Tuesday, April 30, 2013

ORA-00235 Control File Fixed Table Inconsistent due to Concurrent Update

Error Code
ORA-00235

Description
Control file fixed table inconsistent due to concurrent update.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, concurrent update activity on a control file caused a query on a control file fixed table to read inconsistent information.

Action
To fix this issue, retry the operation.

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ORA-00234 Error in Identifying or Opening Snapshot or Copy Control File

Error Code
ORA-00234

Description
Error in identifying or opening snapshot or copy control file

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, a snapshot or copy control file of the specified name could not be found or opened during an invocation of cfileUseSnapshot, cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot, or cfileUseCopy.

Action
To fix this issue, re-create the snapshot or copy control file using cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot or ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE, respectively.

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ORA-00233 Copy Control File is Corrupt or Unreadable

Error Code
ORA-00233

Description
Copy control file is corrupt or unreadable.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, the specified copy control file was found to be corrupt or unreadable during an invocation of cfileUseCopy.

Action
To fix this issue, before retrying cfileUseCopy, use the ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE command and specify the same filename that was specified for cfileUseCopy.

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ORA-00232 Snapshot Control File is Nonexistent Corrupt or Unreadable

Error Code
ORA-00232

Description
Snapshot control file is nonexistent, corrupt, or unreadable.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, the snapshot control file was found to be nonexistent, corrupt, or unreadable during an invocation of cfileUseSnapshot.

Action
To fix this issue, call cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot again or for the first time.

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Monday, April 29, 2013

ORA-00231 Snapshot Control File has not been Named

ErrorCode
ORA-00231

Description
Snapshot control file has not been named.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, during an invocation of cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot or cfileUseSnapshot it was detected that no filename for the snapshot control file had previously been specified.

Action
To fix this issue, specify a name for the snapshot control file by calling cfileSetSnapshotName.

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