protocol.
Action: Contact customer support.

ORA-24763: transaction operation cannot be completed now
Cause: The commit or rollback cannot be performed now because the session
cannot switch to the specified transaction.
Action: Retry the operation later.

ORA-24769: cannot forget an active transaction
Cause: Transaction identifier refers to an active transaction.
Action: Verify that the identifier of an active transaction was not passed as an
argument.

ORA-24770: cannot forget a prepared transaction
Cause: Transaction identifier refers to a prepared transaction.
Action: Verify that the identifier of a prepared transaction was not passed as an
argument.

ORA-24771: cannot detach, prepare or forget a local transaction
Cause: Service handle contains a local transaction context.
Action: Verify that the transaction context does not refer to a local transaction.

ORA-24772: Cannot mix tightly-coupled and loosely-coupled branches
Cause: Application attempted to start a transaction with a global transaction
identifier and a wrong option.
Action: Verify that all branches of a global transaction are started with either OCI_
TRANS_TIGHT or OCI_TRANS_LOOSE option. If the application is correct and
uses distributed updates, contact customer support.

ORA-24773: invalid transaction type flags
Cause: OCI_TRANS_TIGHT or OCI_TRANS_LOOSE mode was not specified.
Action: Verify that the right parameters are being used.

ORA-24774: cannot switch to specified transaction
Cause: The transaction specified in the call refers to a transaction created by a
different user.
Action: Create transactions with the same authentication so that they can be
switched.

ORA-24775: cannot prepare or commit transaction with non-zero lock value
Cause: An attempt was made to detach the transaction with a non-zero lock
value.
Action: Detach the transaction with lock value set to zero and then try to prepare
or commit the transaction.

ORA-24776: cannot start a new transaction
Cause: An attempt was made to start a new transaction when session was already
attached to an existing transaction.
Action: End the current transaction before creating a new transaction.

ORA-24777: use of non-migratable database link not allowed
Cause: The transaction, which needs to be migratable between sessions, tried to
access a remote database from a non-multi threaded server process.
Action: Perform the work in the local database or open a connection to the remote
database from the client. If multi threaded server option is installed, connect to the
Oracle instance through the dispatcher.

ORA-24778: cannot open connections
Cause: The migratable transaction tried to access a remote database when the
session itself had opened connections to remote database(s).
Action: Close the connection(s) in the session and then try to access the remote
database from the migratable transaction. If the error still occurs, contact Oracle
customer support.

ORA-24779: detach not allowed with open remote cursor
Cause: The migratable transaction tried to detach from the current session while
having an open remote cursor.
Action: Close any open remote cursor prior to detach.

ORA-24780: cannot recover a transaction while in an existing transaction
Cause: An attempt was made to commit or roll back a transaction while in a
different transaction, and the transaction for which the action is requested is in a
recovery state (this happens if it is idle too long).
Action: Detach from the current transaction and retry the operation.

ORA-24781: branches don”t belong to the same global transaction
Cause: The list of xids passed into kpotxmp() don”t have the same gtrid
Action: none

ORA-24782: Cannot detach from a non-migratable transaction
Cause: An attempt was made to detach from a non-migrateable transaction.
Action: Either commit or rollback the transaction.

ORA-24783: Cannot switch non-migratable transactions
Cause: An attempt was made to prepare/commit a txn different from current.
Action: none

ORA-24784: Transaction exists
Cause: An attempt was made to start a transaction, while attached to a
non-migrateable transaction
Action: none

ORA-24785: Cannot resume a non-migratable transaction
Cause: An attempt was made to resume a non-migrateable transaction.
Action: none

ORA-24786: separated transaction has been completed
Cause: The current transaction has been completed by another process.
Action: Start a new transaction
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ORA-24787: remote cursors must be closed before a call completes
Cause: The previous operation did not close all the remote cursors it opened.
Since separated transactions are enabled, this is not allowed.
Action: Close all remote cursors in each call, or start a regular (non-separated)
transaction.

ORA-24788: cannot switch to specified transaction (server type)
Cause: The transaction specified was created by a shared server and the requestor
is a dedicated server, or the transaction was created by a dedicated server and the
requestor is a shared server.
Action: All parts of this application should connect as dedicated or as shared.

ORA-24789: start not allowed in recursive call
Cause: Oracle RM will not start/resume a branch in a recursive call
Action: Reconsider your application stack design

ORA-24790: cannot mix OCI_TRANS_RESUME and transaction isolation flags
Cause: An attempt was made to change the isolation level of an existing
transaction.
Action: No action required

ORA-24791: invalid transaction start flags
Cause: An invalid transaction start flag was passed.
Action: Verify that OCI_TRANS_LOOSE was not passed along with OCI_
TRANS_JOIN, OCI_TRANS_RESUME.

ORA-24792: cannot mix services in a single global transaction
Cause: Oracle RM will not serve global (distributed) transaction requests if
branches are created using different services
Action: Configure clients such that those participating in the same distributed
transaction use the same service name.

ORA-24793: Test DTP service start and stop
Cause: internal use only
Action: none.

ORA-24794: no active DTP service found
Cause: Oracle RM will not serve global (distributed) transaction requests until
DTP services are configured in RAC. It is possible that a service was stopped while
transactions were in-flight.
Action: Provision/Start DTP services first.

ORA-24795: Illegal string attempt made
Cause: An illegal attempt was made to commit/rollback current transaction
Action: Use appropriate commit/rollback mechanism

ORA-24801: illegal parameter value in OCI lob function
Cause: One of the parameter values in the OCI lob function is illegal.
Action: Check every parameter in the OCI Lob function call to make sure they are
correct. Offsets should be greater than or equal to one.

ORA-24802: user defined lob read callback error
Cause: The only valid return value for a user defined lob read callback function is
OCI_CONTINUE. Any other value will cause this error.
Action: Verify that OCI_CONTINUE is returned from the user defined lob read
callback function.

ORA-24803: illegal parameter value in lob read function
Cause: Internal error .
Action: This error should not normally occur. If it persists, please contact your
customer service representative.

ORA-24804: Lob read/write functions called while another OCI LOB read/write
streaming is in progress
Cause: Internal error.
Action: Wait for the ongoing LOB streaming call to finish before issuing the next
server call, or use OCIBreak() abort the current LOB streaming call.

ORA-24805: LOB type mismatch
Cause: When copying or appending LOB locators, both source and desctination
LOB locators should be of the same type.
Action: Pass the same type of LOB locators for copying or appending.

ORA-24806: LOB form mismatch
Cause: When reading from or writing into LOBs, the character set form of the user
buffer should be same as that of the LOB.
Action: Make sure that the buffer you are using to read or write has the same
form as that of the LOB.

ORA-24807: LOB form mismatch
Cause: When copying or appending LOBs, both source and desctination LOB
locators should have the same character set form.
Action: Pass locators of the same character set form for copying or appending
LOBs.

ORA-24808: streaming of lob data is not allowed when using lob buffering
Cause: Attempted to stream lob data via the polling mode or a callback when lob
buffering was enabled for the input lob locator.
Action: Lob buffering is useful when reading/writing small amounts of lob data
so streaming should not be necessary. Rewrite the OCILobRead/OCILobWrite call
so that it does not use streaming. If streaming of data is required, lob buffering
should not be used. In this case, flush buffers associated with the input lob locator
as necessary, disable buffering on the input lob locator and reissue the
OCILobRead/OCILobWrite call.

ORA-24809: amount specified will not fit in the lob buffers
Cause: LOB buffering is enabled for the input lob locator so buffering will be
used. However, the amount of lob data to read or write is larger than what the lob
buffers can hold.
Action: Either disable buffering on the input lob locator and reissue the command
or pass a smaller amount.

ORA-24810: attempting to write more data than indicated
Cause: While writing into a LOB, more data was supplied than indicated.
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Action: If data is written in pieces, then make sure that you do not provide more
data in the pieces (cumulatively), than you indicated.

ORA-24811: less data provided for writing than indicated
Cause: While writing into a LOB, less data was provided than indicated.
Action: If writing data in single pieces, then make sure that the buffer length
specified is big enough to accommodate tha data being provided. If data is written
in pieces, then make sure that all the data has been provided before specifying
OCI_LAST_PIECE.

ORA-24812: character set conversion to or from UCS2 failed
Cause: If the database character set is varying-width, the CLOB/NCLOB value is
implicitly converted to or from UCS2. This implicit conversion failed.
Action: Contact Oracle Worldwide Support.

ORA-24813: cannot send or receive an unsupported LOB
Cause: An attempt was made to send a LOB across the network, but either the
server does not support the LOB sent by the client, or the client does not support
the LOB sent by the server. This error usually occurs when the client and server
are running different versions of Oracle.
Action: Use a version of the Oracle that supports the LOB on both the client and
the server.

ORA-24814: operation not allowed for temporary LOBs
Cause: Temporary LOB locators are not allowed in the operation. For example:
OCILobAssign only takes persistent LOB locators as parameters, not temporary
LOBs.
Action: Use OCILobLocatorAssign for temporary LOBs instead. Note that
OCILobLocatorAssign can also be used for persistent LOBs, in which case it will
behave the same as OCILobAssign.

ORA-24815: Invalid character set form
Cause: An invalid character set form was passed into an OCI LOB function. For
example, the only valid cs form for OCILobCreateTemporary() is OCI_
DEFAULT(0), SQLCS_IMPLICIT(1) or SQLCS_NCHAR(2).
Action: Specify a valid character set form.

ORA-24816: Expanded non LONG bind data supplied after actual LONG or LOB
column
Cause: A Bind value of length potentially > 4000 bytes follows binding for LOB or
LONG.
Action: Re-order the binds so that the LONG bind or LOB binds are all at the end
of the bind list.

ORA-24817: Unable to allocate the given chunk for current lob operation
Cause: The given size is increased to accomodate the number of bytes from server
due to varying width db char/nchar set.
Action: Use smaller chunk sizes when you have character set conversion between
client/server or perform piece-wise read or write.

ORA-24850: failed to startup shared subsystem
Cause: While attempting to initialize OCI in shared mode, a problem was
encountered in starting up the shared subsystem.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer support.

ORA-24851: failed to connect to shared subsystem
Cause: While attempting to initialize OCI in shared mode, a problem was
encountered in connecting the process to the shared subsystem.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.

ORA-24852: protocol error during statement execution
Cause: An internal protocol error occurred while receiving describe data from the
server during execution of a statement.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.

ORA-24853: failed to connect thread to shared subsystem
Cause: While attempting to initialize OCI in shared mode, a problem was
encountered in connecting the thread to the shared subsystem.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.

ORA-24900: invalid or unsupported mode paramater passed in call
Cause: The mode parameter passed into the OCI Client Notification call is
incorrect.
Action: Please correct the mode parameter passed into OCI.

ORA-24901: handles belonging to different environments passed into an OCI call
Cause: All handles passed into an OCI call should belong to the same
environment. In the call that returned this error, handles belonging to different
environments were passed in.
Action: Please ensure that the handle parameters in the call to come from the
same OCI Environment.

ORA-24902: invalid subscription name or name-length in subscription handle
Cause: The subscription handle passed into the OCI call does not have a proper
name or name-length attribute.
Action: Please set the name and name-length attributes using the OCIAttrSet()
call.

ORA-24903: invalid namespace attribute passed into OCI call
Cause: The subscription handle passed into the OCI call does not have a proper
namespace attribute.
Action: Please set the namespace attribute using the OCIAttrSet() call.

ORA-24904: invalid callback attribute passed into OCI call
Cause: The subscription handle passed into the OCI call does not have a proper
callback attribute.
Action: Please set the callback attribute using the OCIAttrSet() call.

ORA-24905: invalid recepient protocol attribute passed into OCI call
Cause: The subscription handle passed into the OCI call does not have a proper
recepient protocol attribute.
Action: Please set the recepient protocol attribute using the OCIAttrSet() call.

ORA-24906: invalid recepient attribute passed into OCI call
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Cause: The subscription handle passed into the OCI call does not have a proper
recepient attribute.
Action: Please set the recepient attribute using the OCIAttrSet() call.

ORA-24907: invalid pair of callback and recepient protocol attributes
Cause: The subscription handle passed into the OCI call can”t have both the
callback defined and a recepient protocol other than OCI_SUBSCR_PROTO_OCI
at the same time.
Action: Please set the appropriate callback and recepient protocol attributes using
the OCIAttrSet() call.

ORA-24908: invalid recipient presentation attribute
Cause: The subscription handle passed into the OCI call does not have a valid
recipient presentation attribute.
Action: Set the recipient presentation attribute using the OCIAttrSet() call

ORA-24909: call in progress. Current operation cancelled
Cause: The OCI call was invoked when another call on the connection was in
progress.
Action: Check if the OCI call is supported when the call is in progress under
special conditions; for example, if it is being used by a signal handler. NLS_DO_
NOT_TRANSLATE [24910,24910]

ORA-24911: Cannot start listener thread at specified port
Cause: Thread already running at a different port.
Action: Set the correct port in the environment handle or let the system choose the
port.

ORA-24912: Listener thread failed. string
Cause: Thread listening for event notification exited because of an error. The error
encountered is appended to the error message.
Action: The client needs to be restarted.

ORA-24950: unregister failed, registeration not found
Cause: The registeration that was asked to be unregistered could not be found.
Action: Please check the callback function name and the subscription name in the
unregister call.

ORA-24952: register, unregister or post has incorrect collection count
Cause: The register, unregister or post function was invoked with a collection that
was smaller than the size specified by the parameter to the function.
Action: Please check the function”s use and ensure that the size parameter is
correct.

ORA-24960: the attribute string is greater than the maximum allowable length of
number
Cause: The user attempted to pass an attribute that is too long
Action: Shorten the specified attribute and retry the operation.

ORA-25000: invalid use of bind variable in trigger WHEN clause
Cause: A bind variable was used in the when clause of a trigger.
Action: Remove the bind variable. To access the table columns use
(new/old).column_name.

ORA-25001: cannot create this trigger type on views
Cause: Only INSTEAD OF triggers can be created on a view.
Action: Change the trigger type to INSTEAD OF.

ORA-25002: cannot create INSTEAD OF triggers on tables
Cause: Only BEFORE or AFTER triggers can be created on a table.
Action: Change the trigger type to BEFORE or AFTER.

ORA-25003: cannot change NEW values for this column type in trigger
Cause: Attempt to change NEW trigger variables of datatype object, REF, nested
table, VARRAY or LOB datatype which is not supported.
Action: Do not change the NEW trigger variables in the trigger body.

ORA-25004: WHEN clause is not allowed in INSTEAD OF triggers
Cause: WHEN clause is specified in an INSTEAD OF trigger.
Action: Remove the WHEN clause when creating an INSTEAD OF trigger.

ORA-25005: cannot CREATE INSTEAD OF trigger on a read-only view
Cause: attempt to create an INSTEAD OF trigger on a view created with
read-only option. The view cannot be updated using INSTEAD OF triggers.
Action: Do not create the trigger.

ORA-25006: cannot specify this column in UPDATE OF clause
Cause: Attempt to create a trigger on update of a column whose datatype is
disallowed in the clause, such as LOB and nested table.
Action: Remove the UPDATE OF clause.

ORA-25007: functions or methods not allowed in WHEN clause
Cause: PLSQL function call or method invocation is not allowed in the WHEN
clause when creating a trigger.
Action: Remove the function call or method invocation from the WHEN clause.

ORA-25008: no implicit conversion to LOB datatype in instead-of trigger
Cause: When inserting or updating a view using instead-of trigger, the new value
for a LOB view column is of a different datatype.
Action: Specified a LOB value as the new value for the LOB view column.

ORA-25009: Nested table clause allowed only for INSTEAD OF triggers
Cause: Triggers on nested tables can only be created on view columns using
INSTEAD OF triggers.
Action: Use view nested table columns for defining nested table triggers.

ORA-25010: Invalid nested table column name in nested table clause
Cause: The column name specified in the nested table clause of an INSTEAD OF
trigger does not correspond to a nested table column.
Action: Specify a nested table column on which the trigger is to be defined.

ORA-25011: cannot create trigger on internal AQ table
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Cause: An attempt was made to try to create a trigger on a table that is used
internally to support the Advanced Queueing (AQ) feature.
Action: Do not create the trigger.

ORA-25012: PARENT and NEW values cannot be identical
Cause: The referencing clause specifies identical values for PARENT and OLD.
Action: Re-specify either the PARENT or NEW referencing value.

ORA-25013: OLD and PARENT values cannot be identical
Cause: The referencing clause specifies identical values for OLD and PARENT.
Action: Re-specify either the OLD or PARENT referencing value.

ORA-25014: cannot change the value of a PARENT reference variable
Cause: Parent values can only be read and not changed.
Action: Do not attempt to change a Parent variable.

ORA-25015: cannot perform DML on this nested table view column
Cause: DML cannot be performed on a nested table view column except through
an INSTEAD OF trigger
Action: Create an INSTEAD OF trigger over the nested table view column and
then perform the DML.

ORA-25016: cannot specify column list for insert into nested table view column
Cause: A column list cannot be specified for inserts into the nested table view
column.
Action: Specify all the columns for insert into the nested table.

ORA-25017: cannot reference NEW ROWID for movable rows in before triggers
Cause: NEW ROWID was referenced in a before row trigger which is defined on
an index-organized table, or a partitioned table with enabled movement of rows.
The ROWID cannot be computed in a before row update trigger because it
depends on the actual values of the row
Action: Remove references to NEW ROWID from the trigger definition.

ORA-25018: conflicting trigger string already exists
Cause: Conflicting instead of DDL trigger on schema/database already exists.
Action: Remove the old trigger

ORA-25019: too much concurreny
Cause: cannot pin the database/schema because of too much concurrency
Action: try the operation later

ORA-25020: renaming system triggers is not allowed
Cause: renaming system triggers is not allowed
Action: Drop the trigger, and create a new one for the same

ORA-25100: TABLESPACE option can only be used with ALTER INDEX REBUILD
Cause: The TABLESPACE option to ALTER INDEX was used without the
REBUILD option.
Action: Use ALTER INDEX REBUILD TABLESPACE tablespace name.

ORA-25101: duplicate REBUILD option specification
Cause: The REBUILD option to ALTER INDEX is specified more than once.
Action: Specify the option at most once.

ORA-25102: PARALLEL option can only be used with ALTER INDEX REBUILD
Cause: The PARALLEL option to ALTER INDEX was used without the REBUILD
option.
Action: Use ALTER INDEX REBUILD.

ORA-25103: NOPARALLEL option can only be used with ALTER INDEX REBUILD
Cause: The NOPARALLEL option to ALTER INDEX was used without the
REBUILD option.
Action: Use ALTER INDEX REBUILD.

ORA-25104: UNRECOVERABLE option can only be used with ALTER INDEX
REBUILD
Cause: The UNRECOVERABLE option to ALTER INDEX was used without the
REBUILD option.
Action: Use ALTER INDEX REBUILD.

ORA-25105: RECOVERABLE option can only be used with ALTER INDEX
REBUILD
Cause: The RECOVERABLE option to ALTER INDEX was used without the
REBUILD option.
Action: Use ALTER INDEX REBUILD.

ORA-25106: only one of PARALLEL or NOPARALLEL clause may be specified
Cause: PARALLEL was specified more than once, NOPARALLEL was specified
more than once, or both PARALLEL and NOPARALLEL were specified in an
ALTER INDEX REBUILD statement.
Action: Remove all but one of the PARALLEL or NOPARALLEL clauses.

ORA-25107: duplicate TABLESPACE option specification
Cause: the TABLESPACE was specified more than once in an ALTER INDEX
REBUILD statement.
Action: Remove all but one of the TABLESPACE clauses.

ORA-25108: standby lock name space exceeds size limit of string characters
Cause: The lock name space for the standby database exceeded the maximum
string length.
Action: Change initialization parameter _STANDBY_LOCK_NAME_SPACE to a
character string of less than the specified characters.

ORA-25109: standby lock name space has illegal character “string”
Cause: An invalid lock name space was specified for the standby database. The
lock name space for the standby database can only contain A-Z, 0-9, “_”, “#”, “$”, “.”
and “@” characters.
Action: Change initialization parameter _STANDBY_LOCK_NAME_SPACE to a
valid character string.

ORA-25110: NOSORT may not be used with a bitmap index
Cause: An attempt was made to create a bitmap index using the NOSORT option.
Action: Remove NOSORT from the CREATE BITMAP INDEX statement.
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ORA-25111: creation of BITMAP cluster indices is not supported
Cause: An attempt was made to create a cluster index with the BITMAP attribute.
Action: Remove BITMAP from the CREATE INDEX statement.

ORA-25112: maximum number of BITMAP index columns is 30
Cause: Too many columns were specified for the index.
Action: Create an index on fewer columns.

ORA-25113: GLOBAL may not be used with a bitmap index
Cause: An attempt was made to create a bitmap index using the GLOBAL option.
Action: Remove GLOBAL from the CREATE BITMAP INDEX statement, and/or
add a LOCAL partition descriptor if the table is partitioned.

ORA-25114: invalid file number specified in the DUMP DATAFILE/TEMPFILE
command
Cause: An invalid file number was used in dumping a datafile or tempfile.
Action: Specify a valid file number.

ORA-25115: duplicate BLOCK option specification
Cause: BLOCK (MIN/MAX) was specified more than once in the DUMP
DATAFILE/TEMPFILE command.
Action: Specify only one BLOCK option.

ORA-25116: invalid block number specified in the DUMP DATAFILE/TEMPFILE
command
Cause: An invalid block number was used in dumping a datafile or tempfile.
Action: Specify a valid block number.

ORA-25117: MIN/MAX/Block Number expected
Cause: A value other than MIN/MAX, or a block number was entered in the
DUMP DATAFILE/TEMPFILE command.
Action: Correct the syntax.

ORA-25118: invalid DUMP DATAFILE/TEMPFILE option
Cause: An invalid option was specified for the DUMP DATAFILE/TEMPFILE
command.
Action: Correct the syntax.

ORA-25119: LOGGING/NOLOGGING option already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the LOGGING and/or NOLOGGING options
were specified more than once.
Action: Remove all but one of the logging specifications.

ORA-25120: MINIMUM EXTENT option already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the MINIMUM EXTENT option was specified
more than once.
Action: Remove all but one of the MINIMUM EXTENT specifications.

ORA-25121: MINIMUM EXTENT value greater than maximum extent size
Cause: In CREATE/ALTER TABLESPACE, the value specified for the MINIMUM
EXTENT option was greater than the maximum extent size.
Action: Choose a lower value for the MINIMUM EXTENT option.

ORA-25122: Only LOCAL bitmap indexes are permitted on partitioned tables
Cause: An attempt was made to create a global bitmap index on a partioned table.
Action: create a local bitmap index instead.

ORA-25123: Too many components specified in the name.
Cause: Specifying more components to a name than allowed.
Action: Check the name specified for the operation.

ORA-25124: Database link name not allowed.
Cause: Specifying a database link name when it is not permitted.
Action: Check the name specified for the operation.

ORA-25125: BUFFER_POOL storage option not allowed
Cause: The user attempted to specify the BUFFER_POOL storage option. This
option may only be specified during CREATE/ALTER
TABLE/CLUSTER/INDEX.
Action: Remove this option and retry the statement.

ORA-25126: Invalid name specified for BUFFER_POOL
Cause: The name of the buffer pool specified by the user is invalid. The only valid
names are KEEP, RECYCLE and DEFAULT.
Action: Use a valid name or remove the BUFFER_POOL clause.

ORA-25127: RELY not allowed in NOT NULL constraint
Cause: An attempt to set RELY on for NOT NULL constraint.
Action: only NORELY may be specified for a NOT NULL constraint.

ORA-25128: No insert/update/delete on table with constraint (string.string) disabled
and validated
Cause: Try to insert/update/delete on table with DISABLE VALIDATE
constraint.
Action: Change the constraint”s states.

ORA-25129: cannot modify constraint (string) – no such constraint
Cause: the named constraint does not exist for this table.
Action: Obvious

ORA-25130: cannot modify primary key – primary key not defined for table
Cause: Attempted to modify a primary key that is not defined for the table.
Action: None

ORA-25131: cannot modify unique(string) – unique key not defined for table
Cause: attempted to modify a unique key that is not deined for the table.
Action: None

ORA-25132: UNIQUE constraint (string.string) disabled and validated in ALTER
TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITION
Cause: cannot ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITION when the partition and
the table have a disabled and validated unique constraints AND the unique keys
in the partion is not mutually exclusive from the rest of the table.
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Action: Change the constraint”s status.

ORA-25133: duplicate SINGLE TABLE option specified
Cause: The SINGLE TABLE option was specified more than once.
Action: Specify the SINGLE TABLE option only once.

ORA-25134: keyword TABLE expected
Cause: The keyword TABLE is missing from the SINGLE TABLE option.
Action: Place the keyword TABLE after the keyword SINGLE in the command.

ORA-25135: cannot use the SINGLE TABLE option
Cause: The SINGLE TABLE option is only valid for hash clusters.
Action: Do not specify the SINGLE TABLE option.

ORA-25136: this cluster can contain only one table
Cause: An attempt was made to store more than one table in a cluster that was
created with the SINGLE TABLE option.
Action: Do not attempt to store more than one table in the cluster.

ORA-25137: Data value out of range
Cause: Value from cast operand is larger than cast target size.
Action: Increase size of cast target.

ORA-25138: %s initialization parameter has been made obsolete
Cause: An obsolete initialization parameter has been specified
Action: The system will come up, but parameters must be examined

ORA-25139: invalid option for CREATE TEMPORARY TABLESPACE
Cause: An invalid option appears.
Action: Specify one of the valid options: TEMPFILE, EXTENT MANAGEMENT
LOCAL, UNIFORM

ORA-25140: %s space policy cannot be specified for the string extent management
Cause: An invalid option appears.
Action: Make sure that for LOCAL extent management UNIFORM or
AUTOALLOCATE is specified, and for DICTIONARY extent management
UNIFORM or AUTOALLOCATE are not specified

ORA-25141: invalid EXTENT MANAGEMENT clause
Cause: An invalid option appears for EXTENT MANAGEMENT clause
Action: Specify one of the valid options: UNIFORM SIZE, AUTOALLOCATE

ORA-25142: default storage clause specified twice
Cause: default storage clause was specified twice for create tablespace
Action: Specify it once.

ORA-25143: default storage clause is not compatible with allocation policy
Cause: default storage clause was specified for a tablespace with
AUTOALLOCATE or UNIFORM policy
Action: Omit the storage clause

ORA-25144: invalid option for CREATE TABLESPACE with TEMPORARY contents
Cause: An invalid option appears.
Action: Specify one of the valid options: EXTENT MANAGEMENT
DICTIONARY, USER

ORA-25145: allocation policy already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the allocation policy was specified more than
once, for example, AUTOALLOCATE and UNIFORM.
Action: Remove all but one of the allocation policy specifications.

ORA-25146: EXTENT MANAGEMENT option already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the EXTENT MANAGEMENT option was
specified more than once.
Action: Remove all but one of the EXTENT MANAGEMENT specifications.

ORA-25147: UNIFORM SIZE value greater than maximum extent size
Cause: In CREATE/ALTER TABLESPACE, the value specified for the UNIFORM
SIZE option was greater than the maximum extent size.
Action: Choose a lower value for the UNIFORM SIZE option.

ORA-25148: ONLINE option not permitted
Cause: An attempt was made to specify ONLINE for ALTER TABLE MOVE on a
table that is not index-organized. The ONLINE option is currently supported only
for index-organized tables.
Action: Remove the ONLINE option from the command.

ORA-25149: Columns of UROWID type may not be indexed
Cause: An attempt was made to create an index on a column of UROWID type
Action: Remove the column from the list of indexed columns

ORA-25150: ALTERING of extent parameters not permitted
Cause: An attempt was made to alter the extent parameters for a segment in a
tablespace with autoallocate or uniform extent allocation policy.
Action: Remove the appropriate extent parameters from the command.

ORA-25151: Rollback Segment cannot be created in this tablespace
Cause: An attempt was made to create a rollback segment in a tablespace with
autoallocate extent allocation policy.
Action: Specify a different tablespace for the rollback segment

ORA-25152: TEMPFILE cannot be dropped at this time
Cause: An attempt was made to drop a TEMPFILE being used by online users
Action: The TEMPFILE has been taken offline. Try again, later.

ORA-25153: Temporary Tablespace is Empty
Cause: An attempt was made to use space in a temporary tablespace with no files.
Action: Add files to the tablespace using ADD TEMPFILE command.

ORA-25154: column part of USING clause cannot have qualifier
Cause: Columns that are used for a named-join (either a NATURAL join or a join
with a USING clause) cannot have an explicit qualifier.
Action: Remove the qualifier.
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ORA-25155: column used in NATURAL join cannot have qualifier
Cause: Columns that are used for a named-join (either a NATURAL join or a join
with a USING clause) cannot have an explicit qualifier.
Action: Remove the qualifier.

ORA-25156: old style outer join (+) cannot be used with ANSI joins
Cause: When a query block uses ANSI style joins, the old notation for specifying
outer joins (+) cannot be used.
Action: Use ANSI style for specifying outer joins also.

ORA-25157: Specified block size string is not valid
Cause: An attempt was made to create a tablespace with a block size which is not
supported.
Action: Specify one of the valid blocksizes i.e the standard blocksize or one of (2k,
4k, 8k, 16k, 32k) subject to the maximum and minimum blocksizes supported by
the platform.

ORA-25158: Cannot specify RELY for foreign key if the associated primary key is
NORELY
Cause: RELY is specified for the foreign key contraint, when the associated
primary key constraint is NORELY.
Action: Change the option of the primary key also to RELY.

ORA-25175: no PRIMARY KEY constraint found
Cause: A PRIMARY KEY constraint must be defined for a table with this
organization
Action: Define a PRIMARY KEY

ORA-25176: storage specification not permitted for primary key
Cause: Storage parameters cannot be defined for a PRIMARY KEY constraint for a
table with this organization
Action: Remove storage specification for primary key

ORA-25177: UNRECOVERABLE option not permitted
Cause: The UNRECOVERABLE option may not be specified for a primary key for
a table with this organization
Action: Remove UNRECOVERABLE option for primary key

ORA-25178: duplicate PCTTHRESHOLD storage option specification
Cause: The storage option PCTTHRESHOLD is specified more than once.
Action: Specify storage options at most once.

ORA-25179: invalid PCTTHRESHOLD storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.

ORA-25180: PCTTHRESHOLD only valid for certain table organizations
Cause: PCTTHRESHOLD can only be specified for tables with certain
organizations.
Action: Remove the PCTTHRESHOLD option.

ORA-25181: missing ON keyword for NESTED INDEX
Cause: ON keyword required to specify nested index column nest
Action: Add ON keyword

ORA-25182: feature not currently available for index-organized tables
Cause: An attempt was made to use one or more of the following feature(s) not
currently supported for index-organized tables: CREATE TABLE with
LOB/BFILE/VARRAY columns, partitioning/PARALLEL/CREATE TABLE AS
SELECT options, ALTER TABLE with ADD/MODIFY column options, CREATE
INDEX
Action: Do not use the disallowed feature(s) in this release.

ORA-25183: index-organized table top index segment is in a different tablespace
Cause: An attempt was made to drop a tablespace which contains an index only
table”s overflow segment but not the top index segment”
Action: find index-organized tables which span the tablespace being dropped and
some other tablespace(s). Drop these tables.

ORA-25184: column name expected
Cause: A column name is not present where required by the CREATE TABLE for
specifying last column to be included in the index segment of the index-organized
table
Action: Specify a column name where required by the syntax.

ORA-25185: index column other than last can not be specified for INCLUDE clause
Cause: An index column name other than the last is specified as including column
Action: Specify either a column name which is not part of index-organized table
primary key index , or the last key column of the primary key for the INCLUDING
clause.

ORA-25186: INCLUDING clause specified for index-organized table without
OVERFLOW
Cause: INCLUDING clause of a CREATE TABLE is an valid option only for
index-organized tables with OVERFLOW clause (at creation time) or if an
OVERFLOW segment already exists (at ALTER time).
Action: Specify OVERFLOW clause for the index-organized table : For ALTER,
perform ADD OVERFLOW first.

ORA-25187: specified exceptions table form incorrect
Cause: The specified table does not have the proper field definitions.
Action: Specify the correct table to use.

ORA-25189: illegal ALTER TABLE option for an index-organized table
Cause: During ALTER of a index-organized table, the user attempted to enter one
or more of the following options: TABLESPACE, ALLOCATE/DEALLOCATE
EXTENT, PCTFREE/PCTUSED for IOT top index segment
Action: Remove the illegal option(s).

ORA-25190: an index-organized table maintenance operation may not be combined
with other operations
Cause: ALTER TABLE statement attempted to combine an index-organized table
maintenance operation (e.g. changing physical attributes) with some other
operation (e.g. ADD constraint) which is illegal
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Action: Ensure that a index-organized table maintenance operation is the sole
operation specified in ALTER TABLE statement;

ORA-25191: cannot reference overflow table of an index-organized table
Cause: An attempt to directly access the overflow table of an index-organized
table
Action: Issue the statement against the parent index-organized table containing
the specified overflow table.

ORA-25192: invalid option for an index-organized table
Cause: An attempt to specify one or more of the following options for an
index-organized table: [NO]CACHE, NO LOGGING, CLUSTER
Action: Remove the illegal option(s)

ORA-25193: cannot use COMPRESS option for a single column key
Cause: An attempt to use COMPRESS option on single column key
Action: Remove the COMPRESS option.

ORA-25194: invalid COMPRESS prefix length value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer less than the number of key
columns
Action: Specify an appropriate value.

ORA-25195: invalid option for index on an index-organized table
Cause: An attempt to specify one or more of the following options for index on an
IOT: BITMAP, REVERSE, PCTUSED
Action: none

ORA-25196: keyword MOVE in ALTER TABLE MOVE must immediately follow
Cause: MOVE specified after one/more other ALTER options
Action: Remove the illegal option(s)

ORA-25197: an overflow segment already exists for the indexed-organized table
Cause: An attempt was made to ADD OVERFLOW segment on an
index-organized table that already has an overflow segment
Action: none

ORA-25198: only range, list, and hash partitioning are supported for
index-organized table
Cause: System, or Composite partitioning schemes are not supported yet
Action: Select a different partitioning scheme

ORA-25199: partitioning key of a index-organized table must be a subset of the
primary key
Cause: An attempt to specify a partitioning key which is not a prefix of the
primary key of the index-organized table
Action: Select a different partitioning key

ORA-25200: invalid value string, QUEUE_NAME should be [SCHEMA.]NAME
Cause: A NULL parameter was specified for QUEUE_NAME.
Action: Specify a non-NULL queue name.

ORA-25201: invalid value, VISIBILITY should be ON_COMMIT or IMMEDIATE
Cause: An invalid value specified for parameter VISIBILITY.
Action: Specify either ON_COMMIT or IMMEDIATE.

ORA-25202: invalid value NULL, string should be non-NULL
Cause: A NULL value was specified for the parameter.
Action: Specify a non-NULL value.

ORA-25203: invalid value string, DELAY should be non-negative
Cause: A negative value or NULL was specified for DELAY.
Action: Specify a non negative integer for DELAY.

ORA-25204: invalid value, SEQUENCE_DEVIATION should be BEFORE or TOP
Cause: An invalid SEQUENCE_DEVIATION was specified.
Action: Specify either the option “BEFORE” or “TOP”.

ORA-25205: the QUEUE string.string does not exist
Cause: The specified queue does not exist.
Action: Create the queue first before specifying it for enqueue or dequeue.

ORA-25206: enqueue failed, enqueue to exception queue string.string not permitted
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to an exception queue.
Action: Try enqueueing to another queue.

ORA-25207: enqueue failed, queue string.string is disabled from enqueueing
Cause: The queue has been stopped to prevent any further enqueueing.
Action: Enable the queue first by using an administrative operation.

ORA-25208: RELATIVE_MSGID must be specified if SEQUENCE_DEVIATION is
BEFORE
Cause: A relative message identifier should be specified if sequence deviation is
specified as BEFORE.
Action: Either specify an existing relative message identifier or don”t specify
sequence deviation as BEFORE.

ORA-25209: invalid value string, EXPIRATION should be non-negative or NEVER
Cause: The expiration is less than zero or NULL.
Action: Specify a valid value for expire_after which should be greater than or
equal to zero or NEVER.

ORA-25210: invalid value for RELATIVE_MSGID, no message in queue with that
msgid
Cause: No message inm the queue with the msgid equal to the specified
RELATIVE_MSGID.
Action: Try again with a valid RELATIVE_MSGID.

ORA-25211: invalid DELAY specified when using sequence deviation
Cause: The DELAY specified in the enqueue is greater than the delay of the
message with the given relative message id.
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Action: Set the DELAY to be less than or equal to the delay of the message with
the given relative message id. If the TOP option is used the delay must be less than
or equal to the delay of all the messages in the queue.

ORA-25212: invalid PRIORITY specified when using sequence deviation
Cause: The PRIORITY specified in the enqueue is less than the priority of the
message with the given relative message id.
Action: Set the PRIORITY to be less than the delay of the message with the given
relative message id. If the TOP option is used the prioirty must be greater than or
equal to the priority of all the messages in the queue.

ORA-25213: message with specified RELATIVE_MSGID has been dequeued
Cause: The message specified by the RELATIVE_MSGID field in the sequence
deviation BEFORE option has been dequeued.
Action: none

ORA-25214: cannot specify delay or expiration for enqueue to exception queue
Cause: A message was enqueued to the exception queue with either delay or
expiration specified.
Action: Enqueue a message without delay or expiration.

ORA-25215: user_data type and queue type do not match
Cause: A user tries to enqueue an object to a queue that was created for objects of
different type.
Action: Try enqueue again with an object of the right type.

ORA-25216: invalid recipient, either NAME or ADDRESS must be specified
Cause: Both attributes, NAME and ADDRESS, were specified null for one of the
recipients in the recipient list.
Action: Specify a non-null NAME or ADDRESS for the recipient.

ORA-25217: enqueue failed, visibility must be IMMEDIATE for queue string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to a non-persistent queue without
setting visibility to IMMEDIATE.
Action: Set visibility to IMMEDIATE.

ORA-25218: enqueue failed, delay must be zero for queue string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to a non-persistent queue with delay
greater than zero seconds.
Action: Set delay to zero.

ORA-25219: enqueue failed, sequence deviation not allowed for queue string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to a non-persistent queue with sequence
deviation specified.
Action: Do not specify sequence deviation.

ORA-25220: enqueue failed, signature not specified for a non-repudiable queue
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to a non-repudiable queue without
specifying the signature
Action: Give the signature

ORA-25221: enqueue failed, signature specified queue not supporting
non-repudiation
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to a queue specifying the signature for a
queue not supporting non-repudiation
Action: Remove the signature

ORA-25222: enqueue failed, complete sender info. not provided for a queue
supporting non-repudiation
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to a queue without giving the complete
sender information (name) for a queue supporting non-repudiation
Action: Provide the sender information

ORA-25223: user_data type used is not supported
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue data into a non persistent queue that is
of a type other than the supported raw or object type.
Action: Enqueue the message again with data of raw or object type.

ORA-25224: sender name must be specified for enqueue into secure queues
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue into a secure queue without specifying a
sender name.
Action: Enqueue the message with sender name specified.

ORA-25225: invalid value string, DEQUEUE_MODE should be REMOVE or
BROWSE or LOCKED
Cause: An invalid parameter has been specified for DEQUEUE_MODE.
Action: Specify either REMOVE, BROWSE or LOCKED.

ORA-25226: dequeue failed, queue string.string is not enabled for dequeue
Cause: The queue has not been enabled for dequeue.
Action: Enable the queue using START_QUEUE.

ORA-25228: timeout or end-of-fetch during message dequeue from string.string
Cause: User-specified dequeue wait time has passed or the end of the queue has
been reached but no message has been retrieved.
Action: Try dequeue again with the appropriate WAIT_TIME or the FIRST_
MESSAGE option.

ORA-25229: error on transformation of message string string
Cause: There was an error when transforming a message at enqueue, dequeue or
propagation time.
Action: Correct the transformation function.

ORA-25230: invalid value string, WAIT should be non-negative
Cause: A negative value has been specified for WAIT.
Action: specify a non negative value or FOREVER.

ORA-25231: cannot dequeue because CONSUMER_NAME not specified
Cause: A user tried to dequeue from a queue that has been created for multiple
consumers but a CONSUMER_NAME was not been specified in the dequeue
options.
Action: Specify the CONSUMER_NAME in the dequeue options.
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ORA-25232: duplicate recipients specified for message
Cause: An enqueue was performed with duplicate queue agents in the recipients
parameter.
Action: Remove the duplicate queue agent and retry the call.

ORA-25233: invalid parameter specified for NAVIGATION
Cause: An invalid parameter has been specified for NAVIGATION.
Action: Choose one of FIRST_MESSAGE, NEXT_MESSAGE or NEXT_
TRANSACTION. Use FIRST_MESSAGE for dequeuing the first message that
satisifies the criterion, NEXT_MESSAGE for dequeuing the next message that
satisifies the criterion and NEXT_TRANSACTION for moving to a set of messages
enqueued by another transaction.

ORA-25234: NEXT_TRANSACTION navigation option invalid for queue table
string.string
Cause: The NEXT_TRANSACTION navigation option was used in a dequeue
from a queue in a queue table that was not created for transactional grouping.
Action: Specify either FIRST_MESSAGE or NEXT_MESSAGE as the navigation
option. If you want to dequeue messages using transactional grouping create the
queue in a queue table that has transactional grouping enabled.

ORA-25235: fetched all messages in current transaction
Cause: The NEXT_TRANSACTION navigation option was used in a dequeue
when there were no more messages that belong to the same transaction.
Action: Use the NEXT_TRANSACTION navigation option to move to the next
also use the FIRST_MESSAGE option to start from the head of the queue again.

ORA-25236: buffer too small for user data
Cause: The variable or buffer used for the out parameter payload is too small for
the user data dequeued.
Action: Increase the size of the buffer or the size of the variable. Maximum size
allowed is 32K.

ORA-25237: navigation option used out of sequence
Cause: The NEXT_MESSAGE or NEXT_TRANSACTION option was specified
after dequeuing all the messages.
Action: Reset the dequeuing position using the FIRST_MESSAGE naviagtion
option and then specify the NEXT_MESSAGE or NEXT_TRANSACTION option.

ORA-25238: too many recipients specified for message destination string
Cause: An ENQUEUE was performed with more than 32 recipients for the given
destination (address).
Action: Reduce the number of recipients to 32 or less, and retry the call.

ORA-25239: message ID not supplied when dequeuing from exception queue
string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to dequeue from a release 8.0-compatible exception
queue without including a message ID in the dequeue options.
Action: Check the application to ensure that the queue name has been specified
correctly. If the queue name is correct supply a message ID when dequeuing from
a release 8.0-compatible exception queue. Otherwise, upgrade the queue_table
containing the queue to release 8.1-compatible using the DBMS_
AQADM.MIGRATE_QUEUE_TABLE procedure.

ORA-25240: message ID and dequeue condition/correlation ID specified in dequeue
options
Cause: An attempt was made to dequeue by including both a message ID and a
dequeue condition/correlation ID in the dequeue options. In the dequeue options,
you are permitted to specify either message ID or dequeue condition/correlation
ID, or neither.
Action: To dequeue a message, specify a message ID or a dequeue
condition/correlation ID in the dequeue options, but do not specify both. If you
want to dequeue in the queue”s sort order, then do not specify either the message
ID or dequeue condition/correlation ID in the dequeue options.

ORA-25241: cannot change correlation ID from string to string without FIRST_
MESSAGE option
Cause: An attempt was made to change the correlation ID while using the NEXT_
MESSAGE or NEXT_TRANSACTION option for dequeuing.
Action: To use a correlation ID that is different from the previous dequeue call,
reset the dequeuing position by using the FIRST_MESSAGE navigation option.

ORA-25242: cannot change subscriber name from string to string without FIRST_
MESSAGE option
Cause: An attempt was made to change the subscriber name while using the
NEXT_MESSAGE or NEXT_TRANSACTION option for dequeuing.
Action: To use a subscriber name that is different from the previous dequeue call,
reset the dequeuing position by using the FIRST_MESSAGE navigation option.

ORA-25243: CONSUMER_NAME cannot be specified when dequeuing from
exception queue string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to dequeue from an exception queue by specifying
the CONSUMER_NAME in the dequeue options. CONSUMER_NAME can only
be specified when dequeuing from a normal queue created for multiple
consumers.
Action: Specify only the message id in the dequeue options to dequeue a message
from an exception queue.

ORA-25244: dequeue index key not found, QUEUE string, rowid string
Cause: An internal error was encountered. There may be an inconsistency in the
queue table index.
Action: Contact your Oracle customer support representative. You may need to
provide the trace file and information about reproducing the error.

ORA-25245: agent name cannot be specified if address is a single-consumer queue
or an exception queue
Cause: The agent name for the agent in the LISTEN call was specified when the
agent address was a single-consumer queue or an exception queue.
Action: Do not specify the agent name.

ORA-25246: listen failed, the address string is an 8.0 style exception queue
Cause: An 8.0 style exception queue was specified in the agent-list for the LISTEN
call.
Action: Specify a normal 8.0 style queue or an 8.1 style queue in the agent-list.
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ORA-25247: %s is not a recipient of specified message
Cause: The consumer name specified in the dequeue options is not a recipient of
the message specified by the message id.
Action: Ensure that the agent specified by the consumer name is a recipient of the
message specified by the message id.

ORA-25248: duplicate agent specified in the agent list
Cause: An agent was specified more than once in the agent list of the LISTEN call.
Action: Remove the duplicate agent specification(s), and retry the call.

ORA-25249: dequeue failed, dequeue not allowed for queue string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to dequeue from a non-persistent queue.
Action: Dequeue from a different queue.

ORA-25250: Cannot specify a remote recipient for the message
Cause: A recipient for the message enqueued to a non-persistent queue had a
non-local address.
Action: Do not specify the address field or specify the queue which is the target of
the enqueue

ORA-25251: exceeded maximum number of recipients for message
Cause: An attempt was made to issue an ENQUEUE call that exceeded the the
maximum number (1024) of recipients per message.
Action: Reduce the number of recipients to 1024 or less, and retry the call.

ORA-25252: listen failed, the address string is a non-persistent queue
Cause: A non-persistent queue was specified as an address for an agent in the
LISTEN call.
Action: Specify a normal queue as address for the agent, and retry the the LISTEN
call.

ORA-25253: listen failed, queue string.string is not enabled for dequeue
Cause: An attempt was made to specify a queue that is not enabled for dequeue
in a LISTEN call.
Action: Enable the queue for dequeue using START_QUEUE, and retry the
LISTEN call.

ORA-25254: time-out in LISTEN while waiting for a message
Cause: The specified wait time has elapsed and there were no messages for any of
the agents in the agent-list.
Action: Try the LISTEN call with an appropriate time-out.

ORA-25255: incorrect subscription string string
Cause: An incorrect subscription string was specified with OCIRegister.
Action: Specify a subscription string using the [CONSUMER:]SCHEMA.QUEUE
form.

ORA-25256: consumer cannot be specified with a single-consumer queue or an
exception queue
Cause: An attempt was made to specify a consumer in the subscription string
when registering for notification on a single-consumer queue or an exception
queue.
Action: Do not specify the consumer in the subscription string.

ORA-25257: consumer must be specified with a multi-consumer queue
Cause: An attempt was made to register on a multi-consumer queue without
specifying a consumer in the subscription string.
Action: Specify a consumer in the subscription string.

ORA-25258: cannot register for notifications on an 8.0 style exception queue
Cause: An attempt was made to specify an 8.0 style exception queue in the
subscription string of OCIRegister.
Action: Specify a normal queue or a non-persistent queue.

ORA-25259: cannot specify protocol for agent
Cause: The user specified the protocol attribute for an agent in the agent list.
Action: Do not specify the protocol attribute of the agent object type.

ORA-25260: AQ latch cleanup testing event
Cause: N/A.
Action: event used for AQ statistics latch cleanup testing.

ORA-25261: JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES must be at least 2 for AQ propagation
Cause: AQ Propagator encountered a setting for JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES that is
insufficient for AQ propagation.
Action: Set the number of JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES to at least 2 for AQ
propagation.

ORA-25262: agent name cannot be NULL if address is a multi-consumer queue
Cause: The name for the agent in the LISTEN call was not specified when the
agent address was a multi-consumer queue.
Action: Specify a non-NULL name for the agent.

ORA-25263: no message in queue string.string with message ID string
Cause: An attempt was made to dequeue a message with a specific message ID,
but no such message exists in the queue.
Action: Try dequeue again with a valid message ID.

ORA-25264: cant get signature for this queue
Cause: An attempt was made to dequeue the signature from this queue, which is
not reciever non-repidiable.
Action: Try dequeue again without the get signature option

ORA-25265: specified signature for a queue which does not support reciever
non-repudiation
Cause: An attempt was made to dequeue the message from a queue which does
not support reciever non-repudiation, but the signature was specified for
verification
Action: Try dequeue again without the signature

ORA-25266: didnt try to dequeue by message id. with the signature
Cause: The signature was specified for a queue, but the dequeue was not done by
message id.
Action: Try dequeue again by message id.
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ORA-25267: didnt specify the signature for a reciever non-repudiable queue
Cause: The signature was not specified for a reciever non-repudiable queue
Action: Try dequeue again along with the signature

ORA-25268: didnt dequeue in browse mode with get signature option
Cause: The dequeue was not performed in browse mode with get signature
option
Action: Try dequeue again in browse mode

ORA-25269: cant specify sognature with get signature option
Cause: The signature is not required for the dequeue with get signature option
Action: Try dequeue again without the signature in dequeue options

ORA-25270: sender info does not match with the actual sender of the message
Cause: The sender info. and the message id. do not match
Action: Try dequeue again without the signature in dequeue options

ORA-25271: queue table not found for the given queue
Cause: The queue table does not exist for the given queue
Action: Provide the right queue name

ORA-25272: Signature does not exist for the given reciever and message id.
Cause: Signature does not exist for the given reciever and message id.
Action: Check the message id. and the reciever”s information

ORA-25273: AQ QMN process alternate cleanup event
Cause: N/A.
Action: event used for AQ QMN alternate cleanup mode.

ORA-25274: AQ Buffered Queue event
Cause: N/A.
Action: event used for AQ Buffered Queue mode.

ORA-25275: Test support for buffered queues
Cause: internal use only
Action: none.

ORA-25276: table specified is not a queue table
Cause: An invalid queue table name is specified.
Action: Check the dictionary views to see if the table is a queue table.

ORA-25277: cannot grant or revoke object privilege on release 8.0 compatible
queues
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke object privilege on release 8.0
style queues.
Action: Convert the release 8.0 compatible queue table to release 8.1 compatible
using DBMS_AQADM.MIGRATE_QUEUE_TABLE before granting or revoking
object privilege.

ORA-25278: grantee name cannot be NULL
Cause: An attempt was made to specify NULL for the grantee parameter.
Action: Specify a valid grantee parameter.

ORA-25279: dequeue as select not supported before 8.2
Cause: Dequeue as select not supported before 8.2.
Action: Dont use select condition while dequeuing

ORA-25280: complete sender information not provided to non-repudiate sender
Cause: complete sender information not provided to non-repudiate sender
Action: Provide the complete sender information

ORA-25281: complete reciever information not provided to non-repudiate reciever
Cause: complete reciever information not provided to non-repudiate reciever
Action: Provide the complete reciever information

ORA-25282: message id. not provided for non-repudiation
Cause: message id. was not provided
Action: Provide the message id.

ORA-25283: either agent”s name or address needed for non-repudiation
Cause: neither agent”s name nor address provided for non-repudiation”
Action: Provide the agent info.

ORA-25284: Invalid value string for string
Cause: An Invalid value or NULL was specified for the parameter.
Action: Check the documentation for valid values.

ORA-25285: Invalid value string for array_mode
Cause: An Invalid value or NULL was specified for the array_mode.
Action: Check the documentation for valid values.

ORA-25286: Invalid number of elements in the message properties array
Cause: Number of elements in the message properties array do not match the
number of elements in the payload array.
Action: Create a message property array with one element (that applies for all the
elements in the payload array) or create a message property array with the same
number of elements as there are in the payload array.

ORA-25287: Invalid value string, string should be non-negative
Cause: An Invalid value or NULL was specified for the parameter.
Action: Specify a non negative integer.

ORA-25288: AQ HTTP propagation encountered error, status-code number, string
Cause: AQ propagation”s HTTP request to the propagation servlet at the specified
address encountered an error
Action: Specify a valid address in the connect string of the propagation
destination dblink, the dblink user has the correct permissions, check if the AQ
propagation servlet was properly installed.

ORA-25289: Buffer Already Exists
Cause: Buffer already exists for the specified queue.
Action: None
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ORA-25290: Cannot complete operation on queue string with existing messages
Cause: Queue already has messages. Cannot complete operation
Action: Truncate the queue before adding/dropping a buffer

ORA-25291: Buffer does not exist for the specified queue
Cause: Buffer does not exist for the specified queue
Action: Operation on the buffer cannot be performed. create the buffer

ORA-25292: Buffer operations are not supported on the queue
Cause: Buffer operations are not supported on the specified queue type
Action: Buffered operations are only supported on to 8.1 style queues, which do
not have transaction grouping.

ORA-25293: Lob attributes must be null for buffered operations
Cause: Enqueue of a buffered message with a non-null lob attribute was
attempted
Action: Set the lob attributes to null before enqueuing the buffered message

ORA-25294: Cannot propagate user buffered messages to a database with version
lower than 10.2
Cause: Propagation of user buffered messages was attempted to a database with
version lower than 10.2.
Action: Do not propagate buffered messages to the database.

ORA-25295: Subscriber is not allowed to dequeue buffered messages
Cause: Subscriber is only allowed to dequeue persistent messages
Action: Drop the subscriber and re-create it, or dequeue only persistent messages
for the subscriber

ORA-25296: Queue Table string has a buffered queue string
Cause: Buffered message was enqueued by specifying delay or sequence
deviation.
Action: Do not specify delay of sequence deviation when enqueuing buffered
messages.

ORA-25298: Only immediage visibility mode supported for buffered message
enqueue or dequeue
Cause: A visibility of dbms_aq.ON_COMMIT was supplied with the buffered
message enqueue or dequeue
Action: Supply a visibility of dbms_aq.IMMEDIATE

ORA-25299: Invalid message delivery_mode
Cause: Invalid value was specified for delivery mode
Action: Specify dbms_aq.BUFFERED or dbms_aq.PERSISTENT during Enqueue
or dbms_aq.BUFFERED, dbms_aq.PERSISTENT or dbms_aq.PERSISTENT_OR_
BUFFERED during Dequeue and Listen.

ORA-25300: Cannot drop buffer for queue with buffered subscribers
Cause: Cannot drop buffer for queue with buffered subscribers
Action: Either drop buffered subscribers or forcibly drop the buffer

ORA-25301: Cannot enqueue or dequeue user buffered messages to a database with
version lower than 10.2
Cause: Enqueue or dequeue of user buffered messages was attempted to queues
in a database with version lower than 10.2.
Action: Do not attempt to enqueue or dequeue user buffered messages.

ORA-25302: Operation not possible for non-buffered queue string
Cause: Last enqd/ackd message is only supported for buffered queues
Action: The operation is not supported.

ORA-25303: Buffered operation allowed only on the owner instance
Cause: Operation was not performed on the owner instance.
Action: Perform operation on the owner instance.

ORA-25304: Cannot use priority order queues for capture LCRs
Cause: Capture LCRs can only use commit time or enqueue time ordered queues.
Action: Use the appropriate type of queue for captured LCRs.

ORA-25305: enqueue failed, expiration must be zero for queue string.string
Cause: An attempt was made to enqueue to a buffered queue with expiration
greater than zero seconds.
Action: Set expiration to zero.

ORA-25306: Cannot connect to buffered queue”s owner instance
Cause: cannot connect to the owner instance of the buffered queue
Action: set listener information in REMOTE_LISTENERS or LOCAL_LISTENERS
initialization parameter.

ORA-25307: Enqueue rate too high, flow control enabled
Cause: Subscribers could not keep pace with the enqueue rate.
Action: Try enqueue after sleeping for some time.

ORA-25310: Subscriber is Notification only; dequeue not supported
Cause: Notification only subscribers are not allowed to dequeue.
Action: Recreate subscriber if necessary.

ORA-25311: %s not supported for non-persistent queue
Cause: Specified QOS is not supported for non-persistent queues.
Action: Specify the right QOS.

ORA-25312: Cannot specify nonzero sender protocol
Cause: Sender protocol was specified during an enqueue operation.
Action: Specify the enqueue sender protocol as null or zero.

ORA-25313: a queue may not subscribe to itself for propagation
Cause: The specified subscriber had a NULL name and an address equal to the
queue name.
Action: Provide a valid subscriber and retry the operation.

ORA-25314: a commit-time queue table cannot be migrated to 8.0
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Cause: An attempt was made to migrate a commit-time queue table to an
unsupported compatibility level.
Action: Provide an appropriate compatibility level, and retry the operation.

ORA-25315: unsupported configuration for propagation of buffered messages
Cause: An attempt was made to propagate buffered messages with the database
link pointing to an instance in the destination database which is not the owner
instance of the destination queue.
Action: Use queue to queue propagation for buffered messages.

ORA-25316: Late in the current transaction to begin an Enqueue/Dequeue operation
Cause: Check if the Enqueue/Dequeue operation is performed via triggers on
Materialized Views which isn”t supported.
Action: Triggers on materialized views aren”t supported. Workarounds are
on-demand materialized views or execution of trigger code within an autonomous
txn.

ORA-25321: enqueue failed, user property specified but queue string.string is not an
8.1 style queue
Cause: user properties can only be specified when enqueueing into 8.1 style
queues.
Action: Specify an 8.1 style queue or pass user property as NULL.

ORA-25326: Array string operation failed for message at index string
Cause: Array operation fails for the message at specified index. Look at the
remainder of the error stack to see what the problem was.
Action: Fix cause of error and retry array operation.

ORA-25327: Array size is invalid
Cause: Array size must be a positive, non-zero integer.
Action: Use corrected array size and retry array operation.

ORA-25328: %s argument size string is smaller than array size
Cause: The size of the argument is smaller than the given array size.
Action: Lower array size or use a larger sized input argument.

ORA-25329: AQ array operations not allowed on 8.0 queues
Cause: An array enqueue/dequeue was attempted on an 8.0 queue.
Action: Use single enqueue/dequeue with this queue.

ORA-25330: PL/SQL associative arrays may not be used with AQ array operations
Cause: A PL/SQL associative array was provided for the payload parameter in an
enqueue/dequeue array operation.
Action: Use VARRAY or NESTED TABLE types with AQ array operations.

ORA-25331: cannot downgrade because there are commit-time queue tables
Cause: An attempt was made to downgrade a database that has commit-time
queue tables.
Action: Drop all commit-time queue tables before attempting the downgrade.

ORA-25332: Invalid release value string for queue table compatible parameter
Cause: The release level given for the queue table compatible parameter is invalid
Action: Specify a valid release value for the queue table compatible parameter

ORA-25333: Buffered Queue to Queue propagation did not connect to the correct
instance
Cause: Queue to Queue propagation for buffered messages didn”t connect to the
correct instance, most likely because service was not started for the destination
queue.
Action: No user action is required. Propagation will start the service for the
destination queue and retry.

ORA-25334: Buffered propagation must restart as the destination queue was
recreated/moved
Cause: Buffered propagation destination queue was recreated or its ownership
was moved to another instance during propagation.
Action: No user action is required. Propagation will reinitialize its metadata and
retry.

ORA-25335: AQ array operations not allowed for buffered messages
Cause: An array enqueue/dequeue was attempted for buffered messages
Action: Use single enqueue/dequeue for buffered messages or an array size of
one.

ORA-25336: Cannot contact instance string during Streams AQ operation
Cause: The specified instance was not responding to AQ requests.
Action: Set parameter aq_tm_processes to a non-zero value. If the problem
persists, contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-25337: Cannot propagate in queue-to-queue mode to a database with version
lower than 10.2
Cause: Remote subscriber with queue_to_queue mode set to TRUE was added.
The remote subscriber is on a database version lower than 10.2. Propagation was
scheduled to a destination database with version lower than 10.2.
Action: Remove the remote subscriber with queue_to_queue mode and add the
subscriber back with queue_to_queue set to FALSE. Unschedule the
queue-to-queue propagation and schedule propagation in queue-to-dblink mode.

ORA-25350: maximum number of concurrent transaction branches exceeded
Cause: the limit on the number of concurrent transaction branches has been
reached
Action: Increase the INIT.ORA parameter “transactions” and restart the system.

ORA-25351: transaction is currently in use
Cause: The transaction is currently used by a different session.
Action: Do not switch to a transaction attached to some other session.

ORA-25352: no current transaction
Cause: The user session is not attached to any transaction.
Action: Do not attempt to detach when there is no current transaction.

ORA-25353: branch marked for deletion
Cause: The branch specified cannot be killed immediately because another
session is using the branch, but it has been marked for kill. This means it will be
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deleted as soon as possible after the current uninterruptable operation is
completed.
Action: No action is required for the branch to be deleted.

ORA-25400: must replay fetch
Cause: A failure occured since the last fetch on this statement. Failover was able
to bring the statement to its original state to allow continued fetches.
Action: This is an internally used error message and should not be seen by the
user.

ORA-25401: can not continue fetches
Cause: A failure occured since the last fetch on this statement. Failover was
unable to bring the statement to its original state to allow continued fetches.
Action: Reexecute the statement and start fetching from the beginning

ORA-25402: transaction must roll back
Cause: A failure occured while a transaction was active on this connection.
Action: The client must roll back.

ORA-25403: could not reconnect
Cause: The connection to the database has been lost, and attempts to reconnect
have failed.
Action: Manually reconnect.

ORA-25404: lost instance
Cause: The primary instance has died.
Action: This is an internally used error message and should not be seen by the
user.

ORA-25405: transaction status unknown
Cause: A failure occured while a transaction was attempting to commit. Failover
could not automatically determine instance status.
Action: The user must determine the transaction”s status manually.

ORA-25406: could not generate a connect address
Cause: Failover was unable to generate an address for a backup instance.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-25407: connection terminated
Cause: The connection was lost while doing a fetch.
Action: This is an internally used error message and should not be seen by the
user.

ORA-25408: can not safely replay call
Cause: The connection was lost while doing this call. It may not be safe to replay
it after failover.
Action: Check to see if the results of the call have taken place, and then replay it if
desired.

ORA-25409: failover happened during the network operation,cannot continue
Cause: The connection was lost when fetching a LOB column.
Action: Failover happened when fetching LOB data directly or indirectly. Please
replay the top level statement.

ORA-25425: connection lost during rollback
Cause: The connection was lost while issuing a rollback and the application failed
over.
Action: The connection was lost and failover happened during rollback. If the
transaction is not externally coordinated, then Oracle implicitly rolled back, so no
action is required. Otherwise examine pending_trans$ to determine if “rollback
force” is required.

ORA-25426: remote instance does not support shared dblinks
Cause: A shared dblink is being used to connect to a remote instance that does not
support this feature because it is an older version.
Action: Use a normal dblink if you need to connect to this instance.

ORA-25427: cannot downgrade database links after database link data dictionary
has been upgraded
Cause: An attempt was made to downgrade after the upgrade of the database link
data dictionary.
Action: Drop the database links before attempting the downgrade.

ORA-25436: invalid table alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the table
values specified had an invalid alias.
Action: Check the valid table aliases in the evaluation context, and try again with
a valid alias.

ORA-25437: duplicate table value for table alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because some of the table
values specified had the same table alias.
Action: Check the table values specified, and try again with only one value per
table.

ORA-25438: invalid variable name: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the variable
values specified had an invalid name.
Action: Check the valid variable names in the evaluation context, and try again
with a valid name.

ORA-25439: duplicate variable value for variable: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because some of the
variable values specified had the same variable name.
Action: Check the variable names specified, and try again with only one value per
variable.

ORA-25440: invalid table alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the column
values specified had an invalid table alias.
Action: Check the valid table aliases in the evaluation context, and try again with
a valid name.

ORA-25441: duplicate column value for table alias: string
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Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the column
values supplied a value for a table alias, which already had a table value supplied.
Action: Check the table and column values specified, and try again with either a
table value or column values for each table alias.

ORA-25442: too many column values for table alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because too many column
values were supplied for the specified table alias.
Action: Check the column values specified, and try again with the right number
of column values.

ORA-25443: duplicate column value for table alias: string, column number: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because duplicate column
values were supplied for the specified table alias and column number.
Action: Check the column values specified, and try again with only one column
value for each table alias, and column number.

ORA-25444: invalid ROWID: string for table alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because an invalid
ROWID was supplied for the specified table alias.
Action: Check the column values specified, and try again with only one column
value for each table alias, and column number.

ORA-25445: invalid column number: string for table alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because an invalid column
number was supplied for the specified table alias as a part of a column value.
Action: Check the column values specified, and try again with a valid column
number.

ORA-25446: duplicate column value for table alias: string, column: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because duplicate column
values were supplied for the specified table alias and column name.
Action: Check the column values specified, and try again with only one column
value for each table alias, and column name.

ORA-25447: encountered errors during evaluation of rule string.string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed during the evaluation of
the specified rule.
Action: Check the rule and the values passed to evaluate, and try again with valid
values.

ORA-25448: rule string.string has errors
Cause: An attempt to load the specified rule failed due to errors in the rule.
Action: Check the rule and retry the operation.

ORA-25449: invalid variable name: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the
attribute values specified had an invalid variable name.
Action: Check the valid variable names in the evaluation context, and try again
with a valid name.

ORA-25450: error string during evaluation of rule set string.string
Cause: The specified error occurred during evaluation of the rule set.
Action: Check the error and take appropriate action.

ORA-25451: too many attribute values for variable: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because too many
attribute values were supplied for the specified variable.
Action: Check the attribute values specified, and try again with the right number
of attribute values.

ORA-25452: duplicate attribute value for variable: string, attribute: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because duplicate attribute
values were supplied for the specified variable and attribute name.
Action: Check the attribute values specified, and try again with only one attribute
value for each variable, and attribute name.

ORA-25453: invalid iterator: string
Cause: An attempt to get rule hits or to close an iterator was made, which failed
because an invalid iterator was passed in.
Action: Check the iterator, and try again with a valid iterator.

ORA-25454: error during evaluation of rule set: string.string for iterator: string
Cause: An attempt to get rule hits for an iterator was made, which failed because
of an error in evaluation of the specified rule set.
Action: Check the validity of the rule set and try again.

ORA-25455: evaluation error for rule set: string.string, evaluation context:
string.string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate the specified rule set using the evaluation context
specified failed due to some errors.
Action: Check additional errors signalled to determine the problem.

ORA-25456: rule set was modified or evaluation terminated for iterator: string
Cause: An attempt to get rule hits was made, which failed because the underlying
rule set was modified after the iterator was returned.
Action: Try again after re-evaluating the rule set.

ORA-25457: evaluation function string returns failure
Cause: The specified evaluation function returned a failure during evaluation,
causing evaluation to terminate.
Action: Check arguments to evaluate and retry.

ORA-25461: rule set not specified
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because the ruleset name
specified was null.
Action: Check the rule set name, and try again with a valid name.

ORA-25462: evaluation context not specified
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because the evaluation
context specified was null.
Action: Check the evaluation context name, and try again with a valid name.

ORA-25463: table alias not specified
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Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the table
values specified had a NULL alias name.
Action: Check the list of table values, and try again with a valid alias name.

ORA-25464: ROWID not specified for table alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because the table value for
the specified table alias had a NULL ROWID.
Action: Check the list of table values, and try again with a valid ROWID.

ORA-25465: variable name not specified
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the variable
values specified had a NULL variable name.
Action: Check the list of variable values, and try again with a valid variable name.

ORA-25466: data not specified for variable name: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because the variable value
for the specified variable name had NULL data.
Action: Check the list of variable values, and try again with valid data.

ORA-25467: table alias not specified
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the column
values specified had a NULL alias name.
Action: Check the list of column values, and try again with a valid alias name.

ORA-25468: column name not specified for alias: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the column
values for the specified alias name had a NULL column name.
Action: Check the list of column values, and try again with a valid column name.

ORA-25469: data not specified for alias: string column name: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because the column value
for the specified alias and column name had NULL data.
Action: Check the list of column values, and try again with valid data.

ORA-25470: duplicate attribute value for variable: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the
attribute values supplied a value for a variable, which already had a variable value
supplied.
Action: Check the variable and attribute values specified, and try again with
either a variable value or attribute values for each variable.

ORA-25471: attribute name not specified for variable: string
Cause: An attempt to evaluate was made, which failed because one of the
attribute values for the specified variable had a NULL attribute name.
Action: Check the list of attribute values, and try again with a valid attribute
name.

ORA-25472: maximum open iterators exceeded
Cause: The open rule hit iterators in the session exceeded 2 * OPEN_CURSORS.
Action: Close some rule hit iterators.

ORA-25473: cannot store string in rule action context
Cause: The user attempted to put unsupported data types, such as LOBs and
evolved ADTs, into the rule action context.
Action: Use only supported data types in rule action context.

ORA-25500: database is not open
Cause: Database must be open to perform ALTER SYSTEM QUIESCE
RESTRICTED command.
Action: Open the database and retry this command.

ORA-25501: ALTER SYSTEM QUIESCE RESTRICTED command failed
Cause: Database resource manager failed to change plan.
Action: Look at the alert logs to see detailed description of the error.

ORA-25502: concurrent ALTER SYSTEM QUIESCE/UNQUIESCE command is
running
Cause: There is a concurrent ALTER SYSTEM QUIESCE RESTRICTED or ALTER
SYSTEM UNQUIESCE command running in the system.
Action: Contact the database administrator who is responsible for the concurrent
command.

ORA-25503: cannot open database because the database is being quiesced
Cause: Database cannot be opened because the system is being or has been
quiesced.
Action: Open the database after the system has been quiesced.

ORA-25504: the system is already in quiesced state
Cause: Cannot quiesce the system because the system is already quiesced.
Action: none

ORA-25505: the system is not in quiesced state
Cause: Cannot unquiesce the system because the system is not in quiesced state.
Action: none

ORA-25506: resource manager has not been continuously on in some instances
Cause: Cannot quiesce the system because resource manager has not been
continuously on since startup in this or some other instances.
Action: none

ORA-25507: resource manager has not been continuously on
Cause: Cannot quiesce the system because resource manager has not been
continuously on since startup.
Action: none

ORA-25508: database is not mounted
Cause: Database must be mounted to perform ALTER SYSTEM UNQUIESCE
command.
Action: Mount the database and retry this command.

ORA-25509: operation on “string”.”string”.string not allowed
Cause: A column has been added to a replicated table, but replication support
processing has not completed.
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Action: Wait until replication support processing has completed before updating
the column

ORA-25526: bad format of _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET: string
Cause: One value in _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET is not a valid MTTR.
Action: Alter the value of _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET.

ORA-25527: bad format of _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET
Cause: One value in _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET is empty.
Action: Set the value of _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET properly.

ORA-25528: too many candidate MTTRs are specified in _DB_MTTR_SIM_
TARGET
Cause: Too many candidate MTTRs are specified in _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET.
Action: Alter the value of _DB_MTTR_SIM_TARGET.

ORA-25530: FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET is not specified
Cause: An attempt to start MTTR advisory was made, which failed because
FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET was not specified.
Action: Set FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET.

ORA-25531: MTTR specified is too small: string
Cause: The current FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET setting or a candidate MTTR
setting is too small for MTTR advisory.
Action: Set a larger FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET or candidate MTTR.

ORA-25532: MTTR specified is too large: string
Cause: The current FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET setting or a candidate MTTR
setting is too large for MTTR advisory.
Action: Set a smaller FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET or candidate MTTR.

ORA-25533: FAST_START_IO_TARGET or LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL is
specified
Cause: An attempt to start MTTR advisory was made, which failed because either
FAST_START_IO_TARGET or LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL was specified.
Action: Set FAST_START_IO_TARGET and LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL to
0.

ORA-25534: _MEAN_TIME_TO_CLUSTER_AVAILABILITY is specified
Cause: An attempt to start MTTR advisory was made, which failed because _
MEAN_TIME_TO_CLUSTER_AVAILABILITY was specified.
Action: No action required.

ORA-25950: missing where clause in join index specification
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because no valid
where clause was found.
Action: Ensure that a where clause with valid join conditions is specified in the
create index statement.

ORA-25951: join index where clause cannot contain OR condition
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because there
was an OR branch in the where clause.
Action: Reformulate the where clause without using ORs.

ORA-25952: join index must only contain inner equi-joins
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because it
included a predicate which wasn”t an equi-inner join.
Action: Remove the inappropriate predicate.

ORA-25953: join index cannot be a functional index
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because a
functional index was requested or necessary (such as is the case for indexing
columns using timezone).
Action: Remove any functional indexing columns.

ORA-25954: missing primary key or unique constraint on dimension
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because one or
more dimensions did not have an appropriate constraint matching the join
conditions.
Action: Ensure that the where clause is correct (contains all of the constraint
columns) and that an enforced constraint is on each dimension table.

ORA-25955: all tables must be joined in the where clause
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because one of
the tables in the from clause did not appear in the where clause.
Action: Ensure that the where clause contains all from clause tables.

ORA-25956: join index cannot be created on tables owned by SYS
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because one of
the tables was owned by SYS.
Action: Ensure that no join index related table is owned by SYS.

ORA-25957: join index where clause cannot contain cycles
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because the
where clause contains a cycle.
Action: Ensure that the where clause is in the form of a star or snowflake schema.

ORA-25958: join index where clause predicate may only contain column references
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because a
predicate in the where clause contained something other than a simple column.
Action: Ensure that the where clause only contains columns.

ORA-25959: join index must be of the bitmap type
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because no
bitmap keyword was used.
Action: Make the index a bitmap index.

ORA-25960: join index cannot be based on a temporary table
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because one of
the tables was temporary.
Action: Ensure no underlying tables are temporary.

ORA-25961: join index prevents dml cascade constraint operation
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Cause: An attempt to execute dml resulted in the need to perform dml on another
table because of a cascade constraint. The join index only allows one of its
underlying tables to me modified at a time.
Action: Drop the join index or remove the constraint.

ORA-25962: join index prevents multitable insert or merge
Cause: An attempt to execute an merge or multitable insert on a table that was
used to create a bitmap join index was made. Merge and multitable inserts are not
supported on tables that were used to create a bitmap join index.
Action: Drop the join index.

ORA-25963: join index must be created on tables
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because the from
clause contains non table object.
Action: Ensure that the from clause only contains tables.

ORA-25964: column type incompatible with join column type
Cause: The datatype of the join column is incompatible with the datatype of the
joined column.
Action: Select a compatible datatype for the join column.

ORA-25965: fact table must be included in the from clause
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because the from
clause does not contain the fact table.
Action: Ensure that the from clause contains the fact table.

ORA-25966: join index cannot be based on an index organized table
Cause: An attempt to create a join index was made, which failed because one of
the tables was an index organized table.
Action: Ensure no underlying tables are index organized.

ORA-26000: partition load specified but table string is not partitioned
Cause: The Loader control file contains a PARTITION clause but the table being
loaded is not partitioned.
Action: Remove the partition specification from the SQL*Loader control file and
retry the load.

ORA-26001: Index string specified in SORTED INDEXES does not exist on table
string
Cause: A nonexistent index was specified in the SORTED INDEXES clause.
Action: Do not specify as a SORTED INDEX.

ORA-26002: Table string has index defined upon it.
Cause: Parallel load was specified into a table which has index defined upon it.
Action: Drop index(es) defined upon table, or don”t use parallel load, or use
SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE option.

ORA-26003: parallel load not supported for index-organized table string.
Cause: Parallel load is not supported for index-organized tables.
Action: load the index-organized table without the PARALLEL option.

ORA-26004: Tables loaded through the direct path may not be clustered
Cause: User attempted to load a clustered table via the direct path.
Action: Use the conventional path.

ORA-26005: Invalid handle for direct path load
Cause: In direct path load, the handle passed in does not match the type listed.
Action: Verify the handle and type are correct.

ORA-26006: Incorrect bind variable in column string”s sql expression – string
Cause: In direct path load, the bind variables listed in the sql expression do not
match the input argument column names.
Action: Verify all the input arguments are listed in the expression as bind
variables, and all the bind variables are listed as input arguments to the
expression. Or verify that there were no errors in executing the OCI statements
when getting the bind variable list.

ORA-26007: invalid value for SETID or OID column
Cause: The value passed in a Direct Path API stream for a column containing a
SETID or OID has an invalid value. SETIDs and Object IDs must be either 16 bytes
of RAW data or 32 bytes of hexidecimal characters.
Action: Regenerate the Direct Path API stream with a valid value for the SETID
column.

ORA-26008: Invalid syntax or bind variable in SQL string for column string. string
Cause: See following error message for more information. A SQL string cannot
have quoted strings improperly terminated. A bind variable in a SQL string
cannot have a length of 0, cannot exceed maximum length of 30 characters, and
cannot be missing a double quote.
Action: Fix the SQL string. See following error for more information.

ORA-26010: Column string in table string is NOT NULL and is not being loaded
Cause: A column which is NOT NULL in the database is not being loaded and
will cause every row to be rejected.
Action: Load the column by specifying the NOT NULL column in the INTO
TABLE clause in the SQL*Loader control file.

ORA-26011: Cannot load type string into column string in table string
Cause: A column can only store data of type declared for that column. And a
substitutable column can only store data of valid subtypes of the supertype
declared for that column.
Action: Check that the type or subtype specified is valid for that column.

ORA-26013: List allocated may not be big enough
Cause: There seems to be a discrepancy between the size for a list or buffer
allocated by direct path api and the size needed.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.

ORA-26014: unexpected error on string string while retrieving string string
Cause: The SQL error was returned from an OCIStmtExecute call.
Action: Correct the SQL error that was returned.

ORA-26015: Array column string in table string is not supported by direct path
Cause: User attempted to load an array column via the direct path.
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Action: Use the conventional path.

ORA-26017: global indexes not allowed for direct path load of table partition string
Cause: Global indexes are defined on a table when direct path loading a single
partition of the table.
Action: none

ORA-26018: Column string in table string does not exist
Cause: Column specified in the loader control file does not exist.
Action: Make sure the column exists and that you have privileges on it. Correct
the loader control file if it is wrong.

ORA-26019: Column string in table string of type string not supported by direct path
Cause: The Specified column of SQL column type %s is not supported by the
direct path loader.
Action: If the column is NULLable, remove it from the control file description.
Then it will be loaded as a NULL.

ORA-26020: index string.string loaded successfully with string keys
Cause: Non-partitioned index information put to loader log file.
Action: None. Information only.

ORA-26021: index string.string partition string loaded successfully with string keys
Cause: Partitioned index information put to loader log file.
Action: None. Information only.

ORA-26022: index string.string was made unusable due to:
Cause: A Non-partitioned index was made index unusable due to the error
displayed below this error.
Action: Depending on the error, either rebuild the index, or drop and re-create it.

ORA-26023: index string.string partition string was made unusable due to:
Cause: A partition of a partitioned index was made index unusable due to error
displayed below this error.
Action: Depending on the error, either rebuild the index partition, or drop and
re-create the entire index.

ORA-26024: SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES requested and index segment was
initially unusable
Cause: User requested SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES option, and the index
segment
* was in unusable state prior to the beginning of the load.
Action: Informational only. User will need to either rebuild the index
* or index partition, or re-create the index.

ORA-26025: SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE option requested
Cause: User requested that index maintenance be skipped on a direct path load.
Action: The listed index was put into Index Unusable state due to the user
requesting that index maintenance be skipped. Either rebuild the index or index
partitions, or drop and re-create the index.

ORA-26026: unique index string.string initially in unusable state
Cause: A unique index is in IU state (a unique index cannot have
* index maintenance skipped via SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES).
Action: Either rebuild the index or index partition, or use
* SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE if the client is SQL*Loader.

ORA-26027: unique index string.string partition string initially in unusable state
Cause: A partition of a unique index is in IU state (a unique index
* cannot have index maintenance skipped via SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES).
Action: Either rebuild the index or index partition, or use
* SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE if the client is SQL*Loader.

ORA-26028: index string.string initially in unusable state
Cause: An index is in IU state prior to the beginning of a direct
* path load, it cannot be maintained by the loader.
Action: Either rebuild the index, re-create the index, or use either
* SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES or SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE (Sql*Loader
only).

ORA-26029: index string.string partition string initially in unusable state
Cause: A partition of an index is in IU state prior to the beginning
* of a direct path load, it cannot be maintained by the loader.
Action: Either rebuild index partition, re-create the index, or use either
* SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES or SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE (Sql*Loader
only).

ORA-26030: index string.string had string partitions made unusable due to:
Cause: A logical index error occurred on a partitioned index which
* affected one or more index partitions, which are listed below
* this message.
Action: The affected index partitions will have to be re-built, or, the
* entire index dropped and re-created.

ORA-26031: index maintenance error, the load cannot continue
Cause: A index errror occurred during the index maintenance phase of
* a direct path load. The load cannot continue. See error message
* below this message.
Action: See action for the error message which follows this one.

ORA-26032: index string.string loading aborted after string keys
Cause: An index error occurred during direct-load of an index-organized table.
* Loading had to be aborted. No rows were loaded.
Action: Check the key just following the number of keys mentioned above.
* This key caused the index problem mentioned in an earlier message. *
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ORA-26033: column string.string encryption properties differ for source or target
table
Cause: The source and destination columns did not have the same
* encryption properties.
Action: For security reasons, check that the source and target table have
* the same encryption properties. *

ORA-26034: Column string does not exist in stream
Cause: Column specified in the column list does not exist in the stream.
Action: Make sure the column exists or remove it from the list.

ORA-26035: Error attempting to encrypt or decrypt column
Cause: An error occurred while attemping to encrypt or decrypt
* a database column.
Action: Verify correct encryption key was specified. *

ORA-26036: subpartition load specified but table string is not subpartitioned
Cause: The Loader control file contains a PARTITION clause but the table being
loaded is not subpartitioned.
Action: Remove the subpartition specification from the SQL*Loader control file
and retry the load.

ORA-26040: Data block was loaded using the NOLOGGING option
Cause: Trying to access data in block that was loaded without
* redo generation using the NOLOGGING/UNRECOVERABLE option
Action: Drop the object containing the block.

ORA-26041: DATETIME/INTERVAL datatype conversion error
Cause: The column could not be converted from DATETIME
* datatype to internal DATETIME/CHARACTER datatype.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.

ORA-26045: REF column string expects string arguments; found string.
Cause: The number of arguments for the REF column is incorrect.
Action: Specify the correct number of input arguments for REFs.
1. Unscoped system-generated REFs can have exactly 1 or 2 input arguments. a) It
has exactly 1 input argument (one for the OID value) if a fixed table name was
specified through OCI_DIRPATH_EXPR_REF_TBLNAME. b) It has exactly 2 input
arguments (one for the table name and one for the OID value) if a fixed table name
was not specified through OCI_DIRPATH_EXPR_REF_TBLNAME.
2. Scoped system-generated REFs can have 1 or 2 input arguments. Because a table
name argument is not needed for a scoped ref, only 1 argument (OID value) is
expected. But if the table name argument is given, it”s still accepted.
3. Scoped primary-key REFs with N columns in its primary-key OID can have N
or N+1 input arguments. Because a table name argument is not needed for a
scoped ref, only N arguments (making up the OID value) is expected. But if the
table name argument is given, it”s still accepted.

ORA-26046: REF column string expects scoped table name string; user passed in
string.
Cause: The scoped table name passed in by the user does not match the name in
the schema.
Action: Specify the correct table name for the scoped REF column.

ORA-26048: Scoped REF column has wrong table name.
Cause: The scoped table name passed in by the user does not match the name in
the schema.
Action: Specify the correct table name for the scoped REF column.

ORA-26049: Unscoped REF column has non-existent table name.
Cause: The table name passed in by the user does not exist in the schema.
Action: Specify a valid table name for the unscoped REF column.

ORA-26050: Direct path load of domain index is not supported for this column type.
Cause: Direct path can not load a domain index of that column type.
Action: Drop the index and try again or load using conventional path.

ORA-26051: internal error parsing packed decimal format string
Cause: A packed decimal field with a non-zero scale factor is mapped to a
character column. In order to perform the datatype conversion, a numeric format
string must be created based on the input field”s precision and scale specifications.
Direct path loader encountered an error in creating this format string.
Action: Examine the packed decimal field”s precision and scale specifications and
make sure that they contain valid values.

ORA-26052: Unsupported type number for SQL expression on column string.
Cause: The direct path api does not support a SQL expression on a column of that
type.
Action: Make sure the types are correct.

ORA-26053: Row was not loaded due to conversion error.
Cause: The current row was not loaded due to a conversion error.
Action: Continue with the load anyways. 260xx – 260xx Direct Path API

ORA-26054: Direct Path Context prepared for a different mode than operation
requested.
Cause: The user prepared the direct path context for one operation (Load, Unload,
Convert), but then tried to perform a different operation.
Action: Make sure the direct path context mode and operation matches.

ORA-26055: Invalid buffer specified for direct path unload
Cause: The user specified a zero length or null buffer to be used for the Direct
Path Unload operation.
Action: Specify a valid buffer and length.

ORA-26056: Requested direct path operation on a view is not supported.
Cause: User attempted to unload or load from/into a view via direct path.
Action: Unload from or load into a normal table.

ORA-26057: Conversion is not necessary for this direct path stream.
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Cause: User attempted to convert a direct path stream that does not require
conversion.
Action: Load the stream without conversion it.

ORA-26058: unexpected error fetching metadata for column string in table string
Cause: The direct path API encountered an unexpected error while retrieving
metadata for a column.
Action: Contact Oracle support.

ORA-26059: Data is too large for column string
Cause: The direct path API encountered a column that can not be loaded because
the input data is too large for a column.
Action: Make the target column larger.

ORA-26060: Can not convert type identifier for column string
Cause: The direct path API encountered a type identifier for a column that can not
be loaded because a mapping can not be found for the input value.
Action: Verify the input data.

ORA-26061: Concurrent direct unloads is not allowed.
Cause: User attempted a direct unload when another is still in progress.
Action: Complete the current direct unload before starting another.

ORA-26062: Can not continue from previous errors.
Cause: User attempted to continue a direct path load after receiving an error
which indicates the load can not continue.
Action: Address the original error that was returned.

ORA-26063: Can not flashback to specified SCN value – Wrap: string Base: string.
Cause: User specified an SCN which occurs before the last time the table
definition was modified.
Action: Specify a more recent SCN.

ORA-26064: Invalid SCN specified – Wrap: string Base: string.
Cause: User specified an invalid SCN.
Action: Specify a valid SCN.

ORA-26065: check constraint cannot reference column, string, in direct path load
Cause: An enabled check constraint was found on a column stored as a lob.
Action: Either disable the check constraint before loading the table data
* using the direct path mode, or use the conventional path mode
* instead.

ORA-26076: cannot set or reset value after direct path structure is allocated
Cause: Client attempted to set or reset the number of rows in a direct path
* structure after it has already been allocated and initialized.
* Attributes used is one of the following:
* – OCI_ATTR_NUM_ROWS: to set # of rows in a direct path column array
* – OCI_ATTR_DIRPATH_DCACHE_SIZE: to set size of a date cache
* (default is 0)
* – OCI_ATTR_DIRPATH_DCACHE_DISABLE: to set whether date cache will be
* disabled on overflow (default is FALSE)
Action: Set the following attributes before:
* – OCI_ATTR_NUM_ROWS: before calling OCIHandleAlloc for column array
* – OCI_ATTR_DIRPATH_DCACHE_SIZE: before calling OCIDirPathPrepare
* – OCI_ATTR_DIRPATH_DCACHE_DISABLE: before calling OCIDirPathPrepare

ORA-26077: direct path column array is not initialized
Cause: Client attempted to allocate a column array for a direct path
* function context before allocating a column array for the
* table-level direct path context.
Action: Allocate the table-level direct path context”s column array
* via OCIHandleAlloc before allocating column arrays for
* direct path function contexts.

ORA-26078: file “string” is not part of database being loaded
Cause: A parallel load file was specified which is not part
* of the database.
Action: Check filename and pathname for correctness.

ORA-26079: file “string” is not part of table string.string
Cause: A parallel load file was specified which is not in the
* tablespace of the table being loaded.
Action: Check to make sure that the specified parallel load file
* is in the tablespace of the table being loaded.

ORA-26080: file “string” is not part of table string.string partition string
Cause: A parallel load file was specified which is not in the
* tablespace of the table (partition, subpartition) being loaded.
* When a partitioned table is being loaded, the file must be
* in the tablespace of every partition or subpartition
* (i.e. each (sub)partition must be in the same tablespace).
Action: Specify a different parallel load file, or no file at all.

ORA-26082: load of overlapping segments on table string.string is not allowed
Cause: Client application is attempting to do multiple direct path load
* operations on the same table, but the segments overlap.
Action: Check the partition names (subname attribute of the direct path
* context) being loaded. Make sure you are not loading a table,
* and a partition of the same table. Make sure you are not
* loading a partition, and a sub-partition within the same
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* partition.

ORA-26083: unsupported direct path stream version string
Cause: The stream version requested is not supported by the server.
Action: Check to make sure that the VERSION attribute of the direct
* stream is not being set to an invalid value.

ORA-26084: direct path context already finished
Cause: An OCIDirPathLoadStream operation was attempted after
* OCIDirPathFinish was called. Once a direct path operaton
* has been finished, no more data can be loaded.
Action: Check program logic to make sure OCIDirPathLoadStream is
* not called after OCIDirPathFinish.

ORA-26085: direct path operation must start its own transaction
Cause: A direct path operation is being attempted within a transaction
* that has already been started.
Action: Commit the transaction and Prepare the direct path operation again.

ORA-26086: direct path does not support triggers
Cause: A direct path operation is being attempted on a table which
* has enabled triggers.
Action: Disable the triggers on the table and try again.

ORA-26088: scalar column “string” must be specified prior to LOB columns
Cause: All scalar columns (i.e. non-LOB and non-LONG columns) must be
* specified by the client of the direct path API prior to
* specifying any LOB columns.
Action: Specify all scalar columns prior to specifying any LOB columns.

ORA-26089: LONG column “string” must be specified last
Cause: A client of the direct path API specified a LONG column to be
* loaded, but the LONG column was not the last column to be
* specified.
Action: Specify the LONG column last.

ORA-26090: row is in partial state
Cause: A direct path operation is being finished or a data save request
* has been made, but the table for which the request is being made
* on has a row in partial state. The row must be completed before
* the segment high water marks can be moved.
Action: Either complete the row, or abort the direct path operation.

ORA-26091: requested direct path operation not supported
Cause: A direct path operation was requested that is not supported
Action: Do not use that operation. Currently, UNLOAD is not supported.

ORA-26092: only LONG or LOB types can be partial
Cause: A column which is not a LONG or LOB had the
* OCI_DIRPATH_COL_PARTIAL flag associated with it.
* Only LONG or LOB type columns can be loaded in pieces.
Action: Do not use the OCI_DIRPATH_COL_PARTIAL flag for the column.

ORA-26093: input data column size (number) exceeds the maximum input size
(number)
Cause: The user attempted to specify a column size (%d) that exceeded
* the maximum allowable input size (%d).”
Action: Make sure the input column metadata matches the column definition.

ORA-26094: stream format error: input column overflow
Cause: An input stream contained data for more input columns
* than specified by the client of the direct path API.
Action: Make sure that the stream being loaded is for the
* correct table. Check initialization sequence.

ORA-26095: unprocessed stream data exists
Cause: Either a OCIDirPathLoadStream call was made which provided
* more stream data prior to the server being able to fully
* process the stream data that it already has, or a
* OCIDirPathFinish call was made when the server had
* unprocessed stream data.
Action: Most likely an application mis-use of the direct path API.
* Make sure that the stream is not being reset inadvertently
* prior to any previous stream data being processed, or, that
* OCIDirPathFinish is not being called prematurely (i.e. stream
* pushed, error encountered and LoadStream not called to process
* the remainder of the stream before Finish is called.)

ORA-26096: transfer size too small for row data (number bytes required)
Cause: Either the transfer buffer size specified, or the default
* transfer buffer size (if you did not specify a size), is
* too small to contain a single row of the converted row data.
Action: Set the transfer buffer size attribute of the direct path
* context to be larger.

ORA-26097: unsupported conversion for column string (from type number to type
number)
Cause: The direct path api does not support the required conversion.
Action: Make sure the types are correct. *

ORA-26098: direct path context is not prepared
Cause: A direct path api function was called with a direct path
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* context which has not been prepared.
Action: Make sure all necessary attributes in the direct path
* context have been set, and the context is prepared via
* OCIDirPathPrepare.

ORA-26099: direct path context is already prepared
Cause: OCIDirPathPrepare was called with a context that has already
* been prepared.
Action: Free the direct path context, set necessary attributes, and
* call OCIDirPathPrepare.

ORA-26101: tablespace # in file header is string rather than string for file string
Cause: The tablespace number in the file header is inconsistent with that in the
control file.
Action: Check if the control file has been migrated correctly. Retry with the correct
control file and data file.

ORA-26102: relative file # in file header is string rather than string for file string
Cause: The relative file number in the file header is inconsistent with that in the
control file.
Action: Check if the control file has been migrated correctly. Retry with the correct
control file and data file.

ORA-26103: V6 or V7 data file used to create control file
Cause: The file header of the referenced file is in V6 or V7 format.
Action: Either remove the file from the create control file command, or somehow
migrate the file header to V8 format.

ORA-26500: error on caching “string”.”string”
Cause: Attempt to cache the replication information which is unavailable in the
catalog for the object.
Action: Use dbms_reputil.sync_up_rep to validate the replication catalog, or use
dbms_reputil.make_internal_pkg to validate internal package.

ORA-26501: RepAPI operation failure
Cause: An external RepAPI operation failed.
Action: consult detail error message.

ORA-26502: error resignal
Cause: An internal service failed and signalled an error”
Action: consult detail error message.

ORA-26503: internal RepAPI operation failure on object string.string
Cause: An unexpected internal RepAPI failure was detected
Action: Contact Oracle support.

ORA-26504: operation not implemented
Cause: The caller requested a RepAPI operation that was not implemented
Action: Do not issue this call.

ORA-26505: unexpected internal null
Cause: An internal buffer control structure was NULL
Action: Verify that sufficient memory resources are available to RepAPI.

ORA-26506: null global context
Cause: An internal buffer control structure was NULL
Action: Verify that sufficient memory resources are available to RepAPI.

ORA-26507: null master connection
Cause: The master connection handle was or became invalid.
Action: Verify that the master connection is valid.

ORA-26508: null materialized view connection
Cause: The client connection handle was or became invalid.
Action: Verify that the client connection is valid.

ORA-26509: null materialized view control structure
Cause: An internal materialized view control structure could not be obtained.
Action: Check that the owner and users provided are correct.

ORA-26510: materialized view name: “string” is greater than max. allowed length of
string bytes
Cause: The specified materialized view name was too long.
Action: Shorten the materialized view name.

ORA-26511: master table “string.string” not found
Cause: A RepAPI operation was attempted against a non-existent or invalid
master table
Action: Verify that the master table object exists.

ORA-26512: error pushing transaction to def$error
Cause: An unexpected error occurred while sending an def$error rpc to the
master site
Action: Verify that the DBMS_DEFER package is valid and executable by the
RepAPI client. Contact the local or master site administrator, if necessary.

ORA-26513: push error: master proc. string$RP.string failed for trans:string
seq:string
Cause: A conflict/error occurred at the master site while executing a $RP.rep_
insert(), rep_update(), or rep_delete() function which was not handled by conflict
resolution logic at the master.
Action: Notify master site system adminstrator or DBA.

ORA-26514: object “string.string” not found
Cause: The specified object was expected but not found.
Action: Verify that the specified object exists and is valid.

ORA-26515: no master log available for “string.string”
Cause: The specified master log was not found or available for the named table.
Action: Create the master log at the master site or correct any problems that may
exist with the log.
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ORA-26516: no push transaction acknowledgement
Cause: RepAPI was unable to confirm that the last pushed transaction was
successfully commited by the master site.
Action: Verify that the communications link between the local site and the master
site is still valid. If the transaction has not been committed at the master, repush
the transaction.

ORA-26517: materialized view control entry for “string.string” was not found
Cause: The specified materialized view catalog control reocrd was not found.
Action: Verify that the local materialized view catalog is valid and that the local
materialized view is properly defined.

ORA-26518: push queue synchronization error detected
Cause: Client tried to repush a transaction has already been committed at the
master site. A common cause of this problem is an error at the local site in
initializing or updating the local site transaction sequence mechanism.
Action: Verify that transaction data that RepAPI was attempting to repushed to
the master site exists at the master table and is valid and consistent with the local
site. If this error occurs, redundantly identified transactions are ignored and then
purged from the local updatable materialized view logs. Check that the local site is
correctly assigning new transactionIDs and is not accidently generating
non-unique values.

ORA-26519: no memory available to allocate
Cause: There was no memory left for the RepAPI process. This error may occur
when RepAPI is trying to allocate a new table buffer area.
Action: Shutdown one or more local applications to attempt to free heap memory
and retry the RepAPI operation.

ORA-26520: internal memory failure
Cause: An internal memory error was detected.
Action: Check if other errors have occurred or determine if any local application
may have corrupted the memory subsystem.

ORA-26521: rpc initialization error
Cause: An error occurred during the initialization of a PL/SQL rpc.
Action: Verify that the procudure to be invoked exists and is valid at the master
site and is executable by the RepAPI user.

ORA-26522: rpc execution error
Cause: An error occurred during the execution of a PL/SQL rpc.
Action: Check the error messages from the remote procedure and fix any remote
site problems that may be preventing the execution of the invoked rpc.

ORA-26523: rpc termination error
Cause: An error occurred during the termination of a PL/SQL rpc. This is usually
caused by master site being unable to close an opened cursor or if RepAPI cannot
deallocate internal memory.
Action: Fix any server side problems first, determine if the RepAPI memory
subsystem has been corrupted.

ORA-26524: nls subsystem initialization failure for product=string, facility=string
Cause: The NLS product/facility error message file could not be located or
properly initialized.
Action: Check that the error message directory and file(s) have been properly
installed.

ORA-26525: session connection attempt failed for string (@string)
Cause: A connection could not be established to the specified database using the
provided connection string.
Action: Check that the user, password, connect string, names services, network,
and any remote site listener process are properly installed and working.

ORA-26526: materialized view sql ddl parse/expansion failed for string.string
Cause: The client sql materialized view definition query could not be properly
parsed by the master Oracle site.
Action: Check that materialized view ddl sql is compatible with the currently
connected version of Oracle and does not violate any of the RepAPI sql limitations
or restrictions.

ORA-26527: local store callback init phase failed for “string.string”
Cause: The client callback failed during its INIT phase for the named object.
Action: Verify that the objects referenced by the client callback exist and are valid.
Refer to the vendor-specific callback error code reference to diagnose the local
problem. Record all error state and notify Oracle support.

ORA-26528: local store callback proc phase failed for “string.string”
Cause: The client callback failed during its PROC phase for the named object.
Action: Refer to the vendor-specific callback error code reference to diagnose the
local problem. Record all error state and notify Oracle support.

ORA-26529: local store callback term phase failed for “string.string”
Cause: The client callback failed during its TERM phase for the named object.
Action: Refer to the vendor-specific callback error code reference to diagnose the
local problem. Record all error state and notify Oracle support.

ORA-26530: unable to build materialized view refresh control list
Cause: The materialized view control list could not be constructed. This is
generally the result of an error while accessing the local materialized view catalog.
Action: Verify that the named materialized view(s) are properly defined and
valid.

ORA-26532: replication parallel push simulated site failure
Cause: A parallel push executed with event 26531 enabled raises this error to
simulation failure of network or destination site.
Action: Do not enable the event for normal operation.

ORA-26534: collision: tranID number ignored and purged
Cause: A transaction that was pushed had a transaction ID that collided with a
transaction that was previously pushed and committed at the master site.
Action: See the action section for E_QUEUESYNC (26518).

ORA-26535: %ud byte row cache insufficient for table with rowsize=number
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Cause: A transaction that was pushed had a transaction ID that collided with a
transaction that was previously pushed and committed at the master site.
Action: Increase the RepAPI row buffer size or reduce the width of the replicated
tables.

ORA-26536: refresh was aborted because of conflicts caused by deferred
transactions
Cause: There are outstanding conflicts logged in the DEFERROR table at the
materialized view”s master site.
Action: Resolve the conflicts in the master DEFERROR table and refresh again
after the table is empty. Alternatively, refresh with REFRESH_AFTER_ERRORS,
even if there are conflicts in the master”s DEFERROR table. Proceeding despite
conflicts can result in an updatable materialized view”s changes appearing to be
temporarily lost, until a refresh succeeds after the conflicts are resolved.

ORA-26563: renaming this table is not allowed
Cause: Attempt to rename a replicated table, an updatable materialized view
table or the master table of a materialized view for which a materialized view log
has beencreated.
Action: If desired, unregister the replicated table with dbms_repcat.drop_master_
repobject, or use the recommended procedure to rename the master table of a
materialized view.

ORA-26564: %s argument is not of specified type
Cause: User passed type of the given argument number doesn”t match with the
type of the argument in the stored arguments.
Action: Invoke correct type procedure (i.e. get_XXX_arg)

ORA-26565: Call to _arg made before calling dbms_defer.call
Cause: User invoked _arg procedure before starting a deferred call
Action: Invoke various procedures in the correct order.

ORA-26566: Couldn”t open connect to string
Cause: Failed to open connection using given dblink
Action: Make sure that the dblink is valid and remote m/c is up.

ORA-26571: %s.string.string: number of arguments (string) does not match
replication catalog
Cause: number of arguments does not match replication catalog
Action: examine total number of arguments for the rpc call

ORA-26572: %s.string.string: argument string does not match replication catalog
Cause: the (rpc) call is corrupted
Action: examine total number of arguments and each argument for the rpc call

ORA-26575: remote database does not support replication parallel propagation
Cause: The remote database has a version lower than Oracle 8.0 and hence does
not understand replication parallel propagation.
Action: Use serial propagation or upgrade the remote database to Oracle 8.0 or
above.

ORA-26576: cannot acquire SR enqueue
Cause: An attempt to acquire the SR enqueue in exclusive mode failed.
Action: none

ORA-26577: PRESERVE TABLE can not be used when dropping old style
materialized view string.string
Cause: The materialized view consists of a view and a container table.
Action: Drop the materialized view without PRESERVE TABLE option.

ORA-26650: %s background process string might not be started successfully
Cause: An error occurred during creation of a capture or apply background
process.
Action: Please review V$Capture and V$Apply_coordinator views for the status
of these processes. Please also check the trace file for more information.

ORA-26660: Invalid action context value for string
Cause: The value specified in the action context is invalid for use in STREAMS.
Action: Check that the type and value are correct.

ORA-26662: unable to process STREAMS Data Dictonary information for object
Cause: The database is unable to process STREAMS Data Dictionary for this
object.
Action: Check that the compatibility for the database supports the object, and
check the trace file for information about the object.

ORA-26663: error queue for apply process string must be empty
Cause: The error queue for this apply process contains error entries.
Action: Execute or delete errors in the error queue.

ORA-26664: cannot create STREAMS process string
Cause: An attempt was made to create a STREAMS process when another was
being created concurrently.
Action: Wait for the creation of the other STREAMS process to finish before
attempting to create the STREAMS process.

ORA-26665: STREAMS process string already exists
Cause: An attempt was made to create a STREAMS process that already exists.
Action: Either specify another STREAMS process or remove the existing
STREAMS process.

ORA-26666: cannot alter STREAMS process string
Cause: An attempt was made to alter a STREAMS process that is currently
running.
Action: Stop the STREAMS process and reissue the command.

ORA-26667: invalid STREAMS parameter string
Cause: An attempt was made to specify an invalid parameter.
Action: Check the documentation for valid parameters.

ORA-26668: STREAMS process string exists
Cause: An attempt to remove the component failed because it is associated with
the STREAMS process.
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Action: Either remove the process manually or specify the “cascade” option in
dbms_streams_adm.remove_queue.

ORA-26669: parameter string inconsistent with parameter string
Cause: An attempt was made to specify a subprogram parameter value that is
inconsistent with another parameter value.
Action: Check the documentation for valid parameter values.

ORA-26670: STREAMS option requires COMPATIBLE parameter to be string or
higher
Cause: Streams requires compatibility to be 9.2.0 or higher.
Action: Shut down and restart with an appropriate compatibility setting.

ORA-26671: maximum number of STREAMS processes exceeded
Cause: Cannot create additional STREAMS processes since the maximum number
of STREAMS processes has been reached.
Action: Remove existing STREAMS processes and retry the operation.

ORA-26672: timeout occurred while stopping STREAMS process string
Cause: Timeout occurred while waiting for a STREAMS process to shut down.
Action: Retry the operation. If the error persists, try stopping the process with the
FORCE option, or contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-26673: duplicate column name string
Cause: An attempt was made to specify a duplicate column name in an LCR.
Action: Remove the duplicate column and retry the operation.

ORA-26674: Column mismatch in “string.string” (LCR: string type=string; DB: string
type=string)
Cause: The columns in the LCR were not the same or not found in the database
table.
Action: Alter the database table.

ORA-26675: cannot create Streams capture process string
Cause: Streams capture process could not be created because one or more
parameters contain invalid value.
Action: Refer to trace file for more details.

ORA-26676: Table “string.string” has string columns in the LCR and string columns
in the replicated site
Cause: The number of columns in the LCR was not the same as the the replicated
site.
Action: Alter the table structure

ORA-26677: Streams downstream capture process string cannot proceed
Cause: Database global name has been set to a value which is same as the source
database name of the downstream capture process.
Action: Change database global name to a value other than the source database
name for the downstream capture.

ORA-26678: Streams capture process must be created first
Cause: Must create Streams capture process before attempting this operation.
Action: Create a Streams capture process, then retry the operation.

ORA-26679: operation not allowed on LOB or LONG columns in LCR
Cause: Certain operations on LOB/LONG columns of the LCR through
rule-based transformations, DML handlers, or error handlers were not allowed.
Action: Do not perform restricted operations on LOB or LONG columns in LCRs.
See the documentation for operations that are restricted on LOB/LONG columns
in LCRs.

ORA-26680: object type not supported
Cause: The specified object type is not supported.
Action: Retry with a supported object type.

ORA-26681: command type not supported
Cause: The specified command type is not supported.
Action: Retry with a supported command type.

ORA-26682: invalid value for publication_on
Cause: The publication_on parameter should be either “Y” or “N”
Action: Retry with a proper value for publication_on.

ORA-26683: invalid value for value_type
Cause: The value_type parameter should be either “OLD” or “NEW”
Action: Retry with proper value_type.

ORA-26684: invalid value for value_type
Cause: The value_type parameter should be one of “OLD”, “NEW” or “*”
Action: Retry with proper value_type.

ORA-26685: cannot apply transactions from multiple sources
Cause: Transactions from multiple sources were sent to the same apply process.
Action: Create multiple apply processes and create appropriate rules so that
transactions from only one source reach an apply process.

ORA-26686: cannot capture from specified SCN
Cause: An attempt was made to specify an invalid SCN.
Action: Retry with a valid SCN.

ORA-26687: no instantiation SCN provided for “string”.”string” in source database
“string”
Cause: Object SCN was not set. If the object is a table, then both fields will be
filled, for example “SCOTT”.”EMP”. If the object is a schema, only one field will be
set, for example “SCOTT”.””. And if the object is the entire database, no fields will
be set, for example “”.””.
Action: Set the SCN by calling DBMS_APPLY_ADM.SET_%_INSTANTIATION_
SCN

ORA-26688: missing key in LCR
Cause: Metadata mismatch, or not enough information in the user generated
LCR.
Action: Alter the database object, or provide all defined keys in the LCR.
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ORA-26689: column datatype mismatch in LCR
Cause: The datatypes of columns in the LCR are not the same as the datatypes in
the database object.
Action: Alter the database object.

ORA-26690: datatype not supported at non-Oracle system
Cause: One of the columns of the LCR being applied was of a datatype not
supported by either the target non-Oracle system or by the Oracle transparent
gateway through which the apply is being done.
Action: Do not apply data of this type. If possible, filter out columns containing
such datatypes before applying.

ORA-26691: operation not supported at non-Oracle system
Cause: The apply process attempted an operation that is either not supported by
the non-Oracle system or by the Oracle transparent gateway through which the
apply is being done. Some kinds of DML (like procedure and function calls) and
all DDL will cause this error to be raised.
Action: Do not attempt to apply such LCRs to non-Oracle systems. If possible,
filter out such LCRs before applying.

ORA-26692: invalid value string, string should be in string format
Cause: The parameter specified was not in the correct format.
Action: Specify the parameter value in the correct format.

ORA-26693: STREAMS string process dropped successfully, but error occurred
while dropping rule set string
Cause: An attempt to drop an unused rule set failed after dropping the STREAMS
proccess successfully.
Action: Check existence of rule set and manually drop if necessary.

ORA-26694: error while enqueueing into queue string.string
Cause: An error occurred while enqueueing a message.
Action: If the situation described in the next error on the stack can be corrected,
do so.

ORA-26695: error on call to string: return code string
Cause: A locking related call failed.
Action: Try the call again after fixing the condition indicated by the return code.

ORA-26696: no streams data dictionary for object with number string and version
number string from source database string
Cause: An attempt to access the database object failed because the data dictionary
for the object was either never populated or it was purged.
Action: Make sure the streams data dictionary is created by calling DBMS_
CAPTURE_ADM.PREPARE_%_INSTANTIATION.

ORA-26697: LCR contains extra column “string”
Cause: The LCR contained more columns than the replicated table.
Action: Alter the database object.

ORA-26698: %s did not have a string rule set
Cause: The STREAMS client does not have a rule set of the indicated type.
Action: Verify that the Streams client has a rule set of the specified type, and retry
the operation.

ORA-26699: STREAMS message consumer string already exists
Cause: An attempt was made to create a STREAMS message consumer that
already exists.
Action: Either specify another STREAMS message consumer or remove the
existing STREAMS message consumer.

ORA-26701: STREAMS process string does not exist
Cause: An attempt was made to access a STREAMS process which does not exist.
Action: Check with the relevant security views for the correct name of the object.

ORA-26705: cannot downgrade capture process after Streams data dictionary has
been upgraded
Cause: An attempt was made to downgrade a capture process after it has
upgraded the Streams data dictionary.
Action: Drop the capture process before attempting the downgrade.

ORA-26706: cannot downgrade capture process
Cause: An attempt was made to downgrade a capture process that has a higher
version than the downgrade release version.
Action: Drop the capture process after capture has finished consuming all the
redo logs before attempting the downgrade.

ORA-26708: remote DDL not supported by STREAMS : dblink string
Cause: The apply process attempted to apply a DDL LCR via a dblink. This is not
supported.
Action: Do not attempt to apply DDL LCRs via a dblink. If possible, filter out
DDL LCRs before applying.

ORA-26709: Streams RFS restart
Cause: Remote file server (RFS) process was restarted to reflect a change in
DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE option of the Streams capture process.
Action: No action required. This is an informational message only.

ORA-26710: incompatible version marker encountered during Capture
Cause: Capture process cannot mine redo from a version higher than the current
software release version.
Action: Drop and recreate the capture process.

ORA-26711: remote table does not contain a primary key constraint
Cause: The master table for remote apply does not constain a primary key
constraint or the primary key constraint has been disabled.
Action: Create a primary key constraint on the master table or enable the existing
constraint.

ORA-26712: remote object is “string”.”string”\@”string”
Cause: See the preceding error message to identify the cause. This message names
the remote object, usually a table or view, for which an error occurred when
Streams tried to access it for remote apply.
Action: See the preceding error message.
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ORA-26713: remote object does not exist or is inaccessible
Cause: Streams replication could not access the named table or view at a remote
database to apply changes.
Action: Confirm that the given remote table or view exists and is accessible
through the given database link. When using a Heterogeneous Services database
link to access a non-Oracle system, it may be necessary to check administration
details for network connections at the non-Oracle system.

ORA-26714: User error encountered while applying
Cause: An error was encountered while applying.
Action: Query the dba_apply_error view to determine the error and take the
appropriate action.

ORA-26715: time limit reached
Cause: The specified time limit was reached for the STREAMS process.
Action: Restart the STREAMS process, increasing the TIME_LIMIT parameter if
necessary.

ORA-26716: message limit reached
Cause: The specified message limit was reached for the Capture process.
Action: Restart the Capture process, increasing the MESSAGE_LIMIT parameter
if necessary.

ORA-26717: SCN limit reached
Cause: The specified SCN limit was reached for the STREAMS process.
Action: Change the MAXIMUM_SCN parameter, then restart the STREAMS
process.

ORA-26718: transaction limit reached
Cause: The specified transaction limit was reached for the Apply process.
Action: Restart the Apply process, increasing the TRANSACTION_LIMIT
parameter if necessary.

ORA-26721: enqueue of the LCR not allowed
Cause: An apply process attempted to enqueue an LCR with a LONG column.
This is not supported.
Action: Modify rules or unset the enqueue destination to prevent LCRs with
LONG columns from being enqueued by the apply process.

ORA-26723: user “string” requires the role “string”
Cause: The user was not granted the specified role required to proceed.
Action: Grant the specified role to the user.

ORA-26724: only SYS is allowed to set the Capture or Apply user to SYS.
Cause: The Capture or Apply user was specified as SYS by a user other than SYS.
Action: Set SYS as the Capture or Apply user while logged in as SYS.

ORA-26725: cannot downgrade apply handlers
Cause: An attempt was made to downgrade apply handlers that are not
associated with a local database object, or the apply handlers are associated with a
specific apply process.
Action: Drop the associated apply handlers before attempting the downgrade.

ORA-26726: logical standby and DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE are
incompatible
Cause: An attempt was made to set the logical standby database and
DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE option of the Streams capture process on
the same database.
Action: Do not attempt to set the DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE option for
a Streams capture process on a logical standby database. Do not attempt to make a
database logical standby if there exists a Streams capture process with the
DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE parameter set to Y.

ORA-26727: Cannot alter queue_to_queue property of existing propagation.
Cause: The queue_to_queue property was specified for an existing propagation.
Action: Pass NULL for the queue_to_queue argument.

ORA-26730: %s “string” already exists
Cause: An attempt to use FILE GROUP, FILE GROUP VERSION, or FILE GROUP
FILE failed because the item in question already exists.
Action: Remove the object if appropriate and re-attempt the operation.

ORA-26731: %s “string” does not exist
Cause: A FILE GROUP, FILE GROUP VERSION, or FILE GROUP FILE was
specified that does not exist.
Action: Make sure the object exists and re-attempt the operation.

ORA-26732: invalid file group string privilege
Cause: The specified privilege number that was specified is invalid.
Action: Check specification of dbms_file_group for valid privileges.

ORA-26733: timed-out waiting for file group lock
Cause: The procedure waited too long while getting a lock to perform a file group
repository operation.
Action: Retry the operation.

ORA-26734: different datafiles_directory_object parameter must be specified
Cause: The attempted operation involved datafiles platform conversion which
required the datafiles_directory_object parameter to be specified for placing the
converted data files.
Action: Retry the operation after specifying a valid datafiles_directory_object
parameter. This directory must be different from the directory objects for any of
the datafiles for the specified file group version.

ORA-26735: operation not allowed on the specified file group version
Cause: One or more datafiles or export dump file(s) were missing from the
specified file group version.
Action: Retry the operation after adding all the data files and Data Pump dump
file(s) to the specified version.

ORA-26736: Data Pump error
Cause: A Data Pump error occurred when the procedure performed a File Group
Repository operation.
Action: Check the error stack and trace file for error details.
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ORA-26737: version string already has an export dump file
Cause: A Data Pump dump file was added to a file group version that already has
a dump file.
Action: Remove the existing dump file if appropriate, and retry the operation.

ORA-26738: %s “string” is not empty
Cause: The FILE GROUP or FILE GROUP VERSION being dropped contained
objects.
Action: Remove the child objects, then retry the operation.

ORA-26740: cannot downgrade because there are file groups
Cause: An attempt was made to downgrade a database that has file groups.
Action: Drop all file groups before attempting the downgrade.

ORA-26741: cannot assemble lobs
Cause: An attempt was made to assemble lobs, but the compatibility of the source
database for the LOB information is lower than 10.2.0.
Action: Set ASSEMBLE_LOBS to FALSE in the DML or error handler while this
handler is processing LOB information from a source database with a
compatibility level lower than 10.2.0.

ORA-26742: Maximum number of ignored transactions exceeded
Cause: An attempt was made to add more than the allowed number of ignored
transactions.
Action: Please clear the current list of ignored transactions.

ORA-26744: STREAMS capture process “string” does not support “string”.”string”
because of the following reason: string
Cause: STREAMS capture encountered a table with an unsupported property. The
most common reason is an unsupported column data type.
Action: Revise the Capture rules to skip over the table in question. One way
might be to add a negative rule excluding changes from the unsupported table
from being captured. Also query the DBA_STREAMS_UNSUPPORTED view to
determine which tables are not supported by STREAMS and for what reason.
Consider adding negative rules for any tables that may be captured, but are
present in this view. For potential workarounds to certain unsupported properties,
see Metalink.

ORA-26745: cursors (string) are not sufficient
Cause: The maximum number of open cursors was too small for Streams Apply.
Action: Increase the value of open_cursors.

ORA-26746: DDL rule “string”.”string” not allowed for this operation
Cause: A DDL rule was specified for this operation.
Action: Specify a non-DDL rule for this operation.

ORA-26747: The one-to-many transformation function string encountered the
following error: string
Cause: The specified transformation function encountered an error.
Action: Ensure that the function does not process or return DDL LCRs. Also
ensure that the function does not return NULL.

ORA-26748: The one-to-one transformation function string encountered the
following error: string
Cause: The specified transformation function encountered an error.
Action: Ensure that the function does not return an LCR that has a different type
from the LCR which was passed to the function. Also ensure that the function
does not return NULL. For DDL transformation functions, creating and returning
a new DDL LCR is not allowed.

ORA-26752: Unsupported LCR received for “string”.”string”
Cause: Streams capture process received an LCR with unsupported operation
from LogMiner.
Action: If this object is listed in DBA_STREAMS_UNSUPPORTED view, modify
rules to prevent changes made to this object from getting captured.

ORA-26753: Mismatched columns found in “string.string”
Cause: The columns in the LCR were not the same as the table in the database.
Action: Alter the database table.

ORA-26754: cannot specify both one-to-one transformation function string and
one-to-many transformation function string
Cause: Both a one-to-one transformation function and a one-to-many
transformation function were specified for a rule.
Action: Remove either the one-to-one transformation function, or the
one-to-many transformation function.

ORA-26761: Standby Redo Logs not available for real time mining
Cause: Standby Redo Logs required for real time mining by downstream capture
process were not available.
Action: Check the configuration of Standby Redo Logs and retry the operation at
a later time. To start the capture process without real time mining property, reset
DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE parameter of the capture process and retry
the operation.

ORA-26762: Cannot autogenerate name for parameter string because of the
following reason: string
Cause: An error was encountered while attempting to generate a name for a
parameter which was passed a NULL value.
Action: If possible, fix the error, otherwise specify the parameter name explicitly.

ORA-26763: invalid file type “string”
Cause: An invalid file type was specified for the ASM file.
Action: Check documentation for valid ASM file types.

ORA-26764: invalid parameter “string” for local capture “string”
Cause: An invalid parameter was specified for the local capture process.
Action: Check documentation for valid parameters.

ORA-26765: invalid parameter “string” for downstream capture “string”
Cause: An invalid parameter was specified for the downstream capture process.
Action: Check documentation for valid parameters.

ORA-27000: skgfqsbi: failed to initialize storage subsystem (SBT) layer
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Cause: sbtinit returned an error, additional information indicates error
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly

ORA-27001: unsupported device type
Cause: the specified device type is supported on this platform
Action: check V$BACKUP_DEVICE for supported device types

ORA-27002: function called with invalid device structure
Cause: internal error, aditional information indicates which function encountered
error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27003: cannot open file on device allocated with NOIO option
Cause: internal error, a file is being created/retrieved on a device allocated with
NOIO option, additional information indicates which function encountered error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27004: invalid blocksize specified
Cause: internal error, blocksize specified is incorrect for the device on which file is
being created, aditional information indicates blocksize specified, and the function
that encountered the error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27005: cannot open file for async I/O on device not supporting async
Cause: internal error, a file is being opened for async I/O on a device that does
not support async I/O, additional information indicates which function
encountered error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27006: sbtremove returned error
Cause: additional information indicates error returned by sbtremove, and the
function that encountered the error
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly

ORA-27007: failed to open file
Cause: sbtopen returned error, additional information indicates error returned
from sbtopen, and the function that encountered the error
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly

ORA-27008: function called with invalid file structure
Cause: internal error, aditional information indicates which function encountered
error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27009: skgfwrt: cannot write to file opened for read
Cause: internal error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27010: skgfwrt: write to file failed
Cause: sbtwrite returned error, additional information indicates error returned
from sbtwrite
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly

ORA-27011: skgfrd: cannot read from file opened for write
Cause: internal error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27012: skgfrd: read from file failed
Cause: sbtread returned error, additional information indicates error returned
from sbtread
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly

ORA-27013: skgfqdel: cannot delete an open file
Cause: internal error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27014: skgfqpini: translation error while expanding SS_UDMPDIR
Cause: Failure of sltln in skgfqpini
Action: Check additional return error for more information.

ORA-27015: skgfcls: failed to close the file
Cause: sbtclose returned error, additional information indicates error returned
from sbtclose
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly

ORA-27016: skgfcls: sbtinfo returned error
Cause: additional information indicates error returned from sbtinfo
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly

ORA-27017: skgfcls: media handle returned by sbtinfo exceeds max
length(SSTMXQMH)
Cause: media handle string length exceeds SSTMXQMH
Action: verify that vendor”s storage subsystem product is operating correctly, and
that the platform limit (SSTMXQMH) is atleast 64 (the limit specified for sbtinfo).
additional information indicates the media handle string length returned by
sbtinfo, and the limit (SSTMXQMH)

ORA-27018: BLKSIZE is not a multiple of the minimum physical block size
Cause: User-specified BLKSIZE (blocking factor) is not a multiple of the minimum
block size that is permitted on this platform.
Action: Two ADDITIONAL INFORMATION messages are displayed which show
the blocking factor provided by the user and the minimum physical block size.
Specify a BLKSIZE that is an integral multiple of the minimum block size.

ORA-27019: tape filename length exceeds limit (SBTOPMXF)
Cause: length of tape filename provided to sequential I/O OSD functions is too
long
Action: additional information indicates in which function this error is
encountered, the length of filename provided, and the limit on filename

ORA-27020: named devices not supported
Cause: the platform or the specified device type does not support named devices
Action: do not specify device name or use a device type that supports named
devices. Use V$BACKUP_DEVICE view to see what device types and names (if
any) are available.
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ORA-27021: sequential file handle must be specified
Cause: The filename which will be passed to sbtopen was not specified.
Action: Specify a filename and continue. If this is a backup set being created via
Recovery Manager, use the “format” option to specify the backup piece handle
name.

ORA-27022: skgfqsbi: could not allocate memory for media manager
Cause: Oracle could not allocate memory required by the media management
software which is linked with Oracle to provide backup/restore services.
Action: Increase the amount of memory available to the Oracle process and retry
the backup/restore.

ORA-27023: skgfqsbi: media manager protocol error
Cause: The media management software which is linked with Oracle to provide
backup/restore services did not provide its function pointer structure to Oracle.
Action: This is an internal error in the media management product. Contact the
media management vendor.

ORA-27024: skgfqsbi: sbtinit2 returned error
Cause: sbtinit2 returned an error. This happens during a backup or restore
operation.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27025: skgfqsbi: invalid media manager context area size
Cause: The media management software requested a context area size which is
greater than the maximum allowable size.
Action: This is an internal error in the media management product. Contact the
media management vendor.

ORA-27026: skgfrls: sbtend returned error
Cause: sbtend returned an error. This happens during a backup or restore
operation.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27027: sbtremove2 returned error
Cause: sbtremove2 returned an error. This happens when deleting a backup file.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27028: skgfqcre: sbtbackup returned error
Cause: sbtbackup returned an error. This happens when creating a backup file
during a backup operation.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27029: skgfrtrv: sbtrestore returned error
Cause: sbtrestore returned an error. This happens when retrieving a backup file
during a restore operation.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27030: skgfwrt: sbtwrite2 returned error
Cause: sbtwrite2 returned an error. This happens while writing a backup file
during a backup operation.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27031: mirror resilvering functions not supported
Cause: internal error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27032: failed to obtain file size limit
Cause: getrlimit system call returned an error
Action: check errno

ORA-27033: failed to obtain file size limit
Cause: ulimit system call returned an error
Action: check errno

ORA-27034: maximum length of ORACLE_SID exceeded
Cause: too many characters in the ORACLE_SID string
Action: rename the ORACLE_SID to a string of up to the maximum number of
characters specified for your system

ORA-27035: logical block size is invalid
Cause: logical block size for oracle files must be a multiple of the physical block
size, and less than the maximum
Action: block size specified is returned as additional information, check init.ora
parameters, additional information also indicates which function encountered the
error

ORA-27036: translation error, unable to expand file name
Cause: additional information indicates sltln/slnrm error, and also indicates
which function encountered the error
Action: check additional information

ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Cause: stat system call returned an error, additional information indicates which
function encountered the error
Action: check errno

ORA-27038: created file already exists
Cause: trying to create a database file, but file by that name already exists
Action: verify that name is correct, specify reuse if necessary

ORA-27039: create file failed, file size limit reached
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Cause: an attempt was made to create a file that exceeds the process”s file size
limit, additional information indicates which function encountered the error
Action: raise the file size limit

ORA-27040: file create error, unable to create file
Cause: create system call returned an error, unable to create file
Action: verify filename, and permissions

ORA-27041: unable to open file
Cause: open system call returned an error, additional information indicates which
function encountered the error
Action: check errno

ORA-27042: not enough space on raw partition to fullfill request
Cause: internal error, file too large for raw partition, additional information
indicates which function encountered the error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27043: unable to seek to beginning of file
Cause: seek system call failed, additional information indicates which function
encountered the error
Action: check errno

ORA-27044: unable to write the header block of file
Cause: write system call failed, additional information indicates which function
encountered the error
Action: check errno

ORA-27045: unable to close the file
Cause: close system call failed, additional information indicates which function
encountered the error
Action: check errno

ORA-27046: file size is not a multiple of logical block size
Cause: file size as indicated by stat is not correct, additional information indicates
which function encountered the error
Action: verify that the file has not been overwritten or truncated

ORA-27047: unable to read the header block of file
Cause: read system call failed, additional information indicates which function
encountered the error
Action: check errno

ORA-27048: skgfifi: file header information is invalid
Cause: possibly trying to use a non-database file as a database file
Action: verify that file is a database file

ORA-27049: unable to seek to and read the last block
Cause: an attempt was made to seek to and read the last block in file, additional
information indicates which function encountered error
Action: check errno

ORA-27050: function called with invalid FIB/IOV structure
Cause: internal error, aditional information indicates which function encountered
error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27052: unable to flush file data
Cause: fsync system call returned error, additional information indicates which
function encountered the error
Action: check errno

ORA-27053: blocksize in file header not a multiple of logical block size
Cause: the logical block size is invalid, additional information indicates the logical
block size and the blocksize in the file header
Action: use a different logical block size, or do not reuse file

ORA-27054: NFS file system where the file is created or resides is not mounted with
correct options
Cause: The file was on an NFS partition and either reading the mount tab file
failed or the partition wass not mounted with the correct mount option.
Action: Make sure mount tab file has read access for Oracle user and the NFS
partition where the file resides is mounted correctly. For the list of mount options
to use refer to your platform specific documentation.

ORA-27056: could not delete file
Cause: unlink system call returned error
Action: check errno

ORA-27057: cannot perform async I/O to file
Cause: internal error, query is being asked about async vector I/O when the file
does not support async I/O
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27058: file I/O question parameter is invalid
Cause: internal error, invalid query is being asked
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27059: could not reduce file size
Cause: ftruncate system call returned error
Action: check errno

ORA-27060: could not set close-on-exec bit on file
Cause: fcntl system call returned error
Action: check errno

ORA-27061: waiting for async I/Os failed
Cause: aiowait function returned error
Action: check errno

ORA-27062: could not find pending async I/Os
Cause: There should have been some async I/Os in the system but a blocking
aiowait indicates that there are no more I/Os. It could be either because of an
Oracle bug or the vendor OS bug or due to a NFS server not responding
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Action: check Oracle trace file, OS message files and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27063: number of bytes read/written is incorrect
Cause: the number of bytes read/written as returned by aiowait does not match
the original number, additional information indicates both these numbers
Action: check errno

ORA-27064: cannot perform async I/O to file
Cause: internal error, asked to perform async I/O when IOV indicates that it
cannot be performed on the file
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27065: cannot perform async vector I/O to file
Cause: internal error, asked to perform async vector I/O when it cannot be
performed on the file
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27066: number of buffers in vector I/O exceeds maximum
Cause: internal error, number of buffers in vector I/O exceeds maximum allowed
by the OSD, additional information indicates both these numbers
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27067: size of I/O buffer is invalid
Cause: internal error, buffer size is either 0, or greater than SSTIOMAX or not a
multiple of logical block size, additional information indicates where in function
the error was encountered and the buffer size
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27068: I/O buffer is not aligned properly
Cause: internal error, buffer is not aligned to SSIOALIGN boundary, additional
information indicates where in function the error was encountered and the buffer
pointer
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27069: attempt to do I/O beyond the range of the file
Cause: internal error, the range of blocks being read or written is outside the
range of the file, additional information indicates the starting block number,
number of blocks in I/O, and the last valid block in the file
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27070: async read/write failed
Cause: aioread/aiowrite system call returned error, additional information
indicates starting block number of I/O
Action: check errno

ORA-27071: unable to seek to desired position in file
Cause: lseek system call returned error, additional information indicates block
number in file to which seek was attempted
Action: check errno

ORA-27072: File I/O error
Cause: read/write/readv/writev system call returned error, additional
information indicates starting block number of I/O
Action: check errno

ORA-27073: Trying to close a file which has async I/Os pending to be dequeued
Cause: internal error, the file is being closed but not all async I/Os to the file have
been dequeued, additional information indicates number of I/Os pending on the
file
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27074: unable to determine limit for open files
Cause: The getrlimit() system call returned an error.
Action: Check errno.

ORA-27075: SSTMOFRC constant too large
Cause: internal error
Action: check for trace file and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27076: unable to set limit for open files
Cause: The setrlimit() system call returned an error.
Action: Check errno.

ORA-27077: too many files open
Cause: internal error, the number of files opened through skgfofi has reached the
limit
Action: Check for trace file and contact Oracle Support.

ORA-27078: unable to determine limit for open files
Cause: The getrlimit() system call returned an error.
Action: Check errno.

ORA-27080: too many files open
Cause: The number of files opened has reached the system limit.
Action: Check the error, and set system configuration values.

ORA-27081: unable to close the file
Cause: The close() system call failed.
Action: Check errno.

ORA-27083: waiting for async I/Os failed
Cause: The aio_waitn() library call returned an error.
Action: Check errno.

ORA-27084: unable to get/set file status flags
Cause: The fcntl() system call with F_GETFL/F_SETFL flag returned an error.
Action: Check errno.

ORA-27086: unable to lock file – already in use
Cause: the file is locked by another process, indicating that it is currently in use by
a database instance.
Action: determine which database instance legitimately owns this file.
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ORA-27087: unable to get share lock – file not readable
Cause: share lock request was made on a file not open for read access.
Action: file must be open read-only or read-write to get a share lock.

ORA-27088: unable to get file status
Cause: file not open or file descriptor is invalid.
Action: none

ORA-27089: unable to release advisory lock
Cause: release of file lock failed
Action: see errno

ORA-27091: unable to queue I/O
Cause: read/write/readv/writev system call returned error, additional
information indicates starting block number of I/O
Action: check errno

ORA-27092: size of file exceeds file size limit of the process
Cause: an attempt was made to open a file that exceeds the process”s file size limit
(ulimit), additional information shows the current limit (logical blocks) and the
size of the file (logical blocks)
Action: increase the processes file size limit (ulimit) and retry

ORA-27093: could not delete directory
Cause: rmdir system call returned error
Action: check errno

ORA-27094: raw volume used can damage partition table
Cause: A raw device with VTOC information was provided as a database file.
Action: Make sure the disk partition that is provided to Oracle does not start at
sector 0

ORA-27100: shared memory realm already exists
Cause: Tried to start duplicate instances, or tried to restart an instance that had
not been properly shutdown
Action: Use a different instance name, or cleanup the failed instance”s SGA

ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
Cause: Unable to locate shared memory realm
Action: Verify that the realm is accessible

ORA-27102: out of memory
Cause: Out of memory
Action: Consult the trace file for details

ORA-27103: internal error
Cause: internal error
Action: contact Oracle support

ORA-27120: unable to removed shared memory segment
Cause: shmctl() call failed
Action: check permissions on segment, contact Oracle support

ORA-27121: unable to determine size of shared memory segment
Cause: shmctl() call failed
Action: check permissions on segment, contact Oracle support

ORA-27122: unable to protect memory
Cause: mprotect() call failed
Action: contact Oracle support

ORA-27123: unable to attach to shared memory segment
Cause: shmat() call failed
Action: check permissions on segment, contact Oracle support

ORA-27124: unable to detach from shared memory segment
Cause: shmdt() call failed
Action: contact Oracle support

ORA-27125: unable to create shared memory segment
Cause: shmget() call failed
Action: contact Oracle support

ORA-27126: unable to lock shared memory segment in core
Cause: insufficient privileges to lock shared memory segment in core
Action: make sure process is running with necessary privileges.

ORA-27127: unable to unlock shared memory segment
Cause: insufficient privileges to unlock shared memory segment
Action: make sure process is running with necessary privileges.

ORA-27128: unable to determine pagesize
Cause: sysconf() call failed
Action: contact Oracle support

ORA-27140: attach to post/wait facility failed
Cause: The program attempted to initialize the post/wait facility, but the facility
could not be attached.
Action: Check for additional errors and contact Oracle Support.

ORA-27141: invalid process ID
Cause: process operation attempted using invalid process ID
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27142: could not create new process
Cause: OS system call
Action: check errno and if possible increase the number of processes

ORA-27143: OS system call failure
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle support
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ORA-27144: attempt to kill process failed
Cause: OS system call error
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27145: insufficient resources for requested number of processes
Cause: OS system call error
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27146: post/wait initialization failed
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27147: post/wait reset failed
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27148: spawn wait error
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27149: assignment out of range
Cause: internal error, requested conversion too large for type
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27150: attempt to notify process of pending oradebug call failed
Cause: OS system call
Action: check errno contact Oracle Support

ORA-27151: buffer not large enough to hold process ID string
Cause: internal error
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27152: attempt to post process failed
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27153: wait operation failed
Cause: OS system called failed
Action: check errno contact Oracle Support

ORA-27154: post/wait create failed
Cause: internal error, multiple post/wait creates attempted simultaneously
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27155: could not execute file
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27156: request for process information failed
Cause: internal error
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27157: OS post/wait facility removed
Cause: the post/wait facility for which the calling process is awaiting
Action: check errno and contact Oracle Support

ORA-27158: process control failure
Cause: Oracle was unable to set the specified process control.
Action: Consult the Oracle Administrator”s Guide.

ORA-27159: failure setting process scheduling priority
Cause: Oracle was unable to set the scheduling priority desired.
Action: Consult the Oracle Administrator”s Guide.

ORA-27160: process requested to perform operation
Cause: The current process was requested to perform an operation by another
process.
Action: This is used internally; no action is required.

ORA-27161: request for Oracle binary information failed
Cause: The program was unable to get information about the Oracle binary.
Action: Check for additional errors and contact Oracle support.

ORA-27162: thread creation failed
Cause: The program was unable to create a thread.
Action: Check errno and contact Oracle support.

ORA-27163: out of memory
Cause: The program ran out of memory when allocating a temporary data
structure.
Action: Increase the amount of memory on the system.

ORA-27164: tried to join detached thread
Cause: The program tried to join a detached thread.
Action: This is an internal error; contact Oracle support.

ORA-27165: tried to join thread that does not exist
Cause: The program tried to join a thread that does not exist.
Action: This is an internal error; contact Oracle support.

ORA-27166: tried to join current thread
Cause: A thread in the program tried to join itself.
Action: This is an internal error; contact Oracle support.

ORA-27190: skgfrd: sbtread2 returned error
Cause: sbtread returned an error. This happens while reading a backup file during
a restore operation.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27191: sbtinfo2 returned error
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Cause: sbtinfo2 returned an error. This happens while retrieving backup file
information from the media manager”s catalog.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27192: skgfcls: sbtclose2 returned error – failed to close file
Cause: sbtclose2 returned an error. This happens while closing a backup file
during a backup or restore operation.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27193: sbtinfo2 did not return volume label
Cause: sbtinfo2 did not return the volume label information for the backup file
that was just created.
Action: This is an internal error in the media management product. Contact the
media management vendor.

ORA-27194: skgfdvcmd: sbtcommand returned error
Cause: sbtcommand returned an error. This happens when an rman SEND
command is issued.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27195: proxy copy not supported
Cause: An attempt was made to do a proxy backup or restore, but the media
management software installed with Oracle does not support proxy copy.
Action: Re-run the backup in non-proxy mode, or contact the media management
vendor if the software is supposed to support proxy copy.

ORA-27196: skgfpbk: sbtpcbackup returned error
Cause: sbtpcbackup returned an error. This happens when a proxy backup is
begun.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27197: skgfprs: sbtpcrestore returned error
Cause: sbtpcrestore returned an error. This happens when a proxy restore is
begun.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27198: skgfpvl: sbtpcvalidate returned error
Cause: sbtpcvalidate returned an error. This happens during a proxy backup or
restore.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27199: skgfpst: sbtpcstatus returned error
Cause: sbtpcstatus returned an error. This happens during a proxy backup or
restore.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27200: skgfpgo: sbtpcstart returned error
Cause: sbtpcstart returned an error. This happens during a proxy backup or
restore.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27201: skgfpcm: sbtpccommit returned error
Cause: sbtpccommit returned an error. This happens during a proxy backup or
restore.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27202: skgfpen: sbtpcend returned error
Cause: sbtpcend returned an error. This happens during a proxy backup or
restore.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27203: skgfpqb: sbtpcquerybackup returned error
Cause: sbtpcquerybackup returned an error. This happens during a proxy backup.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27204: skgfpqr: sbtpcqueryrestore returned error
Cause: sbtpcqueryrestore returned an error. This happens during a proxy restore.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27205: skgfpcn: sbtpccancel returned error
Cause: sbtpccancel returned an error. This happens during a proxy restore.
Action: This error is returned from the media management software which is
linked with Oracle. There should be additional messages which explain the cause
of the error. This error usually requires contacting the media management vendor.

ORA-27206: requested file not found in media management catalog
Cause: A backup file used in a recovery manager catalog maintenance command
was not found in the media management catalog.
Action: Retry the command with a different file.

ORA-27207: syntax error in device PARMS – parentheses mismatch or missing
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Cause: User-supplied PARMS value has incorrect syntax.
Action: Retry the command with correct syntax: ENV=(..) BLKSIZE=nnnn

ORA-27208: syntax error in device PARMS – environment variable value missing
Cause: User-supplied PARMS value has incorrect syntax.
Action: Retry the command with correct syntax: ENV=(var1=val1,var2=val2,..)

ORA-27209: syntax error in device PARMS – unknown keyword or missing =
Cause: User-supplied PARMS value has incorrect syntax. The server expected to
find ENV or BLKSIZE, but found an unknown keyword.
Action: Retry the command with correct syntax: ENV=(..) BLKSIZE=nnnn

ORA-27210: syntax error in device PARMS
Cause: User-supplied PARMS value has incorrect syntax.
Action: Retry the command with correct syntax: ENV=(..) BLKSIZE=nnnn

ORA-27211: Failed to load Media Management Library
Cause: User-supplied SBT_LIBRARY or libobk.so could not be loaded. Call to
dlopen for media library returned error. See Additional information for error code.
Action: Retry the command with proper media library. Or re-install Media
management module for Oracle.

ORA-27212: some entrypoints in Media Management Library are missing
Cause: media library does not have one of the following entrypoints : sbtinfo,
sbtread, sbtwrite, sbtremove, sbtopen, sbtclose, sbtinit
Action: Retry the command with proper media library.

ORA-27213: failed to unload Media Management Library
Cause: dlclose for media library returned error. See Additional Additional
information for error code.
Action: contact Oracle Support.

ORA-27214: skgfrsfe: file search failed
Cause: The FindNextFile function returned unxpected error.
Action: Check errors on the error stack for an explanation why the search for files
could not be successfully executed.

ORA-27215: skgfgsmcs: sbtinfo2 returned unknown file
Cause: During an sbtinfo2() call, the media management software returned
information about an unknown backup file.
Action: Contact the media management vendor.

ORA-27216: skgfgsmcs: sbtinfo2 returned a malformed response
Cause: The media management software returned a malformed response during
an sbtinfo2() call.
Action: Contact the media management vendor.

ORA-27230: OS system call failure
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle support

ORA-27250: OS system call failure
Cause: OS system call failed
Action: check errno and contact Oracle support

ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:string failed with status: string
Cause: OS system call error
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27301: OS failure message: string
Cause: OS system call error
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27302: failure occurred at: string
Cause: OS system call error
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27303: additional information: string
Cause: OS system call error
Action: contact Oracle Support

ORA-27365: job has been notified to stop, but failed to do so immediately
Cause: The job specified in the stop_job command cannot be stopped
immediately(because it is rolling back or blocked on a network operation), but it
has been notified to stop. This means it will be stopped as soon as possible after its
current uninterruptable operation is done.
Action: No action is required for the job to be stopped, but calling stop_job with
force (if you have the privilege) may cause the job to be stopped sooner.

ORA-27366: job “string.string” is not running
Cause: An attempt was made to stop a job that was not running.
Action: Verify the status of the job. If the job is running but this message is still
being returned, contact Oracle support.

ORA-27367: program “string.string” associated with this job is disabled
Cause: An attempt was made to run a job whose program has been disabled.
Action: Reenable the program before running the job.

ORA-27369: job of type EXECUTABLE failed with exit code: string
Cause: A problem was encountered while running a job of type EXECUTABLE.
The cause of the actual problem is identified by the exit code.
Action: Correct the cause of the exit code and reschedule the job.

ORA-27370: job slave failed to launch a job of type EXECUTABLE
Cause: The scheduler ran into an error when the job slave tried to start a job of
type EXECUTABLE. The rest of the error stack will provide more detailed
information on what the exact problem was.
Action: Correct the problem specified in the error stack and reschedule the job.

ORA-27371: jobs of type EXECUTABLE are not supported on this platform
Cause: The user tried to create a job or program of type EXECUTABLE on a
platform where such jobs are not supported.
Action: Switch to a different platform or create a different type of job or program.
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ORA-27372: length of action and arguments exceeds platform limit string
Cause: The total length of the job or program action and the arguments exceeds
the platform limit specified.
Action: Reduce the total length by specifying fewer and/or shorter arguments

ORA-27373: unknown or illegal event source queue
Cause: The source queue specified for the event based job or event based schedule
was either not found or was of the wrong type.
Action: Check if the queue exists. If it does make sure it is a multiple consumer
queue and it is a post 8.1 compatible queue. Single consumer queues and old-style
queues cannot be used as event source queues.

ORA-27374: insufficient privileges on event source queue
Cause: The job owner had insufficient privileges on the event source queue that
was specified for the job.
Action: The job owner has to have dequeue privileges on event source queue or
he has to have manage queue or dequeue any queue system privileges. Make sure
one of these privileges is granted.

ORA-27375: valid agent name must be specified for secure queues
Cause: The queue specified for the event based job or schedule was a secure
queue and either no agent name was specified or an invalid agent name was
specified.
Action: If no agent name was specified, retry the call with a valid agent name. If
the agent name was valid, check if the agent is currently subscribed to the queue
and, in the case of jobs, check is the agent has been authorized to act as the job
owner.

ORA-27376: event condition cannot be NULL
Cause: A null event condition was passed in for an event based job or schedule.
This is not allowed.
Action: Pass in a legal event condition.

ORA-27377: windows cannot have event based schedules
Cause: Event based schedules for windows are currently not supported.
Action: Use a time-based schedule instead.

ORA-27378: cannot stop jobs of type EXECUTABLE on this platform
Cause: An attempt was made to stop a job of type EXECUTABLE on a platform
where the stop operation was not supported.
Action: If the attempt to stop the job was made with the FORCE option set to
FALSE, try again but change the FORCE option to TRUE.

ORA-27399: job type EXECUTABLE requires the CREATE EXTERNAL JOB
privilege
Cause: The owner of a job of type EXECUTABLE does not have the CREATE
EXTERNAL JOB system privilege.
Action: Grant the CREATE EXTERNAL JOB system privilege to the job owner or
create another job in a schema which does have the CREATE EXTERNAL JOB
system privilege.

ORA-27411: empty string is not a valid repeat interval.
Cause: An empty string “” was provided as a repeat interval for a window or a
schedule.
Action: Specify a valid repeat interval, e.g.,
“FREQ=DAILY;BYHOUR=8;BYMINUTE=0;BYSECOND=0” for a job that executes
daily at 8am.

ORA-27412: repeat interval or calendar contains invalid identifier: string
Cause: The calendar string or calendar definition for the repeat interval of a job,
schedule or window contained an unsupported keyword or reference to an
undefined calendar.
Action: Correct the repeat interval such that it no longer contains the invalid
keyword.

ORA-27413: repeat interval is too long
Cause: The repeat interval consisted of a calendar string larger than the maximum
size allowed.
Action: Use a shorter calendar string for the repeat interval.

ORA-27414: Invalid BY value type
Cause: The type of BY value was not allowed for the frequency specified
Action: Ommit BY values of this type or alter the frequency

ORA-27415: repeat interval or calendar must start with the FREQ= clause
Cause: The specified calendar string for the repeat interval did not start with the
frequency clause.
Action: Create a repeat interval that starts with a frequency clause, e.g.
“FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=FEB”

ORA-27416: BYDAY= clause in repeat interval or calendar contains an invalid
weekday
Cause: The BYDAY clause of the repeat interval contained a value that doesn”t
properly represent a weekday.
Action: Use the correct three letter abbreviations for weekdays, e.g. MON for
Monday and FRI for Friday.

ORA-27417: BYWEEKNO clause is only supported when FREQ=YEARLY
Cause: A repeat interval or calendar contained a BYWEEKNO clause with a
frequency other than yearly.
Action: Remove the BYWEEKNO clause or change the frequency to yearly.

ORA-27418: syntax error in repeat interval or calendar
Cause: The repeat interval or calendar definition could not be recognized as a
valid syntax.
Action: Specify a valid repeat interval.

ORA-27419: unable to determine valid execution date from repeat interval
Cause: The specified repeat interval contained conflicting clauses that made it
impossible to ever find a matching date, e.g.,
“FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=FEB;BYMONTHDAY=31”. Alternatively, the
scheduler reached its maximum number of attempts to try to find a valid
execution date. This occurs when theoretically there is a valid execution date far in
the future, but the scheduler took too many attempts to determine this date.
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Action: Remove the conflicting clauses, or simplify the repeat interval so that it is
easier to determine the next execution date.

ORA-27421: usage of string not supported in a calendar definition
Cause: The calendar definition contained a clause that is specific for a repeat
interval
Action: Specify a valid calendar definition.

ORA-27431: chain string.string has a user-managed rule set
Cause: An attempt was made to modify a rule set that is not managed by the
Scheduler.
Action: Modify the rule set directly using the dbms_rule_adm package or create
another chain without specifying a rule set.

ORA-27432: step string does not exist for chain string.string
Cause: The step specified does not exist for the given chain.
Action: Reissue the command using a step that exists for this chain.

ORA-27433: cannot alter state of step string for job string.string to string
Cause: The step cannot be changed to the requested state. The state of a running
step cannot be changed. A step which is running or has already run cannot be run
again.
Action: Wait until the step has finished running.

ORA-27434: cannot alter chain step job string.string.string
Cause: A step job of a running chain cannot be altered, only stopped or dropped.
Action: Stop or drop the chain step job or alter the running chain step instead.

ORA-27435: chain job terminated abnormally
Cause: A chain job has ended abnormally. The error code for the running chain
could not be retrieved.
Action: No action necessary. The job will run again when it is scheduled to.

ORA-27451: %s cannot be NULL
Cause: An attempt was made to set a NOT NULL scheduler attribute to NULL.
Action: Reissue the command using a non-NULL value for the specified attribute.

ORA-27452: %s is an invalid name for a database object.
Cause: An invalid name was used to identify a database object.
Action: Reissue the command using a valid name.

ORA-27453: %s is an invalid job or program argument name.
Cause: An invalid job or program argument name was specified.
Action: Reissue the command using a valid name for this argument.

ORA-27454: argument name and position cannot be NULL
Cause: The name or position of a program or job argument was defined as NULL.
Action: Reissue the command providing either a valid argument name or valid
argument position.

ORA-27455: Only “SYS” is a valid schema for a string.
Cause: A non-SYS schema was specified for an object that must be in the SYS
schema.
Action: Reissue the command, leaving out the schema name or using the schema
name of SYS.

ORA-27456: not all arguments of program “string.string” have been defined
Cause: The number_of_arguments attribute of the named program did not match
the actual number of arguments that have been defined.
Action: Define as many arguments as the number of arguments, or change the
number of arguments.

ORA-27457: argument string of job “string.string” has no value
Cause: No value was provided for the job argument with the specified position.
Action: Provide a value for the job argument using any of the set_job_xxxx_
value() routines. Or, when using a named program, specify a default value for the
corresponding argument of the program.

ORA-27458: A program of type PLSQL_BLOCK cannot have any arguments.
Cause: An attempt was made to create or enable a program of type PLSQL_
BLOCK with arguments. This is not allowed.
Action: Change the number of arguments to zero, or change the type of the
program.

ORA-27459: A program of type EXECUTABLE must have character-only arguments.
Cause: A program of type EXECUTABLE was created or enabled with one or
more arguments of non-character datatypes.
Action: Change the arguments to be of character-only datatypes.

ORA-27460: cannot execute disabled job “string.string”
Cause: An attempt was made to run a job that is disabled.
Action: Enable the job and then reschedule the job.

ORA-27461: The value for attribute string is too large.
Cause: The value that was provided for the specified attribute was too large.
Action: Reissue the command using a smaller or shorter value.

ORA-27463: invalid program type string
Cause: An invalid program type was specified.
Action: Reissue the command using a valid program type.

ORA-27464: invalid schedule type string
Cause: An invalid schedule type was specified.
Action: Reissue the command using a valid schedule type.

ORA-27465: invalid value string for attribute string
Cause: An invalid value was provided for the specified attribute.
Action: Reissue the command using a valid value for this attribute.

ORA-27467: invalid datatype for string value
Cause: The value provided for the named scheduler attribute was of an invalid
datatype.
Action: Reissue the command using a value of the correct datatype.
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ORA-27468: “string.string” is locked by another process
Cause: An attempt was made to read or modify the state of the named scheduler
object when another process was also updating the same object and held the lock.
Action: Retry the operation. Scheduler locks are held for a very short duration. If
the error persists, contact Oracle Support.

ORA-27469: %s is not a valid string attribute
Cause: A non-existant attribute was specified.
Action: Reissue the command using a valid attribute for that specific scheduler
object.

ORA-27470: failed to re-enable “string.string” after making requested change
Cause: A change was made to an enabled scheduler object that caused it to
become disabled.
Action: Alter the object so that it becomes valid and then enable it.

ORA-27471: window “string.string” is already closed
Cause: An attempt was made to close a window that was not open.
Action: No action required.

ORA-27472: invalid metadata attribute string
Cause: An invalid metadata attribute was specified.
Action: Reissue the command using a valid metadata attribute.

ORA-27473: argument string does not exist
Cause: An argument which was specified does not exist.
Action: Reissue the command using an argument name defined by the program
or using a valid argument position.

ORA-27474: cannot give both an argument name and an argument position
Cause: An argument was specified using both a name and a position.
Action: Reissue the command using either the argument name or the argument
position but not both.

ORA-27475: “string.string” must be a string
Cause: An object of the wrong type was specified. For example, a table could have
been passed to the drop_job() procedure.
Action: Reissue a different command applicable to this object type or reissue the
same command using an object of the valid type.

ORA-27476: “string.string” does not exist
Cause: A database object was specified that does not exist.
Action: Reissue the command using an object that exists or create a new object
and then reissue this command.

ORA-27477: “string.string” already exists
Cause: An attempt was made to create an object with a name that has already
been used by another object in the same schema.
Action: Reissue the command using a different name or schema.

ORA-27478: job “string.string” is running
Cause: An attempt was made to drop a job that is currently running.
Action: Stop the job and then reissue the command, or reissue the command
specifying the force option to stop the job first.

ORA-27479: Cannot string “string.string” because other objects depend on it
Cause: An attempt was made to drop or disable a scheduler object that has jobs
associated with it without specifying the force option.
Action: Alter the associated jobs so they do not point to the scheduler object being
dropped or disabled and then reissue the command. Alternatively reissue the
command specifying the force option. If the force option is specified and a
scheduler object is being dropped, all associated jobs will be disabled.

ORA-27480: window “string” is currently open
Cause: An attempt was made to drop a window that is currently open, or to
manually open a window while another window is already open.
Action: Close the window that is open and then reissue the command, or reissue
the command while setting the force option to TRUE.

ORA-27481: “string.string” has an invalid schedule
Cause: An attempt was made to enable a job or window that has an invalid
schedule.
Action: Alter the schedule of the job or window so that it is valid and then reissue
the enable command.

ORA-27483: “string.string” has an invalid END_DATE
Cause: An attempt was made to enable a job or window that has an invalid end_
date. Either the end_date is before the start_date or the end_date is in the past.
Action: Alter the job or window so that the end date becomes valid (possibly null)
and then reissue the command.

ORA-27484: Argument names are not supported for jobs without a program.
Cause: An attempt was made to set or reset a job argument by using the name of
the argument. Identifying job arguments by their name is only supported in
combination with jobs that are based on programs. Jobs that are not using a
program cannot have named arguments.
Action: Use argument position instead of name and then issue the command
again.

ORA-27485: argument string already exists at a different position
Cause: An attempt was made to create or replace an argument with a name that is
already used by an argument at a different position.
Action: Use a different name for the argument or drop or alter the argument
which already exists with this name and then reissue the command.

ORA-27486: insufficient privileges
Cause: An attempt was made to perform a scheduler operation without the
required privileges.
Action: Ask a sufficiently privileged user to perform the requested operation, or
grant the required privileges to the proper user(s).

ORA-27487: invalid object privilege for a string
Cause: The granted object privilege is not valid for the specified scheduler object.
Action: Check the scheduler documentation to verify which object privileges can
be granted on which scheduler objects.
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ORA-27488: unable to set string because string was/were already set
Cause: An attempt was made to set an object”s attribute even though one or more
conflicting attributes of the same object had already been set.
Action: Set the other conflicting attributes to NULL and then reissue the
command.

ORA-27489: unable to process job “string.string” from job class “string”
Cause: An error was encountered while processing the named job from the
specified job class.
Action: Resolve the error for this job and then reissue the command. See the next
error message on the stack to find out what the error for the job is.

ORA-27490: cannot open disabled window “string.string”
Cause: The user tried to open a disabled window.
Action: Enable the window and then try to open it again.

ORA-27491: repeat_interval and start_date cannot both be NULL
Cause: An attempt was made to set both repeat_interval and start_date to equal
NULL for a Scheduler window or schedule.
Action: If either repeat_interval or start_date is set to equal NULL, the other
should be set to a non-NULL value.

ORA-27500: inter-instance IPC error
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the extra information and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27501: IPC error creating a port
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27502: IPC error deleting OSD context
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27503: IPC error attempting to cancel request
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27504: IPC error creating OSD context
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27505: IPC error destroying a port
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27506: IPC error connecting to a port
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27507: IPC error disconnecting from a port
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27508: IPC error sending a message
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27509: IPC error receiving a message
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27510: IPC error waiting for a request to complete
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27512: IPC error posting a process
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27513: parameter string contains invalid value string
Cause: The program could not identify the value as an IP address.
Action: Change the value to be a valid IP address.

ORA-27542: Failed to unprepare a buffer prepared for remote update
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27543: Failed to cancel outstanding IPC request
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27544: Failed to map memory region for export
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27545: Fail to prepare buffer for remote update
Cause: This is an operating system/cluster interconnect error.
Action: Check the value of errno and contact Oracle Support Services.

ORA-27546: Oracle compiled against IPC interface version string.string found
version string.string
Cause: A misconfiguration or installation error occurred.
Action: Install the IPC library for this release of Oracle.

ORA-27547: Unable to query IPC OSD attribute string
Cause: This is an operating system-dependent IPC error.
Action: Contact Oracle support Services.

ORA-27548: Unable to unprepare IPC buffer
Cause: This is an operating system-dependent IPC error.
Action: Contact Oracle support Services.
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ORA-27550: Target ID protocol check failed. tid vers=number, type=number, remote
instance number=number, local instance number=number
Cause: The local Oracle Real Application Cluster instance and remote instance are
running with incompatible implementation of the inter-instance IPC protocol
library. A misconfiguration or installation error occurred.
Action: Check additional error messages in the alert log and the process trace file.

ORA-28000: the account is locked
Cause: The user has entered wrong password consequently for maximum number
of times specified by the user”s profile parameter FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS, or
the DBA has locked the account
Action: Wait for PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME or contact DBA

ORA-28001: the password has expired
Cause: The user”s account has expired and the password needs to be changed
Action: change the password or contact the DBA

ORA-28002: the password will expire within string days
Cause: The user”s account is about to about to expire and the password needs to
be changed
Action: change the password or contact the DBA

ORA-28003: password verification for the specified password failed
Cause: The new password did not meet the necessary complexity specifications
and the password_verify_function failed
Action: Enter a different password. Contact the DBA to know the rules for
choosing the new password

ORA-28004: invalid argument for function specified in PASSWORD_VERIFY_
FUNCTION string
Cause: The password verification function does not have the required number
and type of input/output arguments and/or the return argument
Action: Check the manual to find out the format of the password verification
function

ORA-28005: invalid logon flags
Cause: The flags are not properly set or conflicting flags are set in making calls
Action: Call the function with appropriate flags set.

ORA-28006: conflicting values for parameters string and string
Cause: The parameters PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME and PASSWORD_REUSE_
MAX cannot both be set. One parameter should be unlimited while other is set
Action: Set one value to UNLIMITED explicitly

ORA-28007: the password cannot be reused
Cause: The password cannot be reused for the specified number of days or for the
specified nunmber of password changes
Action: Try the password that you have not used for the specified number of days
or the specified number of password changes Refer to the password parameters in
the CREATE PROFILE statement

ORA-28008: invalid old password
Cause: old password supplied is wrong; Hence user cannot be authenticated
using old password
Action: Supply the correct old password for authentication

ORA-28009: connection as SYS should be as SYSDBA or SYSOPER
Cause: connect SYS/ is no longer a valid syntax
Action: Try connect SYS/ as SYSDBA or connect SYS/ as
SYSOPER

ORA-28010: cannot expire external or global accounts
Cause: If a user account is created as IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY, or IDENTIFIED
GLOBALLY, this account cannot be expired
Action: Try to expire the password of the user that has database password

ORA-28011: the account will expire soon; change your password now
Cause: The user”s account is marked for expiry; the expiry period is unlimited.
Action: Change the password or contact the DBA.

ORA-28012: Manual commit not allowed here
Cause: An attempt was made to commit a non-autonomous transaction from
within a change password trigger or password verification routine
Action: Remove the COMMIT from the password trigger or password verification
routine

ORA-28020: IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY already specified
Cause: The IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY clause was specified twice.
Action: Use only one IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY clause.

ORA-28021: cannot grant global roles
Cause: A role granted was IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY. Global roles can only be
granted via a central authority for the domain.
Action: Use ALTER ROLE to change the type of role (from IDENTIFIED
GLOBALLY to other, such as IDENTIFIED BY password), or allocate it to a global
user via the central authority.

ORA-28022: cannot grant external roles to global user or role
Cause: A role granted was IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY. External roles cannot be
granted to global users or global roles.
Action: Use ALTER ROLE to change the type of the role being granted (from
IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY to other, such as IDENTIFIED BY password), or use
ALTER ROLE or ALTER USER to change the type of the user or role that is the
grantee.

ORA-28023: must revoke grants of this role to other user(s) first
Cause: The role altered to IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY was granted to one or more
other users and/or roles. Global roles cannot be granted to any user or role.
Action: Use REVOKE to revoke the role from other users or roles first.

ORA-28024: must revoke grants of external roles to this role/user
Cause: The user or role altered to IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY has external roles
directly granted – these must be revoked, since external roles cannot be granted to
global users or roles.
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Action: Use REVOKE to revoke the external roles from the user or role to be
ALTERed.

ORA-28025: missing or null external name
Cause: The IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY AS or IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS
clause was specified with a valid external name.
Action: Provide a valid external name.

ORA-28026: user with same external name already exists
Cause: The external name specified for the user being created or altered already
exists for another user.
Action: External names must be unique among users. Specify another.

ORA-28027: privileged database links may be used by global users
Cause: Only users IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY may use a privileged database link.
Action: Either change the user to a global user or try to use a different database
link.

ORA-28028: could not authenticate remote server
Cause: During the course of opening a privileged database link, the remote server
was not securely identified using the network security service. Additional errors
should follow.
Action: Consult the network security service documentation on how to properly
configure the remote server.

ORA-28029: could not authorize remote server for user string
Cause: During the course of opening a privileged database link, the remote server
was found to lack the necessary authorizations to connect as the current global
user. This may be because the server was not authorized by the network security
service. Or it may be because the local server is restricting access by the remote
server using the DBMS_SECURITY_DOMAINS_ADMIN package.
Action: Grant the remote server the proper authorization to connect as the given
global user, and check that the local server is not restricting access.

ORA-28030: Server encountered problems accessing LDAP directory service
Cause: Unable to access LDAP directory service
Action: Please contact your system administrator

ORA-28031: maximum of string enabled roles exceeded
Cause: The user attempted to enable too many roles.
Action: Enable fewer roles.

ORA-28035: Cannot Get Session Key for Authentication
Cause: Client and server cannot negotiate shared secret during logon
Action: User should not see this error. Please contact your system administrator

ORA-28037: Cannot Get Session Key for RACF Authentication
Cause: Client and server cannot negotiate shared secret during logon
Action: User should not see this error. Please contact your system administrator

ORA-28038: disallow O2LOGON
Cause: turn off O2LOGON
Action: none

ORA-28039: cannot validate Kerberos service ticket
Cause: The Kerberos service ticket provided was invalid or expired
Action: Provide a valid, unexpired service ticket.

ORA-28040: No matching authentication protocol
Cause: No acceptible authentication protocol for both client and server
Action: Administrator should set SQLNET_ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION
parameter on both client and servers to values that matches the minimum version
supported in the system.

ORA-28041: Authentication protocol internal error
Cause: Authentication protocol failed with an internal error
Action: none

ORA-28042: Server authentication failed
Cause: Server failed to authenticate itself to the client
Action: Confirm that the server is a valid database server.

ORA-28043: invalid bind credentials for DB-OID connection
Cause: The Database password stored in the wallet did not match the one in OID .
Action: Use DBCA to reset the database password so that it is the same in
database wallet and in OID.

ORA-28044: unsupported directory type
Cause: The database tried to work with a directory which is not OID.
Action: Enterprise User Security works only with Oracle Internet Directory.
Update the ldap.ora file to reflect an appropriate OID.

ORA-28045: SSL authentication between database and OID failed
Cause: Server failed to authenticate itself to the Directory.
Action: Make sure the sqlnet.ora used is pointing to the wallet with the right
certificate.

ORA-28046: Password change for SYS disallowed
Cause: REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE is set to SHARED, prohibiting SYS
password changes.
Action: Change setting of REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE to EXCLUSIVE or
NONE.

ORA-28047: database is not a member of any enterprise domain in OID
Cause: An enterprise user login was attempted on a database that is not a
member of any enterprise domain in OID.
Action: An administrator should put the database into an enterprise domain in
OID, and then the user should reconnect.

ORA-28048: database is a member of multiple enterprise domains in OID
Cause: An enterprise user login was attempted on a database that is a member of
multiple enterprise domains in OID.
Action: An administrator should put the database into only one enterprise
domain in OID, and then the user should reconnect.
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ORA-28049: the password has expired
Cause: The enterprise user”s password has expired and the password needs to be
changed.
Action: change the password in the directory or contact the directory
administrator.

ORA-28051: the account is locked
Cause: The enterprise user has consecutively entered the wrong password for
maximum number of times specified in the realm”s password policy profile.
Action: Contact the directory administrator.

ORA-28052: the account is disabled
Cause: The enterprise user”s account in the directory has been disabled.
Action: Contact the directory administrator.

ORA-28053: the account is inactive
Cause: The enterprise user”s account in the directory is currently not active.
Action: Contact the directory administrator.

ORA-28054: the password has expired. string Grace logins are left
Cause: The enterprise user”s password has expired. The user is able to login
because he has gracelogins left.
Action: change the password in the directory or contact the directory
administrator.

ORA-28055: the password will expire within string days
Cause: The enterprise user”s password is about to expire.
Action: Change the password in the directory or contact the directory
administrator.

ORA-28100: policy function schema string is invalid
Cause: The schema was dropped after the policy associated with the function had
been added to the object.
Action: Drop the policy and re-create it with a policy function owned by a valid
user. Or re-create the user and the policy function under the new user.

ORA-28101: policy already exists
Cause: A policy with the same name for the same object already exists.
Action: Check if the policy has already been added or use a different policy name.

ORA-28102: policy does not exist
Cause: Try to drop/enable/refresh a non-existent policy.
Action: Correct the policy name argument.

ORA-28103: adding a policy to an object owned by SYS is not allowed
Cause: Try to add a policy to a table or a view owned by SYS.
Action: You can not perform this operation.

ORA-28104: input value for string is not valid
Cause: Input value for the argument is not valid
Action: specify a valid argument value.

ORA-28105: cannot create security relevant column policy in an object view
Cause: Security relevant column argument is not null in policy creation for an
object view
Action: none

ORA-28106: input value for argument #string is not valid
Cause: Input values for the argument is missing or invalid.
Action: Correct the input values.

ORA-28107: policy was disabled
Cause: Try to flush a disabled policy.
Action: If the policy is supposed to be enforced, it must be enabled.

ORA-28108: circular security policies detected
Cause: Policies for the same object reference each other.
Action: Drop the policies

ORA-28109: the number of related policies has exceeded the limit of 16
Cause: Too many policies are involved in the same objects.
Action: Drop one or more policies. Or combine a few of them into one.

ORA-28110: policy function or package string.string has error
Cause: The policy function may have been dropped, or is no longer valid.
Action: Check the status of the function and correct the problem. Or re-create the
policy with a valid function.

ORA-28111: insufficient privilege to evaluate policy predicate
Cause: Predicate has a subquery which contains objects that the owner of policy
function does not have privilege to access.
Action: Grant appropriate privileges to the policy function owner.

ORA-28112: failed to execute policy function
Cause: The policy function has one or more error during execution.
Action: Check the trace file and correct the errors.

ORA-28113: policy predicate has error
Cause: Policy function generates invalid predicate.
Action: Review the trace file for detailed error information.

ORA-28115: policy with check option violation
Cause: Policy predicate was evaluated to FALSE with the updated values.
Action: none

ORA-28116: insufficient privileges to do direct path access
Cause: Users with insufficient privileges attempting to do direct path access of
tables with fine grain access control policies.
Action: Ask the database administrator to do the operation. Note that users can
work with security administrator to temporarily drop/disable the policies at time
of export, import, or load, but this has security implication, and thus access of the
database must be controlled carefully.

ORA-28117: integrity constraint violated – parent record not found
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Cause: try to update/insert a child record with new foreign key values, but the
corresponding parent row is not visible because of fine-grained security in the
parent.
Action: make sure that the updated foreign key values must also visible in the
parent

ORA-28118: policy group already exists
Cause: try to create a policy group that already exists
Action: none

ORA-28119: policy group does not exist
Cause: try to drop a policy group that does not exist
Action: none

ORA-28120: driving context already exists
Cause: try to create a driving context that already exists
Action: none

ORA-28121: driving context does not exist
Cause: try to drop a driving context that does not exist
Action: none

ORA-28132: Merge into syntax does not support security policies.
Cause: Merge into syntax currently does not support a security policy on the
destination table.
Action: use the insert / update DML stmts on the table that has a security policy
defined on it.

ORA-28134: object cannot have fine-grained access control policy
Cause: Only tables, views, or synonyms of tables or views may have VPD policies
Action: none

ORA-28137: Invalid FGA audit Handler
Cause: An invalid audit handler was specified.
Action: Specify a valid audit handler.

ORA-28138: Error in Policy Predicate
Cause: An invalid policy predicate was specified.
Action: Please specify a valide policy Predicate for the FGA policy

ORA-28139: Maximum allowed Fine Grain Audit Policies Exceeded
Cause: A maximum of 256 policies can be enabled on an object
Action: Drop or disable an existing policy before creating more

ORA-28140: Invalid column specified
Cause: Column name specified during policy creation is invalid
Action: Please specify a valid column name. Object columns are not supported

ORA-28141: error in creating audit index file
Cause: ORACLE was not able to create the file being used to hold audit file
names.
Action: Examine the directory pointed to by the initialization parameter “audit_
file_dest.” Make sure that all of the following is true:
1. The directory exists.
2. The name indeed points to a directory and not a file.
3. The directory is accessible and writable to the ORACLE user.

ORA-28142: error in accessing audit index file
Cause: ORACLE was not able to access the file being used to hold audit file
names.
Action: Make sure the file exists in the directory pointed to by the initialization
parameter “audit_file_dest” and is readable by the ORACLE user.

ORA-28150: proxy not authorized to connect as client
Cause: A proxy user attempted to connect as a client, but the proxy was not
authorized to act on behalf of the client.
Action: Grant the proxy user permission to perform actions on behalf of the client
by using the ALTER USER … GRANT CONNECT command.

ORA-28151: more than one user name specified for command
Cause: More than one user name was specified for an ALTER USER command.
Action: Try the command again with only one user name.

ORA-28152: proxy user “string” may not specify initial role “string” on behalf of
client “string”
Cause: A proxy user attempted to specify an initial role for a client, but the client
does not possess the role.
Action: Change the proxy user so that it does not specify the role or grant the role
to the client.

ORA-28153: Invalid client initial role specified: “string”
Cause: A role specified by a proxy user as an initial role to be activated upon
connecting on behalf of a client is invalid.
Action: Connect again as the client specifying a valid role.

ORA-28154: Proxy user may not act as client “string”
Cause: A proxy user may not assume the identity of a privileged user in order to
limit the privileges that a proxy may possess.
Action: Execute the statement again specify a client other than a privileged user.

ORA-28155: user “string” specified as a proxy is actually a role
Cause: A user specified in an AUDIT BY ON BEHALF OF
is actually a role.
Action: Execute the statement again with a valid proxy user.

ORA-28156: Proxy user “string” not authorized to set role “string” for client “string”
Cause: A proxy user has not been granted the right to use a role on behalf of a
client.
Action: Execute the command ALTER USER GRANT CONNECT
THROUGH PROXY to grant the needed role.

ORA-28157: Proxy user “string” forbidden to set role “string” for client “string”
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Cause: A proxy user was forbidden to use a role on behalf of a client through the
command ALTER USER GRANT CONNECT THROUGH WITH
ALL ROLES EXCEPT
Action: Execute the command ALTER USER GRANT CONNECT
THROUGH PROXY to grant the needed role.

ORA-28163: GRANT already specified
Cause: The GRANT clause was specified twice.
Action: Use only one GRANT clause.

ORA-28164: REVOKE already specified
Cause: The REVOKE clause was specified twice.
Action: Use only one REVOKE clause.

ORA-28165: proxy “string” may not specify password-protected role “string” for
client “string”
Cause: A proxy user attempted to activate a role on behalf of a client which has a
password associated with it. Since the proxy does not have a password, this
activation cannot be allowed.
Action: Attempt to activate a different role or change the role administratively so
that there is no password.

ORA-28166: duplicate rolename in list
Cause: The name of a role was specified more than once in a list.
Action: Repeat the command specifying the role once.

ORA-28168: attempted to grant password-protected role
Cause: An ALTER USER … GRANT CONNECT command was attempted
specifying a role that is protected by a password as a role which the proxy may
execute on behalf of a client.
Action: Either specify a role that does not have a password or alter the role so that
a password is not required.

ORA-28169: unsupported certificate type
Cause: The type of certificate from which the server is to extract the credentials of
the client is not supported.
Action: Specify a supported type.

ORA-28170: unsupported certificate version
Cause: The version of the certificate from which the server is to extract the
credentials of the client is not supported.
Action: Specify a supported version.

ORA-28171: unsupported Kerberos version
Cause: the version the Kerberos ticket which the server is to use to validate the
identity of the client is not supported.
Action: Specify a supported version.

ORA-28172: distinguished name not provided by proxy
Cause: A client user is to be identified using a distinguished name, but none was
provided by the proxy user.
Action: Provide a distinguished name.

ORA-28173: certificate not provided by proxy
Cause: A client user is to be identified using a certificate but none was provided
by the proxy user.
Action: Provide a certificate.

ORA-28174: Kerberos ticket not provided by proxy
Cause: A client user is to be authenticated using a Kerberos ticket but none was
provided by the proxy user.
Action: Provide a Kerberos ticket.

ORA-28175: incorrect certificate type
Cause: the type of certificate provided by the proxy user to identify a client user
does not match the type that is required.
Action: Provide a certificate of the correct type.

ORA-28176: incorrect certificate version
Cause: the version of certificate provided by the proxy user to identify a client
user does not match the version that is required.
Action: Provide a certificate of the correct version.

ORA-28177: incorrect Kerberos ticket version
Cause: the version of Kerberos ticket provided by the proxy user to authenticate a
client user does not match the version that is required.
Action: Provide a Kerberos ticket of the correct version.

ORA-28178: password not provided by proxy
Cause: A client user is to be authenticated using a database password but none
was provided by the proxy user.
Action: Provide a password.

ORA-28179: client user name not provided by proxy
Cause: No user name was provided by the proxy user for the client user.
Action: Either specify a client database user name, a distinguished name or an
X.509 certificate.

ORA-28180: multiple authentication methods provided by proxy
Cause: More than one authentication method was specified by the proxy user for
the client user.
Action: Specify only one of the following: a client database user name, a
distinguished name or an X.509 certificate.

ORA-28181: proxy “string” failed to enable one or more of the specified initial roles
for client “string”
Cause: Attempt to enable specified initial roles after logon resulted in failure.
Action: Check that the initial roles are valid, granted to client, and not password
protected.

ORA-28182: cannot acquire Kerberos service ticket for client
Cause: An attempt to use a Kerberos forwardable ticket granting ticket to obtain a
Kerberos service ticket failed.
Action: Check that the Kerberos forwardable ticket granting ticket belongs to the
client, is valid, and that the key distribution center is available.
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ORA-28183: proper authentication not provided by proxy
Cause: A client user must be authenticated but no authentication credentials were
provided by the proxy user.
Action: Provide some form of authentication credentials.

ORA-28184: global user cannot have proxy permissions managed in the directory
Cause: The client name specified was a global user.
Action: Use ALTER USER to change the type of user (from IDENTIFIED
GLOBALLY to something else, such as IDENTIFIED BY password or IDENTIFIED
EXTERNALLY).

ORA-28200: IDENTIFIED USING already specified
Cause: The IDENTIFIED USING clause was specified twice.
Action: Use only one IDENTIFIED USING clause.

ORA-28201: Not enough privileges to enable application role “string”
Cause: An attempt to enable application role outside the scope of the designated
package
Action: Enable the role directly or indirectly using the designated package

ORA-28221: REPLACE not specified
Cause: User is changing password but password verification function is turned on
and the original password is not specified and the user does not have the alter
user system privilege.
Action: Supply the original password.

ORA-28231: no data passed to obfuscation toolkit
Cause: A NULL value was passed to a function or procedure.
Action: Make sure that the data passed is not empty.

ORA-28232: invalid input length for obfuscation toolkit
Cause: Length of data submitted for encryption or decryption is not a multiple of
8 bytes.
Action: Make sure that the length of the data to be encrypted or decrypted is a
multiple of 8 bytes.

ORA-28233: double encryption not supported
Cause: The obfuscation toolkit does not support the encryption of
already-encrypted data.
Action: Do not attempt to encrypt already-encrypted data.

ORA-28234: key length too short
Cause: The key specified is too short for the algorithm. DES requires a key of at
least 8 bytes. Triple DES requires a key of least 16 bytes in two-key mode and 24
bytes in three-key mode.
Action: Specify a longer key.

ORA-28235: algorithm not available
Cause: The encryption algorithm desired is not available.
Action: Run the installer to install the needed algorithm in Oracle Advanced
Security.

ORA-28236: invalid Triple DES mode
Cause: An unknown value was specified for the mode in which triple DES
encryption is to run.
Action: Specify a valid value. See the package declaration for a list of valid values.

ORA-28237: seed length too short
Cause: The seed specified for the key generation routine must be at least 80
characters.
Action: Specify a longer seed.

ORA-28238: no seed provided
Cause: A NULL value was passed in as the seed to be used in generating a key.
Action: Provide a non-NULL value for the seed.

ORA-28239: no key provided
Cause: A NULL value was passed in as an encryption or decryption key.
Action: Provide a non-NULL value for the key.

ORA-28261: CURRENT_USER can not be used in PLSQL Definer”s Right
procedure.
Cause: An attempt to retrieve CURRENT_USER using SYS_CONTEXT PLSQL
interface.
Action: Use a SQL statement to query CURRENT_USER inside a DR procedure.

ORA-28262: global_context_pool_size has invalid value.
Cause: Parameter global_context_pool_size has a value less than the minimum
required value (10K).
Action: Please specify a value for the init.ora parameter global_context_pool_size
which is atleast 10k.

ORA-28263: Insufficient memory in global context pool
Cause: Allocations for the global context heap exceeded the value set in init.ora.
Action: Increase the value of global_context_pool_size parameter in init.ora or
clear usused global context.

ORA-28264: Client identifier is too long
Cause: The length of the client identifier is longer than 64
Action: Set a client identifier whose length is less than 64.

ORA-28265: NameSpace beginning with “sys_” is not allowed
Cause: Namespace beginning with “sys_” is not allowed.
Action: Use a namespace that does not begin with “sys_”.

ORA-28267: Invalid NameSpace Value
Cause: Context NameSpace conflicts with reserved key words or a secure
Namespace is not allowed for this type of Application Context.
Action: Use a valid namespace.

ORA-28268: Exceeded the maximum allowed size for Context information in a
session
Cause: The maximum size specified by the _session_context_size init.ora
parameter was exceeded.
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Action: Please change the value for _session_context_size in the init.ora file.

ORA-28270: Malformed user nickname for password authenticated global user.
Cause: An attempt to login as password-auuthenticated global user with a
malformed user nickname.
Action: Make sure the nickname is valid and re-login.

ORA-28271: No permission to read user entry in LDAP directory service.
Cause: ORACLE server does not have read permission on user nickname”s X.500
user entry.
Action: Make sure ORACLE server is using right SSL credentials to connect to
LDAP directory services. Make sure permissions for LDAP user entries are right.

ORA-28272: Domain policy restricts password based GLOBAL user authentication.
Cause: Domain policy does not allow password-authenticated GLOBAL users.
Action: Make sure ORACLE server is using right SSL credentials to connect to
LDAP directory services. Make sure orclDBAuthTypes attributes within Oracle
enterprise domain object is either set to PWD or ALL.

ORA-28273: No mapping for user nickname to LDAP distinguished name exists.
Cause: ORACLE server cannot map the given user nickname to LDAP
distinguished name.
Action: Make sure user entries in LDAP are correctly provisioned with correct
user nickname attribute values.

ORA-28274: No ORACLE password attribute corresponding to user nickname exists.
Cause: LDAP user entry corresponding to user nickname does not have a
ORACLE password attribute or the attribute is not initialized.
Action: Make sure user entries in LDAP are correctly provisioned with correct
ORACLE password attribute values.

ORA-28275: Multiple mappings for user nickname to LDAP distinguished name
exist.
Cause: The given user nickname maps to more than one LDAP distinguished
name.
Action: Make sure user nickname is unique within the enterprise.

ORA-28276: Invalid ORACLE password attribute.
Cause: The ORACLE password attribute of a user entry has an invalid format.
Action: Make sure ORACLE password attribute value is RFC-2307 compliant.

ORA-28277: LDAP search, while authenticating global user with passwords, failed.
Cause: The LDAP search for finding the appropriate user entry and ORACLE
password failed.
Action: Make sure LDAP directory service is up and running.

ORA-28278: No domain policy registered for password based GLOBAL users.
Cause: No policy about password authenticated GLOBAL users has been
registered.
Action: Add attribute orclDBAuthTypes to the database server”s Enterprise
domain.

ORA-28279: Error reading ldap_directory_access init parameter.
Cause: ldap_directory_access parameter is not specified corrrectly.
Action: Make sure spfile.ora has ldap_directory_access set correctly. Possible
correct values are PASSWORD, SSL and NONE.

ORA-28280: Multiple entries for ORACLE database password exist.
Cause: The ORACLE password attribute of a user entry has multiple entries of
ORACLE database password.
Action: Make sure ORACLE password attribute has one entry for ORACLE
Database password.

ORA-28290: Multiple entries found for the same Kerberos Principal Name
Cause: Multiple user entries has been configured with the same
krbPrincipalName
Action: Modify enterprise user”s entry to assign its Kerberos principal name
Make sure the user entries in LDAP are provisioned correctly.

ORA-28291: No Kerberos Principal Value found.
Cause: Oracle server fails to get value of krbPrincipalName attribute
Action: Make sure user entries are correctly provisioned with correct Kerberos
principal value

ORA-28292: No Domain Policy registered for Kerberos based authentication
Cause: The enterprise domain entry is not configured for Kerberos based global
authentication.
Action: Modify orclDBAuthType of the database server”s enterprise domain entry
and assign it “ALL” or “KRB5”

ORA-28293: No matched Kerberos Principal found in any user entry
Cause: Oracle server fails to find the principal in the user search base
Action: Make sure the user search base is correct. Use ESM to configure the
enterprise user its Kerberos principal name

ORA-28300: No permission to read user entry in LDAP directory service.
Cause: ORACLE server does not have read permission on user entries.
Action: Make sure ORACLE server is using right credentials to connect to LDAP
directory services. Make sure permissions for LDAP user entries are configured
correctly.

ORA-28301: Domain Policy hasn”t been registered for SSL authentication.
Cause: An attempt was made to authenticate with SSL, but the database
enterprise domain was not configured for SSL authentication.
Action: Modify orclDBAuthType of the server”s enterprise domain entry and
assign it “ALL” or “SSL”.

ORA-28302: User does not exist in the LDAP directory service.
Cause: An attempt was made to authenticate with SSL using the user”s certificate,
but there was no user entry in the LDAP server that matched the user”s
Distinguished Name.
Action: Add an user entry whose DN matches the user”s PKI DN in the LDAP
directory.
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ORA-28330: encryption is not allowed for this data type
Cause: Data type was not supported for column encryption.
Action: none

ORA-28331: encrypted column size too long for its data type
Cause: column was encrypted and for VARCHAR2, the length specified was >
3932; for CHAR, the length specified was > 1932; for NVARCHAR2, the length
specified was > 1966; for NCHAR, the length specified was > 966;
Action: Reduce the column size.

ORA-28332: cannot have more than one password for the encryption key
Cause: More than one password was specified in the user command.
Action: none

ORA-28333: column is not encrypted
Cause: An attempt was made to rekey or decrypt an unencrypted column.
Action: none

ORA-28334: column is already encrypted
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt an encrypted column.
Action: none

ORA-28335: referenced or referencing FK constraint column cannot be encrypted
Cause: encrypted columns were involved in the referential constraint
Action: none

ORA-28336: cannot encrypt SYS owned objects
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt columns in a table owned by SYS.
Action: none

ORA-28337: the specified index may not be defined on an encrypted column
Cause: Index column was either a functional, domain, or join index.
Action: none

ORA-28338: cannot encrypt indexed column(s) with salt
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt index column with salt.
Action: Alter the table and specify column encrypting without salt.

ORA-28339: missing or invalid encryption algorithm
Cause: Encryption algorithm was missing or invalid in the user command.
Action: Must specify a valid algorithm.

ORA-28340: a different encryption algorithm has been chosen for the table
Cause: Existing encrypted columns were associated with a different algorithm.
Action: No need to specify an algorithm, or specify the same one for the existing
encrypted columns.

ORA-28341: cannot encrypt constraint column(s) with salt
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt constraint columns with salt.
Action: Encrypt the constraint columns without salt.

ORA-28342: integrity check fails on column key
Cause: Encryption metadata may have been improperly altered.
Action: none

ORA-28343: fails to encrypt data
Cause: data or encryption metadata may have been improperly altered or the
security module may not have been properly setup
Action: none

ORA-28344: fails to decrypt data
Cause: data or encryption metadata may have been improperly altered or the
security module may not have been properly setup
Action: none

ORA-28345: cannot downgrade because there exists encrypted column
Cause: An attempt was made to downgrade when there was an encrypted
column in the system.
Action: Decrypt these columns before attempting to downgrade.

ORA-28346: an encrypted column cannot serve as a partitioning column
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt a partitioning key column or create
partitioning index with encrypted columns.
Action: The column must be decrypted.

ORA-28347: encryption properties mismatch
Cause: An attempt was made to issue an ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE
PARTITION | SUBPARTITION command, but encryption properties were
mismatched.
Action: Make sure encrytion algorithms and columns keys are identical. The
corresponding columns must be encrypted on both tables with the same salt and
non-salt flavor.

ORA-28348: index defined on the specified column cannot be encrypted
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt a column which is in a functional index,
domain index, or join index.
Action: drop the index

ORA-28349: cannot encrypt the specified column recorded in the materialized view
log
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt a column which is already recorded in
the materialized view log.
Action: drop the materialized view log

ORA-28350: cannot encrypt the specified column recorded in CDC synchronized
change table
Cause: An attempt was made to encrypt a column which is already recorded in
CDC synchronized change table.
Action: drop the synchronized change table

ORA-28353: failed to open wallet
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Cause: The database was unable to open the security module wallet due to an
incorrect wallet path or password It is also possible that a wallet has not been
created. Type mkwallet from command line for instructions.
Action: Execute the command again using the correct wallet password or verfying
a wallet exists in the specified directory. If necessary, create a new wallet and
initialize it.

ORA-28354: wallet already open
Cause: The security module wallet has already been opened.
Action: none

ORA-28356: invalid open wallet syntax
Cause: The command to open the wallet contained improper spelling or syntax.
Action: If attempting to open the wallet, verify the spelling and syntax and
execute the command again.

ORA-28357: password required to open the wallet
Cause: A password was not provided when executing the open wallet command.
Action: Retry the command with a valid password.

ORA-28358: improper set key syntax
Cause: The command to set the master key contained improper spelling or
syntax.
Action: If attempting to set the master key for Transparent Database Encryption,
verify the spelling and syntax and execute the command again.

ORA-28359: invalid certificate identifier
Cause: The certificate specified did not exist in the wallet.
Action: Query the V$WALLET fixed view to find the proper certificate identifier
for certificate to be used.

ORA-28361: master key not yet set
Cause: The master key for the instance was not set.
Action: Execute the ALTER SYSTEM SET KEY command to set a master key for
the database instance.

ORA-28362: master key not found
Cause: The required master key required could not be located. This may be
casued by the use of an invalid or incorrect wallet.
Action: Check wallet location parameters to see if they specify the correct wallet.
Also, verify that an SSO wallet is not being used when an encrypted wallet is
intended.

ORA-28363: buffer provided not large enough for output
Cause: A provided output buffer is too small to contain the output.
Action: Check the size of the output buffer to make sure it is initialized to the
proper size.

ORA-28364: invalid wallet operation
Cause: The command to operate the wallet contained improper spelling or syntax.
Action: Verify the spelling and syntax and execute the command again.

ORA-28365: wallet is not open
Cause: The security module wallet has not been opened.
Action: Open the wallet.

ORA-28366: invalid database encryption operation
Cause: The command for database encryption contained improper spelling or
syntax.
Action: Verify the spelling and syntax and execute the command again.

ORA-28367: wallet does not exist
Cause: The Oracle wallet has not been created or the wallet location parameters in
sqlnet.ora specifies an invalid wallet path.
Action: Verify that the WALLET_LOCATION or the ENCRYPTION_WALLET_
LOCATION parameter is correct and that a valid wallet exists in the path
specified.

ORA-28368: cannot auto-create wallet
Cause: The database failed to auto create an Oracle wallet. The Oracle process
may not have proper file permissions or a wallet may already exist.
Action: Confirm that proper directory permissions are granted to the Oracle user
and that neither an encrypted or obfuscated wallet exists in the specified wallet
location and try again.

ORA-28500: connection from ORACLE to a non-Oracle system returned this
message:
Cause: The cause is explained in the forwarded message.
Action: See the non-Oracle system”s documentation of the forwarded message.

ORA-28501: communication error on heterogeneous database link
Cause: An unexpected communication failure occurred on a heterogeneous
database link to a non-Oracle system. The message above will be followed by a
second message generated by the connected non-Oracle system.
Action: See the documentation for the non-Oracle system for an explanation of
the second error message.

ORA-28502: internal communication error on heterogeneous database link
Cause: A communication error internal to ORACLE”s heterogeneous services has
occurred.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28503: bind value cannot be translated into SQL text for non-Oracle system
Cause: A SQL statement used bind variables on a Heterogenous Services database
link to a non-Oracle system, but the non-Oracle system does not support bind
variables.
Action: Change your SQL statement so that it does not use bind variables.

ORA-28504: ROWID not found in ROWID cache for heterogeneous database link
Cause: The ROWID cache for Heterogeneous Services held no entry that
corresponds to the specified ROWID. The ROWID entry may have been
overwritten in the ROWID cache.
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Action: Enlarge the Heterogeneous Services ROWID cache size by increasing the
value of the Heterogenous Services initialization parameter HS_ROWID_CACHE_
SIZE.

ORA-28505: cannot get non-Oracle system capabilities from string
Cause: ORACLE was unable to retrieve capability information for the non-Oracle
system connected through a heterogeneous database link. This capability
information should be stored in data dictionary tables viewable with the HS_
CLASS_CAPS or HS_INST_CAPS data dictionary views.
Action: Contact the DBA to check the server data dictionary table named in the
error message. If table contents are incorrect, the DBA should restore all data
dictionary content for this FDS_CLASS_NAME and/or FDS_INST_NAME. It
usually is sufficient to delete all current data dictionary content for this class
and/or instance and initiate a new connection to let the connected agent upload
new data dictionary content to the server.

ORA-28506: parse error in data dictionary translation for string stored in string
Cause: A reference to an ORACLE data dictionary table or view name on a
heterogeneous database link to a non-Oracle system could not be translated. The
ORACLE data dictionary tables shown with view HS_CLASS_DD contain invalid
SQL for the data dictionary translation.
Action: Contact customer support of the agent vendor.

ORA-28507: error in data dictionary view string
Cause: The initialization parameter table for the Heterogeneous Services was not
available, or its structure (number of columns or column types) was incorrect.
Action: Verify correct installation of the following Heterogeneous Services”
initialization parameter views: HS_CLASS_INIT and HS_INST_INIT. If these
views are not available, make sure you ran the script CATHS.SQL in the
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin directory.

ORA-28508: invalid value string for Heterogeneous Services initialization parameter
string
Cause: The specified Heterogeneous Services initialization parameter had an
invalid value when attempting to connect to a non-Oracle system.
Action: Check the Heterogeneous Services and agent documentation to determine
acceptable values

ORA-28509: unable to establish a connection to non-Oracle system
Cause: Initialization of a database link to a non-Oracle system failed to connect to
the Heterogeneous Services agent process for this non-Oracle system.
Action: Check the Net8 service name definition in the following places: — the
USING clause of the CREATE DATABASE LINK statement — the
TNSNAMES.ORA file — the Oracle Names Server The following are possible
reasons for name mismatches: — The USING clause in the CREATE DATABASE
LINK statement has to match the service name defined in the TNSNAMES.ORA
file or in the Oracle Names Server. — The protocol-specific information in the
service name definition must match the protocol-specific definition of the
responding listener. — The SID= in the service name definition (in the
TNSNAMES.ORA file or in Oracle Names Server) must match the value in the
LISTENER.ORA file for the responding listener.

ORA-28510: heterogeneous database link initialization failed
Cause: Initialization of a heterogeneous database link to a non-Oracle system
failed due to an error identified by the agent for this non-Oracle system.
Action: Make sure the non-Oracle system is up and running and that all of the
environment and initialization values for the agent are set correctly.

ORA-28511: lost RPC connection to heterogeneous remote agent using SID=string
Cause: A fatal error occurred in one of the following places: — the connection
between the ORACLE server and the agent — the heterogeneous services remote
agent itself — the connection to the non-Oracle system This error occurred after
communication had been established successfully.
Action: Check for network problems and remote host crashes. The problem is
probably in the agent software. If so, contact a customer support representative of
the agent vendor.

ORA-28512: cannot get data dictionary translations from string
Cause: ORACLE was unable to retrieve data dictionary translation information
for the non-Oracle system connected through a heterogeneous database link. This
data dictionary translation information should be stored in data dictionary tables
viewable with the HS_CLASS_DD or HS_INST_DD data dictionary views.
Action: Ask your DBA to check the server data dictionary table named in the
error message. If table contents are incorrect, the DBA should restore all data
dictionary content for this FDS_CLASS_NAME and/or FDS_INST_NAME. It
usually is sufficient to delete all current data dictionary content for this class
and/or instance and initiate a new connection to let the connected agent upload
new data dictionary content to the server.

ORA-28513: internal error in heterogeneous remote agent
Cause: An internal error has occurred in the Oracle remote agent supporting a
heterogeneous database link.
Action: Make a note of how the error was produced and contact the customer
support representative of the agent vendor.

ORA-28514: heterogeneous database link initialization could not convert system
date
Cause: The system date was not retrievable.
Action: Verify that the ORACLE server”s host machine and operating system are
operational. This error should not occur unless low level system functions are
failing.

ORA-28515: cannot get external object definitions from string
Cause: ORACLE was unable to retrieve definitions of distributed external
procedures or remote libraries registered for the non-Oracle system instance,
probably because the underlying data dictionary table does not exist or is
malformed.
Action: Verify that the ORACLE server”s Heterogeneous Services data dictionary
was installed correctly. If the Heterogeneous Services data dictionary is not
installed, execute the CATHS.SQL script in the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
directory.

ORA-28518: data dictionary translation has illegal translation type
Cause: A data dictionary translation definition, either in the ORACLE server data
dictionary or in data dictionary content uploaded from a Heterogeneous Services
agent, specified an illegal translation type code. Legal values are “T” or “t” for
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“translate”, “M” or “m” for “mimic”. Information on the exact data dictionary
translation causing the error is written to a trace (*.TRC) file for the ORACLE
instance and to the ORACLE instance”s alert log. This error occurs when a
Heterogeneous Services agent uploads data dictionary content to an ORACLE
server on the first connection from the server to the agent.
Action: Contact the customer support of the agent vendor.

ORA-28519: no heterogeneous data dictionary translations available
Cause: The ORACLE server”s data dictionary did not define data dictionary
translations for the connected non-Oracle system, and automatic self-registration
(data dictionary upload) was disabled.
Action: Ask a DBA to resolve this problem. The easiest solution is to enable
automatic self-registration by setting the ORACLE server”s HS_AUTO_REGISTER
initialization parameter to TRUE. An alternative is to load the Heterogeneous
Services data dictionary with information specific for the non-Oracle system by
executing a SQL script supplied by the agent vendor. If the script is run and the
error persists, contact the customer support representative of the agent vendor.

ORA-28520: error initializing heterogeneous data dictionary translations
Cause: ORACLE was unable to retrieve data dictionary translations for the
non-Oracle system instance, probably because the underlying data dictionary table
does not exist or is formed incorrectly.
Action: Verify that the ORACLE server”s Heterogeneous Services data dictionary
was installed correctly. If the Heterogeneous Services data dictionary is not
installed, execute the CATHS.SQL script in the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
directory. If the connected agent, identified by FDS_CLASS_NAME, requires a
custom installation script for the ORACLE server, verify that the script has been
run. If both scripts were executed and the error persists, contact the customer
support representative of the agent vendor.

ORA-28521: no heterogeneous capability information available
Cause: The ORACLE server”s data dictionary did not contain capability
definitions for the connected non-Oracle system, and automatic self-registration
(data dictionary upload) was disabled.
Action: Ask a DBA to resolve this problem. The easiest resolution is to enable
automatic self-registration by setting the ORACLE server”s HS_AUTO_REGISTER
initialization parameter to TRUE. An alternative is to load the Heterogeneous
Services data dictionary with information specific for the non-Oracle system by
executing a SQL script supplied by the agent vendor. If the script is run and the
error persists, contact the customer support representative of the agent vendor.

ORA-28522: error initializing heterogeneous capabilities
Cause: ORACLE was unable to retrieve capability definitions for the non-Oracle
system instance, probably because the underlying data dictionary table does not
exist or is formed incorrectly.
Action: Verify that the ORACLE server”s Heterogeneous Services data dictionary
was installed correctly. If the Heterogeneous Services data dictionary is not
installed, execute the CATHS.SQL script in the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
directory. If the connected agent, identified by FDS_CLASS_NAME, requires a
custom installation script for the ORACLE server, verify that the script has been
run. If both scripts were executed and the error persists, contact the customer
support representative of the agent vendor.

ORA-28523: ORACLE and heterogeneous agent are incompatible versions
Cause: An operation on a database link attempted to connect to a non-Oracle
system, but the ORACLE instance and the agent process for the non-Oracle system
are incompatible.
Action: Ask your DBA to confirm configuration of both the ORACLE instance
and the agent. Additional information on the version incompatibility is logged in
trace (*.TRC) files, the ORACLE instance and the agent, and in the ORACLE
instance”s alert log. Check the documentation for your agent to find out which
releases of the Oracle Server are supported.

ORA-28525: unable to create Heterogeneous Services error message text
Cause: Incorrect arguments were passed into the error message creation routine.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28526: invalid describe information returned to Heterogeneous Services
Cause: The Heterogeneous Services received invalid describe information for a
select list, bind list, or stored procedure from the Heterogeneous Services agent.
This indicates a problem with the Heterogeneous Services” non-Oracle system
agent.
Action: Contact customer support of the agent vendor.

ORA-28527: Heterogeneous Services datatype mapping error
Cause: Either an Oracle datatype could not be mapped to a non-Oracle datatype,
or a non-Oracle datatype could not be mapped to an Oracle datatype. These
mappings are defined as capability definitions in the ORACLE server”s data
dictionary.
Action: Verify that the ORACLE server”s data dictionary has been initialized with
correct capability definitions for the connected FDS_CLASS_NAME and FDS_
INST_NAME. If table contents are incorrect, a DBA should restore all data
dictionary content for this FDS_CLASS_NAME and/or FDS_INST_NAME. It
usually is sufficient to delete all current data dictionary content for this class
and/or instance and initiate a new connection to let the connected agent upload
new data dictionary content to the server. If the error persists contact the customer
support representative of the agent vendor.

ORA-28528: Heterogeneous Services datatype conversion error
Cause: Either an Oracle datatype could not be converted to a non-Oracle
datatype, or a non-Oracle datatype could not be converted to an Oracle datatype.
The following are possible reasons for for the conversion failure: — overflow
problems (in the case of numbers) — length limitations (in the case of character
strings) — invalid values passed into the conversion routines
Action: Contact customer support of the agent vendor. If the problem is due to
size discrepancies between Oracle and the non-Oracle system, it may not be
possible to convert the value.

ORA-28529: invalid or missing parameter in Net8 service name definition
Cause: There was an invalid or missing Heterogeneous Services parameter in the
Net8 service name definition stored in either the TNSNAMES.ORA file or in the
Oracle Names Server.
Action: Ask your DBA to make sure the information in the Net8 service definition
is correct and complete. The correct information that should be included in the
Net8 service definition can be found in the agent”s documentation.

ORA-28530: Heterogeneous Services initialization error in NLS language ID
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Cause: Heterogeneous Services was unable to initialize an NLS language ID. Both
the ORACLE server and the Heterogeneous Services agent for the connected
non-Oracle system must have language IDs.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28533: Heterogeneous Services coercion handling error
Cause: The Heterogeneous Services encountered an error in coercion handling.
The HS can, if the agent vendor so chooses, perform extra processing on SQL
statements that contain implicit coercions or that contain coercion functions such
as TO_CHAR, TO_NUMBER or TO_DATE. This functionality is controlled by
coercion-related capabilities. HS logic reports this error when it encounters an
error in one of these capability definitions.
Action: The capability table settings are controlled by the agent vendor and can be
modified by the DBA. Contact your DBA and agent vendor and get the correct set
of capabilities installed.

ORA-28534: Heterogeneous Services preprocessing error
Cause: One of the things that the Heterogeneous Services can do is to preprocess
parts of SQL statements that contain implicit coercions or calls to explicit coercion
functions like TO_CHAR TO_NUMBER or TO_DATE. For example, it could
convert a call to TO_DATE to a bind variable, pre-evaluate the TO_DATE function
call and pass the resulting value to the non-Oracle system as the bind value. This
behavior is controlled by some coercion related capabilities. If the capabilities are
set incorrectly, the HS could encounter errors when it attempts to do the
preprocessing. If it does then this error will be signaled.
Action: The capability table settings are controlled by the agent vendor and can be
modified by the DBA. Contact your DBA and agent vendor and get the correct set
of capabilities installed.

ORA-28535: invalid Heterogeneous Services context
Cause: A Heterogeneous Services agent”s driver module called an HS service
routine with an invalid HS context value. This probably is a logic error in the
driver.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support or your agent vendor.

ORA-28536: error in processing Heterogeneous Services initialization parameters
Cause: An error described by a subsequent error message prevented successful
processing of Heterogeneous Services initialization parameters from the ORACLE
server data dictionary.
Action: Check server data dictionary views HS_CLASS_INIT, HS_INST_INIT, and
HS_ALL_INITS. Look for conditions which could produce the error identified in
the error message immediately following this one.

ORA-28537: no more result sets
Cause: This error code is used internally within Oracle Transparent Gateway and
Heterogeneous Services code and should not be reported to a client program.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28538: result set not found
Cause: The client program tried fetching from a result set that is not open
anymore. Many gateways will, on execution of a stored procedure, automatically
close all result sets that were returned by any previously executed stored
procedure.

Action: Check the documentation for the gateway that you are using and see if it
will automatically close currently open result sets each time a stored procedure is
executed. Then check if your client program is doing anything that violates this
rule. If it is, fix your program. If it is not then contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28539: gateway does not support result sets
Cause: The client program tried executing a stored procedure that returns one or
more result sets through a gateway that does not have result set support.
Action: Check the documentation for the gateway that you are using and see if it
supports result sets returned from stored procedures. If it does not, then the only
way of accessing such stored procedures is to upgrade to a version of the gateway
that does support result sets (if such a version exists). If the gateway does have
result set support and you are still seeing this error then contact Oracle customer
support.

ORA-28540: internal result set error
Cause: A protocol error internal to Heterogeneous Services or Transparent
Gateway code has occurred.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28541: Error in HS init file on line number.
Cause: A syntax error occurred in the gateway initialization file.
Action: Check gateway init file to correct the syntax error. For further
information, check the error message in the gateway trace file.

ORA-28542: Error in reading HS init file
Cause: Reading the gateway init file generated an error.
Action: Check the gateway initialization file name to see that the gateway
initialization file acctually exists. Check the ifile parameter to see that it points to
the correct location.

ORA-28543: Error initializing apply connection to non-Oracle system
Cause: Attempt to initialize connection to non-Oracle for heterogeneous
replication failed.
Action: Check if the listener used to connect to the gateway is up and is correctly
configured. Make sure that the database link used has been configured correctly
and, if a tnsnames alias has been used in the database link definition, make sure
that the configuration of the entry in tnsnames.ora has been done correctly.

ORA-28544: connect to agent failed, probable Net8 administration error
Cause: Net8 reported a failure to make a RSLV connection or a protocol mode
error when the Oracle server attempted to establish communication with a
Heterogeneous Services agent or an external procedure agent. This usually is due
to an administration error in setting up Net8 service definitions in
TNSNAMES.ORA or LISTENER.ORA: A basic network connection is opened, but
it connects to a program which does not use the appropriate protocol. This often is
a sign that the connection goes to the wrong program.
Action: Check Net8 administration in the following ways: — When using
TNSNAMES.ORA or an Oracle Names server, make sure that the connection from
the ORACLE server uses the correct service name or SID. — Check
LISTENER.ORA on the agent”s host machine to assure that the service name or
SID refers to the correct agent executable in its (PROGRAM=…) clause. — Confirm
in TNSNAMES.ORA or the equivalent service definition that sevice “extproc_
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connection_data” does NOT contain (HS=), or that the service definition used by a
Heterogeneous Services database link DOES contain (HS=).

ORA-28545: error diagnosed by Net8 when connecting to an agent
Cause: An attempt to call an external procedure or to issue SQL to a non-Oracle
system on a Heterogeneous Services database link failed at connection
initialization. The error diagnosed by Net8 NCR software is reported separately.
Action: Refer to the Net8 NCRO error message. If this isn”t clear, check
connection administrative setup in tnsnames.ora and listener.ora for the service
associated with the Heterogeneous Services database link being used, or with
“extproc_connection_data” for an external procedure call.

ORA-28546: connection initialization failed, probable Net8 admin error
Cause: A failure occurred during initialization of a network connection from the
Oracle server to a second process: The connection was completed but a disconnect
occurred while trying to perform protocol-specific initialization, usually due to use
of different network protocols by opposite sides of the connection. This usually is
caused by incorrect Net8 administrative setup for database links or external
procedure calls. The most frequent specific causes are: — Database link setup for an
Oracle-to-Oracle connection instead connects to a Heterogeneous Services agent or
an external procedure agent. — Database link setup for a Heterogeneous Services
connection instead connects directly to an Oracle server. — The extproc_
connection_data definition in tnsnames.ora connects to an Oracle instance instead
of an external procedure agent. — Connect data for a Heterogeneous Services
database link, usually defined in tnsnames.ora, does not specify (HS=). — Connect
data for an Oracle-to-Oracle database link, usually defined in tnsnames.ora,
specifies (HS=).
Action: Check Net8 administration in the following ways: — When using
TNSNAMES.ORA or an Oracle Names server, make sure that the connection from
the ORACLE server uses the correct service name or SID. — Check
LISTENER.ORA on the connection end point”s host machine to assure that this
service name or SID connects to the correct program. — Confirm in
TNSNAMES.ORA or the equivalent service definition that service “extproc_
connection_data” does NOT contain (HS=), or that the service definition used by a
Heterogeneous Services database link DOES contain (HS=).

ORA-28547: connection to server failed, probable Oracle Net admin error
Cause: A failure occurred during initialization of a network connection from a
client process to the Oracle server: The connection was completed but a disconnect
occurred while trying to perform protocol-specific initialization, usually due to use
of different network protocols by opposite sides of the connection. This usually is
caused by incorrect Oracle Net administrative setup for database links or external
procedure calls. The most frequent specific causes are: — The connection uses a
connect string which refers to a Heterogeneous Services agent instead of an Oracle
server. — The connection uses a connect string which includes an (HS=)
specification.
Action: Check Oracle Net administration in the following ways: — When using
TNSNAMES.ORA or an Oracle Names server, make sure that the client connection
to the ORACLE server uses the correct service name or SID. — Check
LISTENER.ORA on the connection end point”s host machine to assure that this
service name or SID refers to the correct server. — Confirm in TNSNAMES.ORA or
the equivalent service definition that the connect string does NOT contain (HS=).

ORA-28550: pass-through SQL: cursor not found
Cause: A value passed to a pass-through SQL function or procedure call as a
cursor does not identify a currently open cursor.
Action: Use a cursor number returned by the pass-through SQL OPEN_CURSOR
call.

ORA-28551: pass-through SQL: SQL parse error
Cause: A non-Oracle system rejected text supplied as a pass-through SQL
statement.
Action: Ensure that the SQL supplied to the pass-through SQL PARSE call is legal
for the non-Oracle system.

ORA-28552: pass-through SQL: call flow error
Cause: A pass-through SQL function was called in an invalid order.
Action: Correct program flow by changing the order of API calls to match the
flow described in the manual.

ORA-28553: pass-through SQL: invalid bind-variable position
Cause: A pass-through SQL function referring to the position of a bind variable in
the currently-parsed SQL statement supplied an invalid bind-variable position.
Valid values are 1 through n, where n is the number of bind-variable place-holders
in the SQL text.
Action: Verify that the bind-variable position parameter is in the correct range to
represent a place-holder in the SQL text. Confirm that the SQL text uses the correct
syntax for a bind-variable place-holder, as required by the non-Oracle system.

ORA-28554: pass-through SQL: out of cursors
Cause: The maximum number of open cursors has been exceeded.
Action: Close open cursors by using the pass-through SQL CLOSE_CURSOR
function.

ORA-28555: pass-through SQL: required parameter missing or NULL
Cause: An attempt was made to pass a NULL value to a non-NULL parameter.
Action: Use a non-NULL value for the parameter.

ORA-28556: authorization insufficient to access table
Cause: A query attempted to access a table in the non-Oracle system that is either
privileged or has privileged columns.
Action: Contact the DBA for the non-Oracle system. The DBA can grant
permission to access the privileged table or columns.

ORA-28557: unknown string for database link to non-Oracle system
Cause: When attempting to connect to a non-Oracle system through a
Heterogeneous Services database link, the agent supporting this non-Oracle
system failed to return FDS_CLASS_NAME and/or FDS_INST_NAME. ORACLE
requires these names to configure the heterogeneous database link.
Action: Contact the DBA to check setup of the connection and the Heterogeneous
Services agent.

ORA-28558: HS_FDS_CONNECT_STRING undefined for non-Oracle system
Cause: A database link to a non-Oracle system had no HS_FDS_CONNECT_
STRING initialization parameter in the ORACLE server”s data dictionary for
Heterogeneous Services. Without this parameter, the connection could not be
completed.
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Action: Contact your DBA to verify correct setup of an HS_FDS_CONNECT_
STRING entry in the ORACLE Heterogeneous Services data dictionary.

ORA-28559: FDS_CLASS_NAME is string, FDS_INST_NAME is string
Cause: An associated error was reported in another message, and this message
supplies supplementary information to assist diagnosis of that error. FDS_CLASS_
NAME and FDS_INST_NAME are used to access information in tables and views
of the ORACLE data dictionary that direct operation of Heterogeneous Services on
a database link to a non-Oracle data store.
Action: Use the FDS_CLASS_NAME and FDS_INST_NAME values to check
ORACLE data dictionary contents when necessary to diagnose the cause of the
associated error.

ORA-28560: error in configuration of agent process
Cause: An ORACLE server invoked a function not supported by the connected
agent (Heterogeneous Services or external procedures). The most probable cause is
incorrect Net8 setup, resulting in use of the wrong agent executable.
Action: Check Net8 administration in the following ways: — When using
TNSNAMES.ORA or an Oracle Names server, make sure that the connection from
the ORACLE server uses the correct SID. — Check LISTENER.ORA on the agent”s
host machine to assure that this SID refers to the correct agent executable in its
(PROGRAM=…) clause.

ORA-28561: unable to set date format on non-Oracle system
Cause: Initialization of a Heterogeneous Services connection to set the date format
to be used on the connected non-Oracle system.
Action: If the Oracle data dictionary supplies a value for the HS_NLS_DATE_
FORMAT parameter, confirm that this value is formatted correctly by the rules of
the non-Oracle system. Also check for additional information in log and trace files
generated by the Heterogeneous Services agent.

ORA-28575: unable to open RPC connection to external procedure agent
Cause: Initialization of a network connection to the extproc agent did not succeed.
This problem can be caused by network problems, incorrect listener configuration,
or incorrect transfer code.
Action: Check listener configuration in LISTENER.ORA and TNSNAMES.ORA,
or check Oracle Names Server.

ORA-28576: lost RPC connection to external procedure agent
Cause: of this error is abnormal termination of the invoked “C” routine. If this is
not the case, check for network problems. Correct the problem if you find it. If all
components appear to be normal but the problem persists, the problem could be
an internal logic error in the RPC transfer code. Contact your customer support
representative.
Action: First check the 3GL code you are invoking; the most likely

ORA-28577: argument string of external procedure string has unsupported datatype
string
Cause: While transferring external procedure arguments to the agent, an
unsupported datatype was detected.
Action: Check your documentation for the supported datatypes of external
procedure arguments.

ORA-28578: protocol error during callback from an external procedure
Cause: An internal protocol error occurred while trying to execute a callback to
the Oracle server from the user”s 3GL routine.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28579: network error during callback from external procedure agent
Cause: An internal network error occurred while trying to execute a callback to
the Oracle server from the user”s 3GL routine.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28580: recursive external procedures are not supported
Cause: A callback from within a user”s 3GL routine resulted in the invocation of
another external procedure.
Action: Make sure that the SQL code executed in a callback does not directly call
another external procedure, or indirectly results in another external procedure,
such as triggers calling external procedures, PL/SQL procedures calling external
procedures, etc.

ORA-28581: protocol error while executing recursive external procedure
Cause: An internal protocol error occurred while trying to execute an external
procedure resulting from a callback in another external procedure.
Action: Contact Oracle customer support.

ORA-28582: a direct connection to this agent is not allowed
Cause: A user or a tool tried to establish a direct connection to either an external
procedure agent or a Heterogeneous Services agent, for example: “SVRMGR>
CONNECT SCOTT/TIGER@NETWORK_ALIAS”. This type of connection is not
allowed.
Action: When executing the CONNECT statement, make sure your database link
or network alias is not pointing to a Heterogeneous Option agent or an external
procedure agent.

ORA-28583: remote references are not permitted during agent callbacks
Cause: A Heterogeous Services agent issued a callback to the Oracle server which
attemted to to access a remote system. This is not supported.
Action: Make sure that SQL code issued by Heterogeneous Services agents does
not reference a database link.

ORA-28584: heterogeneous apply internal error
Cause: The apply slave process encountered an error while trying to apply
changes through a gateway to a non-Oracle system.
Action: Make sure that the apply database link is correctly configured and that
the gateway listener and the non-Oracle system are correctly set up and are up and
running. If everything is configured correctly and the problem still occurs, contact
Oracle customer support. errors 28590 – 28599 are reserved for the HS agent
control utility

ORA-28590: agent control utility: illegal or badly formed command
Cause: The user has issued an unrecognized or syntactically incorrect command.
Action: Refer to documentation and correct the syntax of the command.

ORA-28591: agent control utility: unable to access parameter file
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Cause: The agent control utility was unable to access its parameter file. This could
be because it could not find its admin directory or because permissions on
directory were not correctly set.
Action: The agent control utility puts its parameter file in either the directory
pointed to by the environment variable AGTCTL_ADMIN or in the directory
pointed to by the environment variable TNS_ADMIN. Make sure that at least one
of these environment variables is set and that it points to a directory that the agent
has access to.

ORA-28592: agent control utility: agent SID not set
Cause: The agent needs to know the value of the AGENT_SID parameter before it
can process any commands. If it does not have a value for AGENT_SID then all
commands will fail.
Action: Issue the command SET AGENT_SID and then retry the
command that failed.

ORA-28593: agent control utility: command terminated with error
Cause: An error occurred during the processing of the command. There could be
several causes. A SET or an UNSET command could have been issued after the
agent was started. This is illegal. The user may have attempted to start two agents
with the same SID value or the user could have attempted to shutdown an agent
that is no longer running.
Action: If the user wishes to issue a SET or an UNSET command, he should make
sure the agent is shutdown first by issuing the SHUTDOWN command.

ORA-28594: agent control utility: invalid parameter name
Cause: The user tried to set or unset an invalid agent parameter.
Action: Refer to documentation and correct the parameter name.

ORA-28595: Extproc agent : Invalid DLL Path
Cause: The path of DLL supplied for the extproc execution is invalid.
Action: Check if the DLL path is set properly using the EXTPROC_DLLS
environment variable. errors 28600 – 28620 are reserved for bitmap indexes

ORA-28601: invalid [no]MINIMIZE option
Cause: user didn”t type this alter table MINIMIZE RECORDS_
PER_BLOCK or alter table NOMINIMIZE RECORDS_PER_BLOCK
Action: reenter correct sql command

ORA-28602: statement not permitted on tables containing bitmap indexes
Cause: table has bitmap indexes and user is minimizing or nominimizing
records_per_block
Action: drop all bitmap indexes before changing records_per_block

ORA-28603: statement not permitted on empty tables
Cause: table is empty and statement does not work on empty tables
Action: try statement after loading your data

ORA-28604: table too fragmented to build bitmap index (string,string,string)
Cause: The table has one or more blocks that exceed the maximum number of
rows expected when creating a bitmap index. This is probably due to deleted
rows. The values in the message are: (data block address, slot number found,
maximum slot allowed)
Action: Defragment the table or block(s). Use the values in the message to
determine the FIRST block affected. (There may be others).

ORA-28605: bitmap indexes cannot be reversed
Cause: user tried to create reverse bitmap index
Action: don”t do this; it is not supported

ORA-28606: block too fragmented to build bitmap index (string,string)
Cause: The block(s) exceed the maximum number of rows expected when
creating a bitmap index. This is probably due to maximum slot allowed set too
low. The values in the message are: (slot number found, maximum slot allowed)
Action: alter system flush shared_pool; update tab$ set spare1 = 8192 where obj#
= (select obj# from obj$ where NAME= AND owner# = ; commit;

ORA-28611: bitmap index is corrupted – see trace file for diagnostics
Cause: Validate Index detected bitmap corruption in its argument index
Action: Drop this bitmap index and create a new one.

ORA-28650: Primary index on an IOT cannot be rebuilt
Cause: An attempt is made to issue alter index rebuild on IOT-TOP
Action: Use Alter table MOVE to reorganize the table(IOT)

ORA-28651: Primary index on IOTs can not be marked unusable
Cause: An attempt is made to mark IOT-TOP unusable thru ALTER INDEX
Action: Remove the option UNUSABLE

ORA-28652: overflow segment attributes cannot be specified
Cause: During ALTER MOVE ONLINE of a index-organized table, the user
attempted to enter one or more of the following options: OVERFLOW,
PCTTHRESHOLD,INCLUDING.
Action: Remove the illegal option(s).

ORA-28653: tables must both be index-organized
Cause: Attempt to exchange a non IOT table/partition with a partition/table
respectively
Action: Ensure that non-partitioned and partitioned tables are both
index-organized.

ORA-28654: table and partition not overflow compatible
Cause: If one of the tables (partitioned/non-partitioned) has overflow data
segment and the other one doesn”t.
Action: Ensure that non-partitioned and partitioned tables both have overflow
data segment or neither one does.

ORA-28655: Alter table add overflow syntax error
Cause: Syntax error
Action: Check the syntax.

ORA-28656: incomplete attribute specification
Cause: The attribute specification is not done for all partitions”
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Action: Specify the storage attributes either for ALL partitions or NONE NLS_
DO_NOT_TRANSLATE [28657,28657]

ORA-28658: This operation is supported only for Index-Organized tables
Cause: Attempt to perform some IOT specific operation on a non-IOT
Action: don”t do this. This is not supported

ORA-28659: COMPRESS must be specified at object level first
Cause: Attempt to specify COMPRESS at partition level without first specifying at
the table level
Action: Specify COMPRESS at table level. Use ALTER TABLE xxx MODIFY
DEFAULT ATTRIBUTES COMPRESS …

ORA-28660: Partitioned Index-Organized table may not be MOVEd as a whole
Cause: Attempt to MOVE partitioned IOT as a whole
Action: don”t do this. This is not supported

ORA-28661: Object already has COMPRESS clause specified
Cause: Attempt to specify compress for iot/index which already has a
compression clause.
Action: This is a “create time only” attribute

ORA-28662: IOT index and overflow segments must share the same LOGGING
attribute
Cause: Attempt to specify LOGGING for one segment and NOLOGGING for the
other segment.
Action: don”t do that

ORA-28663: Logging/Nologging attribute can not be specified in the statement
ALTER TABLE ADD OVERFLOW
Cause: Attempt to specify LOGGING for a Alter Table Add Overflow.
Action: don”t do that

ORA-28664: a partitioned table may not be coalesced as a whole
Cause: User attempted to coalesce a partitioned IOT using ALTER TABLE
COALESCE statement, which is illegal
Action: Coalesce the table a partition at a time (using ALTER TABLE MODIFY
PARTITION COALESCE)

ORA-28665: table and partition must have same compression attribute
Cause: User attempted to EXCHANGE a compression enabled partition with a
compression disabled table or vice versa OR the # of columns compressed is
different for table and partition
Action: Make sure the compression attributes match If they don”t, fix it using
ALTER TABLE MOVE [PARTITION] COMPRESS

ORA-28666: option not allowed for an index on UROWID column(s)
Cause: User attempted to build a REVERSE or COMPRESSED or GLOBAL
partitioned index on UROWID column(s)
Action: Build the index without these options

ORA-28667: USING INDEX option not allowed for the primary key of an IOT
Cause: User attempted to define storage attributes for the primary key index of an
Index-Organized table with USING INDEX clause. All the storage attribute
defined for the (IOT)table applies to the primary key index and a separate USING
INDEX clause is not required.
Action: Remove the USING INDEX clause and specify all attributes directly for
the table

ORA-28668: cannot reference mapping table of an index-organized table
Cause: An attempt to directly access the mapping table of an index-organized
table
Action: Issue the statement against the parent index-organized table containing
the specified mapping table.

ORA-28669: bitmap index can not be created on an IOT with no mapping table
Cause: User attempted to create a bitmap index on an index-organized table
without a mapping table.
Action: Enable bitmap indexes on the Index-organized table by creating a
mapping table using “ALTER TABLE .. MOVE MAPPING TABLE”.

ORA-28670: mapping table cannot be dropped due to an existing bitmap index
Cause: User attempted to drop the mapping table with NOMAPPING option
when the IOT has one or more bitmap indexed.
Action: Drop the bitmap index(es) before dropping the mapping table.

ORA-28671: UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES may not be used on a partitioned
index as a whole
Cause: User attempted to UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES on a partitioned index
using ALTER INDEX UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES statement, which is illegal.
Action: Issue a partition level operation with ALTER INDEX .. PARTITION ..
UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES

ORA-28672: UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES may not be used on a global index
Cause: User attempted to UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES on a global partitioned
or non-partitioned index. This feature is not supported for non-partitioned or
global partitioned index on a partitioned IOT and a global partitioned index on a
non-partitioned IOT.
Action: Use online index [partition] rebuild to fix the block references

ORA-28673: Merge operation not allowed on an index-organized table
Cause: User attempted merge operation on an index-organized table. Merge is not
supported on a IOT .
Action: Use updates and inserts on index-organized table .

ORA-28674: cannot reference transient index-organized table
Cause: An attempt was made to directly access a transient table created created
on behalf of a index-organized table partition maintenance operation.
Action: Issue the statement against the associated permanent index-organized
table.

 

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