ORA-00224 Control File Resize Attempted with illegal Record Type

Error Code
ORA-00224

Description
Control file resize attempted with illegal record type (string).

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, an attempt was made to expand or shrink the control file by calling cfileResizeSection using an invalid value for the RECORD_TYPE parameter.

Action
To fix this issue, use a value for the RECORD_TYPE parameter that specifies a valid record type other than type 0 (valid range is 1-16).

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