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5 ORA-02140 to ORA-04099

ORA-02140: invalid tablespace name
Cause: An identifier does not follow ALTER TABLESPACE.
Action: Specify a tablespace name following ALTER TABLESPACE.
ORA-02141: invalid OFFLINE option
Cause: An option other than NORMAL or IMMEDIATE follows OFFLINE.
Action: The user must either specify no option following OFFLINE or one of the options NORMAL or IMMEDIATE.
ORA-02142: missing or invalid ALTER TABLESPACE option
Cause: A valid option was not present.
Action: Use one of the valid options: add, rename, default, online, offline, read only, read write, begin, end, no, force, retention guarantee and retention noguarantee.
ORA-02143: invalid STORAGE option
Cause: An option other than INITIAL, NEXT, MINEXTENTS, MAXEXTENTS, or PCTINCREASE was specified in the STORAGE clause.
Action: Specify only valid options.
ORA-02144: no option specified for ALTER CLUSTER
Cause: No ALTER CLUSTER options are specified.
Action: Specify one or more of the following options: pctfree, pctused, size, storage.
ORA-02145: missing STORAGE option
Cause: No STORAGE options were specified following STORAGE (
Action: Specify one or more STORAGE option between the parentheses.
ORA-02146: SHARED specified multiple times
Cause: The SHARED option was specified in a CREATE DATABASE statement multiple times.
Action: Only specify the SHARED option once.
ORA-02147: conflicting SHARED/EXCLUSIVE options
Cause: Both the SHARED and EXCLUSIVE options were specified in a CREATE DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify SHARED or EXCLUSIVE, but not both.
ORA-02148: EXCLUSIVE specified multiple times
Cause: The EXCLUSIVE option was specified in a CREATE DATABASE statement multiple times.
Action: Only specify the EXCLUSIVE option once.
ORA-02149: Specified partition does not exist
Cause: Partition not found for the object.
Action: Retry with correct partition name.
ORA-02150: invalid new tablespace name
Cause: The new tablespace name specified in ALTER TABLESPACE RENAME TO statement was invalid.
Action: Retry with a valid new tablespace name.
ORA-02151: invalid tablespace name: string
Cause: Oracle cannot create a tablespace whose name starts with "_$deleted$".
Action: Try a different tablespace name.
ORA-02152: Invalid ALTER TABLESPACE ... RENAME option
Cause: An option other than DATAFILE or TO follows by ALTER TABLESPACE ... RENAME.
Action: The user must specify either DATAFILE or TO following ALTER TABLESPACE ... RENAME.
ORA-02153: invalid VALUES password string
Cause: An encoded password string does not follow the VALUES clause.
Action: Place a proper encoded password string after the VALUES clause.
ORA-02154: a tablespace with the name "string" is found
Cause: An attempt to rename a tablespace to a new name failed because the new name is already used by some other tablespace.
Action: Retry with a different new name.
ORA-02155: invalid DEFAULT tablespace identifier
Cause: An identifier does not follow DEFAULT TABLESPACE.
Action: Place a tablespace name after DEFAULT TABLESPACE.
ORA-02156: invalid TEMPORARY tablespace identifier
Cause: An identifier does not follow TEMPORARY TABLESPACE.
Action: Place a tablespace name after TEMPORARY TABLESPACE.
ORA-02157: no options specified for ALTER USER
Cause: No options were specified.
Action: Specify at least one ALTER USER option.
ORA-02158: invalid CREATE INDEX option
Cause: An option other than COMPRESS, NOCOMPRESS, PCTFREE, INITRANS, MAXTRANS, STORAGE, TABLESPACE, PARALLEL, NOPARALLEL, RECOVERABLE, UNRECOVERABLE, LOGGING, NOLOGGING, LOCAL, or GLOBAL was specified.
Action: Choose one of the valid CREATE INDEX options.
ORA-02159: installed DLM does not support releasable locking mode
Cause: The parameter file specified gc_* parameters that allow locks to be release by the LCK process when not in use. This mode requires additional support from the DLM that is not available.
Action: Specify configuration parameters that do not require the additional function.
ORA-02160: index-organized table can not contain columns of type LONG
Cause: A column of type LONG defined for index-organized table.
Action: Do not use columns of type LONG in index-organized tables.
ORA-02161: invalid value for MAXLOGFILES
Cause: A number does not follow MAXLOGFILES.
Action: Specify a number after MAXLOGFILES.
ORA-02162: invalid value for MAXDATAFILES
Cause: A number does not follow MAXDATAFILES.
Action: Specify a number after MAXDATAFILES.
ORA-02163: invalid value for FREELIST GROUPS
Cause: A number does not follow FREELIST GROUPS.
Action: Specify a number after FREELIST GROUPS.
ORA-02164: DATAFILE clause specified more than once
Cause: The CREATE DATABASE command contains more than one DATAFILE clause.
Action: Specify at most one DATAFILE clause.
ORA-02165: invalid option for CREATE DATABASE
Cause: An invalid CREATE DATABASE option is present.
Action: Specify only valid CREATE DATABASE options.
ORA-02166: ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG specified
Cause: Both ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG are specified in a CREATE DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify at most one of these two options.
ORA-02167: LOGFILE clause specified more than once
Cause: The CREATE DATABASE command contains more than one LOGFILE clause.
Action: Specify at most one LOGFILE clause.
ORA-02168: invalid value for FREELISTS
Cause: A number does not follow FREELISTS
Action: Specify a number after FREELISTS
ORA-02169: FREELISTS storage option not allowed
Cause: The user attempted to specify the FREELISTS storage option. This option may only be specified during create table or create index.
Action: Remove these options and retry the statement.
ORA-02170: FREELIST GROUPS storage option not allowed
Cause: The user attempted to specify the FREELIST GROUPS storage option. This option may only be specified during create table and when allow_freelist_groups INIT.ORA is specified.
Action: Remove this option and retry the statement or set the allow_freelist_groups INIT.ORA parameter.
ORA-02171: invalid value for MAXLOGHISTORY
Cause: A number does not follow MAXLOGHISTORY
Action: Specify a number after MAXLOGHISTORY
ORA-02172: The PUBLIC keyword is not appropriate for a disable thread
Cause: The PUBLIC keyword was specified for a disable.
Action: Remove the keyword and resubmit.
ORA-02173: invalid option for DROP TABLESPACE
Cause: Either a token other than INCLUDING was found following the tablespace name or some text was found following INCLUDING CONTENTS.
Action: Place nothing or only INCLUDING CONTENTS after the tablespace name.
ORA-02174: Missing required thread number
Cause: Must specify thread number after THREAD keyword
Action: none
ORA-02175: invalid rollback segment name
Cause: In the CREATE or DROP ROLLBACK SEGMENT statements, an identifier was not found following ROLLBACK SEGMENT.
Action: Place the segment name following ROLLBACK SEGMENT.
ORA-02176: invalid option for CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT
Cause: An invalid option was specified in a CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT statement.
Action: Specify one of the valid options: TABLESPACE and STORAGE.
ORA-02177: Missing required group number
Cause: Must specify group number after GROUP keyword
Action: none
ORA-02178: correct syntax is: SET TRANSACTION READ { ONLY | WRITE }
Cause: There is a syntax error in the user"s statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
ORA-02179: valid options: ISOLATION LEVEL { SERIALIZABLE | READ COMMITTED }
Cause: There is a syntax error in the user"s statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
ORA-02180: invalid option for CREATE TABLESPACE
Cause: An invalid option appeared.
Action: Specify one of the valid options: DATAFILE, DEFAULT STORAGE, ONLINE, OFFLINE, FORCE, RETENTION.
ORA-02181: invalid option to ROLLBACK WORK
Cause: A token other than TO follows ROLLBACK [WORK].
Action: Place nothing or TO SAVEPOINT <name> after ROLLBACK [WORK].
ORA-02182: savepoint name expected
Cause: An identifier does not follow ROLLBACK [WORK] TO [SAVEPOINT].
Action: Place a savepoint name following TO [SAVEPOINT].
ORA-02183: valid options: ISOLATION_LEVEL { SERIALIZABLE | READ COMMITTED }
Cause: There is a syntax error in the user"s statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
ORA-02184: resource quotas are not allowed in REVOKE
Cause: In a revoke statement, a resource quota was specified.
Action: Specify resource privilege without the quota.
ORA-02185: a token other than WORK follows COMMIT
Cause: A token other than WORK follows COMMIT.
Action: Place either nothing or WORK after COMMIT.
ORA-02186: tablespace resource privilege may not appear with other privileges
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke a resource quota in the same statement in which other privileges are granted or revoked.
Action: Use a separate grant or revoke statement for the resource quota privilege.
ORA-02187: invalid quota specification
Cause: In a grant or revoke statement, the user attempted to grant a tablespace quota above the upper limit.
Action: Grant a smaller tablespace quota.
ORA-02188: Cannot enable instance publicly
Cause: An attempt was made to publicly enable a thread associated with an instance.
Action: Leave out the PUBLIC keyword.
ORA-02189: ON <tablespace> required
Cause: In a grant or revoke statement, the user specified a tablespace quota but did not follow it with the ON <tablespace> clause.
Action: Specify the tablespace on which the quota is to be applied with the ON <tablespace> clause.
ORA-02190: keyword TABLES expected
Cause: The keyword TABLES is expected following DROP CLUSTER <name> INCLUDING.
Action: Place TABLES after INCLUDING.
ORA-02191: correct syntax is: SET TRANSACTION USE ROLLBACK SEGMENT <rbs>
Cause: There is a syntax error in the user"s statement.
Action: Correct the syntax as indicated.
ORA-02192: PCTINCREASE not allowed for rollback segment storage clauses
Cause: pctincrease was specified in a create or alter rollback segment
Action: reissue statement without the pctincrease clause
ORA-02194: event specification syntax error string (minor error string) near "string"
Cause: There is a syntax error in an event specification.
Action: Fix the error.
ORA-02195: Attempt to create string object in a string tablespace
Cause: The object type is inconsistent with a tablespace contents.
Action: Create an object in a different tablespace, or change the user defaults.
ORA-02196: PERMANENT/TEMPORARY option already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the PERMANENT and/or TEMPORARY options were specified more than once.
Action: none
ORA-02197: file list already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, more than one DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause was specified.
Action: Merge the DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clauses into a single clause.
ORA-02198: ONLINE/OFFLINE option already specified
Cause: In CREATE TABLESPACE, the ONLINE and/or OFFLINE options were specified more than once.
Action: Specify at most one of ONLINE or OFFLINE.
ORA-02199: missing DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause
Cause: A CREATE TABLESPACE statement has no DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause.
Action: Specify a DATAFILE/TEMPFILE clause.
ORA-02200: WITH GRANT OPTION not allowed for PUBLIC
Cause: An attempt was made to GRANT to PUBLIC WITH GRANT OPTION.
Action: Remove the WITH GRANT OPTION clause.
ORA-02201: sequence not allowed here
Cause: An attempt was made to reference a sequence in a from-list.
Action: A sequence can only be referenced in a select-list.
ORA-02202: no more tables permitted in this cluster
Cause: An attempt was made to create a table in a cluster which already contains 32 tables.
Action: Up to 32 tables may be stored per cluster.
ORA-02203: INITIAL storage options not allowed
Cause: The user attempted to alter the INITIAL storage option of a table, cluster, index, or rollback segment. These options may only be specified when the object is created.
Action: Remove these options and retry the statement.
ORA-02204: ALTER, INDEX and EXECUTE not allowed for views
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a view.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke any of ALTER, INDEX, or EXECUTE privileges on views.
ORA-02205: only SELECT and ALTER privileges are valid for sequences
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a sequence.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke DELETE, INDEX, INSERT, UPDATE, REFERENCES or EXECUTE privilege on sequences.
ORA-02206: duplicate INITRANS option specification
Cause: INITRANS is specified more than once.
Action: Specify INITRANS at most once.
ORA-02207: invalid INITRANS option value
Cause: The INITRANS value is not an integer between 1 and 255 and less than or equal to the MAXTRANS value.
Action: Choose a valid INITRANS value.
ORA-02208: duplicate MAXTRANS option specification
Cause: MAXTRANS is specified more than once.
Action: Specify MAXTRANS at most once.
ORA-02209: invalid MAXTRANS option value
Cause: The MAXTRANS value is not an integer between 1 and 255 and greater than or equal to the INITRANS value.
Action: Choose a valid MAXTRANS value.
ORA-02210: no options specified for ALTER TABLE
Cause: No ALTER TABLE option was specified.
Action: Specify at least one alter table option.
ORA-02211: invalid value for PCTFREE or PCTUSED
Cause: The specified value for PCTFREE or PCTUSED is not an integer between 0 and 100.
Action: Choose an appropriate value for the option.
ORA-02212: duplicate PCTFREE option specification
Cause: PCTFREE option specified more than once.
Action: Specify PCTFREE at most once.
ORA-02213: duplicate PCTUSED option specification
Cause: PCTUSED option specified more than once.
Action: Specify PCTUSED at most once.
ORA-02214: duplicate BACKUP option specification
Cause: The BACKUP option to ALTER TABLE is specified more than once.
Action: Specify the option at most once.
ORA-02215: duplicate tablespace name clause
Cause: There is more than one TABLESPACE clause in the CREATE TABLE, CREATE INDEX, or CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT statement.
Action: Specify at most one TABLESPACE clause.
ORA-02216: tablespace name expected
Cause: A tablespace name is not present where required by the syntax for one of the following statements: CREATE/DROP TABLESPACE, CREATE TABLE, CREATE INDEX, or CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT.
Action: Specify a tablespace name where required by the syntax.
ORA-02217: duplicate storage option specification
Cause: A storage option (INIITAL, NEXT, MINEXTENTS, MAXEXTENTS, PCTINCREASE) is specified more than once.
Action: Specify all storage options at most once.
ORA-02218: invalid INITIAL storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-02219: invalid NEXT storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-02220: invalid MINEXTENTS storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer less than or equal to MAXEXTENTS.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02221: invalid MAXEXTENTS storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer greater than or equal to MINEXTENTS.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02222: invalid PCTINCREASE storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be a positive integer.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02223: invalid OPTIMAL storage option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer.
Action: Choose an appropriate integer value.
ORA-02224: EXECUTE privilege not allowed for tables
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a table.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke EXECUTE privilege on tables.
ORA-02225: only EXECUTE and DEBUG privileges are valid for procedures
Cause: An attempt was made to grant or revoke an invalid privilege on a procedure, function or package.
Action: Do not attempt to grant or revoke any privilege besides EXECUTE or DEBUG on procedures, functions or packages.
ORA-02226: invalid MAXEXTENTS value (max allowed: string)
Cause: The MAXEXTENTS specified is too large for the database block size. This applies only to SYSTEM rollback segment.
Action: Specify a smaller value.
ORA-02227: invalid cluster name
Cause: A cluster name of the form [ <identifier> . ] <identifier> is expected but not present.
Action: Enter an appropriate cluster name.
ORA-02228: duplicate SIZE specification
Cause: The SIZE option is specified more than once.
Action: Specify the SIZE option at most once.
ORA-02229: invalid SIZE option value
Cause: The specified value must be an integer number of bytes.
Action: Specify an appropriate value.
ORA-02230: invalid ALTER CLUSTER option
Cause: An option other than PCTFREE, PCTUSED, INITRANS, MAXTRANS, STORAGE, or SIZE is specified in an ALTER CLUSTER statement.
Action: Specify only legal options.
ORA-02231: missing or invalid option to ALTER DATABASE
Cause: An option other than ADD, DROP, RENAME, ARCHIVELOG, NOARCHIVELOG, MOUNT, DISMOUNT, OPEN, or CLOSE is specified in the statement.
Action: Specify only legal options.
ORA-02232: invalid MOUNT mode
Cause: A mode other than SHARED or EXCLUSIVE follows the MOUNT keyword in an ALTER DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify either SHARED, EXCLUSIVE, or nothing following MOUNT.
ORA-02233: invalid CLOSE mode
Cause: A mode other than NORMAL or IMMEDIATE follows the CLOSE keyword in an ALTER DATABASE statement.
Action: Specify either NORMAL, IMMEDIATE, or nothing following CLOSE.
ORA-02234: changes to this table are already logged
Cause: the log table to be added is a duplicate of another
Action: Don"t add this change log to the system; check that the replication product"s system tables are consistent
ORA-02235: this table logs changes to another table already
Cause: the table to be altered is already a change log for another table
Action: Don"t log changes to the specified base table to this table; check that the replication product"s system tables are consistent
ORA-02236: invalid file name
Cause: A character string literal was not used in the filename list of a LOGFILE, DATAFILE, or RENAME clause.
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02237: invalid file size
Cause: A non-integer value was specified in the SIZE or RESIZE clause.
Action: Use correct syntax.
ORA-02238: filename lists have different numbers of files
Cause: In a RENAME clause in ALTER DATABASE or TABLESPACE, the the number of existing filenames does not equal the number of new filenames.
Action: Make sure there is a new filename to correspond to each existing filename.
ORA-02239: there are objects which reference this sequence
Cause: the sequence to be dropped is still referenced
Action: Make sure the sequence name is correct, or drop the referencing constraint/object
ORA-02240: invalid value for OBJNO or TABNO
Cause: A number does not follow either OBJNO or TABNO.
Action: Specify a number after OBJNO or TABNO.
ORA-02241: must of form EXTENTS (FILE <n> BLOCK <n> SIZE <n>, ...)
Cause: bad extent storage clause
Action: respecify
ORA-02242: no options specified for ALTER INDEX
Cause: No options specified.
Action: Specify at least one of REBUILD, INITRANS, MAXTRANS, or STORAGE.
ORA-02243: invalid ALTER INDEX or ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW option
Cause: An option other than INITRANS, MAXTRANS,or STORAGE is specified in an ALTER INDEX statement or in the USING INDEX clause of an ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW statement.
Action: Specify only legal options.
ORA-02244: invalid ALTER ROLLBACK SEGMENT option
Cause: The STORAGE option is expected but not found.
Action: Specify the STORAGE option.
ORA-02245: invalid ROLLBACK SEGMENT name
Cause: An identifier was expected, but not found, following ALTER [PUBLIC] ROLLBACK SEGMENT.
Action: Place a rollback segment name following SEGMENT.
ORA-02246: missing EVENTS text
Cause: A character string literal was expected, but not found, following ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS.
Action: Place the string literal containing the events text after EVENTS.
ORA-02247: no option specified for ALTER SESSION
Cause: The option SET EVENTS was expected, but not found, following ALTER SESSION.
Action: Place the SET EVENTS option after ALTER SESSION.
ORA-02248: invalid option for ALTER SESSION
Cause: Obvious.
Action: see SQL Language Manual for legal options.
ORA-02249: missing or invalid value for MAXLOGMEMBERS
Cause: A valid number does not follow MAXLOGMEMBERS. The value specified must be between 1 and the port-specific maximum number of log file members.
Action: Specify a valid number after MAXLOGMEMBERS.
ORA-02250: missing or invalid constraint name
Cause: The constraint name is missing or invalid.
Action: Specify a valid identifier name for the constraint name.
ORA-02251: subquery not allowed here
Cause: Subquery is not allowed here in the statement.
Action: Remove the subquery from the statement.
ORA-02252: check constraint condition not properly ended
Cause: The specified search condition for the check constraint is not properly ended.
Action: End the condition properly.
ORA-02253: constraint specification not allowed here
Cause: Constraint specification is not allowed here in the statement.
Action: Remove the constraint specification from the statement.
ORA-02254: DEFAULT <expression> not allowed here
Cause: Default value expression is not allowed for the column here in the statement.
Action: Remove the default value expression from the statement.
ORA-02255: obsolete 7.1.5
Cause: Was that defaults must not conflict with not null constraints
Action: none
ORA-02256: number of referencing columns must match referenced columns
Cause: The number of columns in the foreign-key referencing list is not equal to the number of columns in the referenced list.
Action: Make sure that the referencing columns match the referenced columns.
ORA-02257: maximum number of columns exceeded
Cause: The number of columns in the key list exceeds the maximum number.
Action: Reduce the number columns in the list.
ORA-02258: duplicate or conflicting NULL and/or NOT NULL specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02259: duplicate UNIQUE/PRIMARY KEY specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02260: table can have only one primary key
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the extra primary key.
ORA-02261: such unique or primary key already exists in the table
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the extra key.
ORA-02262: ORA-string occurs while type-checking column default value expression
Cause: New column datatype causes type-checking error for existing column default value expression.
Action: Remove the default value expression or don"t alter the column datatype.
ORA-02263: need to specify the datatype for this column
Cause: The required datatype for the column is missing.
Action: Specify the required datatype.
ORA-02264: name already used by an existing constraint
Cause: The specified constraint name has to be unique.
Action: Specify a unique constraint name for the constraint.
ORA-02265: cannot derive the datatype of the referencing column
Cause: The datatype of the referenced column is not defined as yet.
Action: Make sure that the datatype of the referenced column is defined before referencing it.
ORA-02266: unique/primary keys in table referenced by enabled foreign keys
Cause: An attempt was made to truncate a table with unique or primary keys referenced by foreign keys enabled in another table. Other operations not allowed are dropping/truncating a partition of a partitioned table or an ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITION.
Action: Before performing the above operations the table, disable the foreign key constraints in other tables. You can see what constraints are referencing a table by issuing the following command: SELECT * FROM USER_CONSTRAINTS WHERE TABLE_NAME = "tabnam";
ORA-02267: column type incompatible with referenced column type
Cause: The datatype of the referencing column is incompatible with the
Action: Select a compatible datatype for the referencing column.
ORA-02268: referenced table does not have a primary key
Cause: The referenced table does not have a primary key.
Action: Specify explicitly the referenced table unique key.
ORA-02269: key column cannot be of LONG datatype
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Change the datatype of the column, or remove the column from the key.
ORA-02270: no matching unique or primary key for this column-list
Cause: A REFERENCES clause in a CREATE/ALTER TABLE statement gives a column-list for which there is no matching unique or primary key constraint in the referenced table.
Action: Find the correct column names using the ALL_CONS_COLUMNS catalog view
ORA-02271: table does not have such constraint
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Make sure the specified constraint name is correct.
ORA-02272: constrained column cannot be of LONG datatype
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Change the datatype of the column, or remove the constraint on the column.
ORA-02273: this unique/primary key is referenced by some foreign keys
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove all references to the key before the key is to be dropped.
ORA-02274: duplicate referential constraint specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02275: such a referential constraint already exists in the table
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the extra constraint.
ORA-02276: default value type incompatible with column type
Cause: The type of the evaluated default expression is incompatible with the datatype of the column.
Action: Change the type of the column, or modify the default expression.
ORA-02277: invalid sequence name
Cause: The specified sequence name is not a valid identifier name.
Action: Specify a valid identifier name for the sequence name.
ORA-02278: duplicate or conflicting MAXVALUE/NOMAXVALUE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02279: duplicate or conflicting MINVALUE/NOMINVALUE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02280: duplicate or conflicting CYCLE/NOCYCLE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02281: duplicate or conflicting CACHE/NOCACHE specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02282: duplicate or conflicting ORDER/NOORDER specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate or conflicting specification.
ORA-02283: cannot alter starting sequence number
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Don"t alter it.
ORA-02284: duplicate INCREMENT BY specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02285: duplicate START WITH specifications
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: Remove the duplicate specification.
ORA-02286: no options specified for ALTER SEQUENCE
Cause: Self-evident.
Action: The statement is meaningless without any options.
ORA-02287: sequence number not allowed here
Cause: The specified sequence number (CURRVAL or NEXTVAL) is inappropriate here in the statement.
Action: Remove the sequence number.
ORA-02288: invalid OPEN mode
Cause: A token other than RESETLOGS appears following ALTER DATABASE <name> OPEN.
Action: Either nothing or RESETLOGS should be placed following OPEN.
ORA-02289: sequence does not exist
Cause: The specified sequence does not exist, or the user does not have the required privilege to perform this operation.
Action: Make sure the sequence name is correct, and that you have the right to perform the desired operation on this sequence.
ORA-02290: check constraint (string.string) violated
Cause: The values being inserted do not satisfy the named check constraint.
Action: do not insert values that violate the constraint.
ORA-02291: integrity constraint (string.string) violated - parent key not found
Cause: A foreign key value has no matching primary key value.
Action: Delete the foreign key or add a matching primary key.
ORA-02292: integrity constraint (string.string) violated - child record found
Cause: attempted to delete a parent key value that had a foreign key dependency.
Action: delete dependencies first then parent or disable constraint.
ORA-02293: cannot validate (string.string) - check constraint violated
Cause: an alter table operation tried to validate a check constraint to a populated table that had nocomplying values.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02294: cannot enable (string.string) - constraint changed during validation
Cause: While one DDL statement was attempting to enable this constraint, another DDL changed this same constraint.
Action: Try again, with only one DDL changing the constraint this time.
ORA-02295: found more than one enable/disable clause for constraint
Cause: a create or alter table specified more than one enable and/or disable clause for a given constraint.
Action: only one enable or disable may be specified for a given constraint.
ORA-02296: cannot enable (string.string) - null values found
Cause: an alter table enable constraint failed because the table contains values that do not satisfy the constraint.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02297: cannot disable constraint (string.string) - dependencies exist
Cause: an alter table disable constraint failed becuase the table has foriegn keys that are dpendent on this constraint.
Action: Either disable the foreign key constraints or use disable cascade
ORA-02298: cannot validate (string.string) - parent keys not found
Cause: an alter table validating constraint failed because the table has orphaned child records.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02299: cannot validate (string.string) - duplicate keys found
Cause: an alter table validating constraint failed because the table has duplicate key values.
Action: Obvious
ORA-02300: invalid value for OIDGENERATORS
Cause: A number was not specified for the value of OIDGENERATORS.
Action: Specify a number for OIDGENERATORS.
ORA-02301: maximum number of OIDGENERATORS is 255
Cause: A number greater than 255 was specified for the value of OIDGENERATORS.
Action: Make sure the number specified for OIDGENERATORS does not exceed 255.
ORA-02302: invalid or missing type name
Cause: An invalid or missing type name was entered in a statement.
Action: Enter a valid type name in the statement and retry the operation.
ORA-02303: cannot drop or replace a type with type or table dependents
Cause: An attempt was made to drop or replace a type that has dependents. There could be a substitutable column of a supertype of the type being dropped.
Action: Drop all type(s) and table(s) depending on the type, then retry the operation using the VALIDATE option, or use the FORCE option.
ORA-02304: invalid object identifier literal
Cause: An attempt was made to enter an object identifier literal for CREATE TYPE that is either:

- not a string of 32 hexadecimal characters

- an object identifier that already identifies an existing object

- an object identifier different from the original object identifier already assigned to the type

Action: Do not specify the object identifier clause or specify a 32 hexadecimal-character object identifier literal that is unique or identical to the originally assigned object identifier. Then retry the operation.
ORA-02305: only EXECUTE, DEBUG, and UNDER privileges are valid for types
Cause: An attempt was made to GRANT or REVOKE an invalid privilege (not EXECUTE, DEBUG, or UNDER) on a type.
Action: GRANT or REVOKE only the EXECUTE, DEBUG, or UNDER privilege on types.
ORA-02306: cannot create a type that already has valid dependent(s)
Cause: An attempt was made to create a type that already has some valid dependent(s) (these dependents depend on the fact that the type does not exist).
Action: Drop the dependents first before creating the type, or do not create the type.
ORA-02307: cannot alter with REPLACE option a type that is not valid
Cause: An attempt was made to ALTER with REPLACE option a type that is not valid.
Action: Use the CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE command to modify the type.
ORA-02308: invalid option string for object type column
Cause: An attempt was made to specify an invalid option, such as PACKED or UNPACKED, for the object type column.
Action: Remove the invalid option from column specification and retry the operation.
ORA-02309: atomic NULL violation
Cause: An attempt was made to acess the attributes of a NULL object instance.
Action: Ensure that the object instance is non-NULL before accessing.
ORA-02310: exceeded maximum number of allowable columns in table
Cause: The attributes in the object type column exceeded the maximum number of columns allowed in a table.
Action: Specify fewer attributes for the object type and retry the operation.
ORA-02311: cannot alter with COMPILE option a valid type with type or table dependents
Cause: An attempt was made to ALTER with COMPILE option a type that is valid and has type or table dependents.
Action: No need to perform this operation.
ORA-02313: object type contains non-queryable type string attribute
Cause: The specified object type contains a nested attribute whose type is non-queryable.
Action: Use an object type with queryable attribute types.
ORA-02314: illegal use of type constructor
Cause: The statement contains an illegal use of a type constructor.
Action: Refer to the SQL Reference manual for the correct statement syntax.
ORA-02315: incorrect number of arguments for default constructor
Cause: The number of arguments specified for the default constructor doesn"t match the number of attributes of the object type.
Action: Specify the correct number of arguments for the default constructor and retry the operation.
ORA-02320: failure in creating storage table for nested table column string
Cause: An error occurred while creating the storage table for the specified nested table column.
Action: See the messages that follow for more details. If the situation they describe can be corrected, do so; otherwise contact Oracle Support.
ORA-02322: failure in accessing storage table of the nested table column
Cause: An error occured while performing DML on the storage table of the nested table column.
Action: If the situation described in the following messages can be corrected, do so; otherwise contact Oracle Support.
ORA-02324: more than one column in the SELECT list of THE subquery
Cause: More than one column was selected in the THE subquery.
Action: Specify only one column in the SELECT list of the THE subquery and retry the operation.
ORA-02327: cannot create index on expression with datatype string
Cause: An attempt was made to create an index on a non-indexable expression.
Action: Change the column datatype or do not create the index on an expression whose datatype is one of VARRAY, nested table, object, LOB, or REF.
ORA-02329: column of datatype string cannot be unique or a primary key
Cause: An attempt was made to place a UNIQUE or a PRIMARY KEY constraint on a column of datatype VARRAY, nested table, object, LOB, FILE or REF.
Action: Change the column datatype or remove the constraint. Then retry the operation.
ORA-02330: datatype specification not allowed
Cause: An attempt was made to specify the data type in the column constraint specification of an object table.
Action: Remove data type specification and retry the operation.
ORA-02331: cannot create constraint on column of datatype string
Cause: An attempt was made to create a constraint on a column posessing a non-constrainable datatype -- VARRAY, nested table, object, LOB, FILE, or REF.
Action: Change the column datatype, or remove the constraint.
ORA-02332: cannot create index on attributes of this column
Cause: An attempt was made to create an index on an attributes of an object type column.
Action: Do not specify the index on the attribute.
ORA-02333: cannot create constraints on attributes of this column
Cause: An attempt was made to create a constraint on an attribute of an object type column.
Action: Remove the constraint or change the object type.
ORA-02334: cannot infer type for column
Cause: A datatype was not declared for this column (in the CREATE TABLE) and an attempt was made to create a constraint on an attribute of this column.
Action: Declare a datatype for the column.
ORA-02335: invalid datatype for cluster column
Cause: An attempt was made to declare a CLUSTER column of datatype object, REF, nested table, VARRAY, LOB, or FILE.
Action: Remove the CLUSTER column or change the datatype of the column.
ORA-02336: column attribute cannot be accessed
Cause: An attempt was made to extract an attribute of an object type column.
Action: Change the object type for the column and retry the operation.
ORA-02337: not an object type column
Cause: An attempt was made to use dotted notation on a non-ADT column; that is, "a.b.c" where "a" is not an object type.
Action: Either change the column type to an object type or do not perform this operation.
ORA-02338: missing or invalid column constraint specification
Cause: A column constraint was not specified.
Action: Remove the column specification or specify a column constraint. Then retry the operation.
ORA-02339: invalid column specification
Cause: An attempt was made to specify the PACKED or UNPACKED keyword for a non-object type column.
Action: Remove the PACKED or UNPACKED keyword in the column specification and retry the operation.
ORA-02340: invalid column specification
Cause: An attempt was made to specify an UNPACKED column within a packed table.
Action: Remove the UNPACKED keyword in the column specification.
ORA-02342: replacement type has compilation errors
Cause: The use of the ALTER...REPLACE statement on a valid type caused a compilation error.
Action: Use the ALTER...REPLACE statement to replace the type with a valid type which does not cause compilation errors.
ORA-02344: cannot revoke execute on a type with table dependents
Cause: An attempt was made to revoke execute on a type that has dependents.
Action: Drop all table(s) depending on the type, then retry the operation, or use the FORCE option.
ORA-02345: cannot create a view with column based on CURSOR operator
Cause: A CURSOR operator was used as one of the SELECT elements in the subquery of a CREATE VIEW or CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT statement.
Action: Remove the CURSOR operator and replace it with the CAST operator.
ORA-02347: cannot grant privileges on columns of an object table
Cause: An attempt was made to grant privileges on the columns of an object table.
Action: none
ORA-02348: cannot create VARRAY column with embedded LOB
Cause: An attempt was made to create a column of a VARRAY type which has an embedded LOB attribute. The LOB could be an attribute of a subtype of the declared type of VARRAY"s element.
Action: Remove offending attribute from type. If it is a subtype attribute then declare the VARRAY column NOT SUBSTITUTABLE.
ORA-02349: invalid user-defined type - type is incomplete
Cause: An attempt was made to use an incomplete type definition as a column or table datatype.
Action: Complete the type definition and retry the operation.
ORA-02351: internal error: string
Cause: An unexpected error condition was detected.
Action: Call Oracle Customer Support.
ORA-02352: file truncated error
Cause: A truncated file was used for the load operation.
Action: Verify unload operation completed successfully.
ORA-02353: files not from the same unload operation
Cause: Files used for the load operation were not from the same unload operation.
Action: Verify the files used are from the same unload operation.
ORA-02354: error in exporting/importing data string
Cause: An error has occurred in a stream export or import operation. This message will be followed by another message giving more details about this error.
Action: See export/import documentation for an explanation of the second error message.
ORA-02355: error opening file: string
Cause: An attempt to open the specified file for data export/import failed.
Action: Review the error message. Resolve the problem and retry the the operation. Contact Oracle Support Services if the problem cannot be resolved.
ORA-02356: The database is out of space. The load cannot continue
Cause: The load was discontinued due to space exhaustion in the database.
Action: Add space for the specified table.
ORA-02357: no valid dump files
Cause: None of the dump files for the operation were valid. A minimum of one valid dump file is expected.
Action: Check that the dump files exist and are openable.
ORA-02358: internal error fetching attribute string
Cause: An attempt to fetch information about an internal object failed.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
ORA-02359: internal error setting attribute string
Cause: An attempt to set information about an internal object failed.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.