Showing posts with label ORA-38773: cannot add data file string - file already part of database. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ORA-38773: cannot add data file string - file already part of database. Show all posts

Monday, 18 June 2012

ORA-38773: cannot add data file string - file already part of database

ORA-38773: cannot add data file string - file already part of database

Cause: The recovery step of FLASHBACK database encountered the creation of a datafile and could not create the file because the file name is already in use in the database. The control file file entry for the file is UNNAMEDnnnnn .

Action: Use the ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE statement to create the file with a different name.