
Oracle9
i
Database Error Messages
Release 2 (9.2)
March 2002
Part No. A96525-01

Oracle9i Database Error Messages, Release 2 (9.2)
Part No. A96525-01
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Contents
Send Us Your Comments................................................................................................................... ix
Preface............................................................................................................................................................ xi
Audience ................................................................................................................................................ xii
Organization.......................................................................................................................................... xii
Related Documentation ..................................................................................................................... xvii
Conventions........................................................................................................................................ xviii
Documentation Accessibility ........................................................................................................... xxiii
Part I Introduction
1 Using Messages
Locating Message Documentation .................................................................................................. 1-2
Oracle Database Server................................................................................................................ 1-2
Product Specific ............................................................................................................................ 1-2
Operating System-Specific .......................................................................................................... 1-2
Accuracy of Messages ........................................................................................................................ 1-2
Message Format................................................................................................................................... 1-3
Recognizing Variable Text in Messages......................................................................................... 1-3
Message Stacks.................................................................................................................................... 1-3
Contacting Oracle Support Services ............................................................................................... 1-4
Oracle Exception Messages............................................................................................................... 1-5
Trace Files............................................................................................................................................. 1-5
The Alert File....................................................................................................................................... 1-6

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Part II Oracle Database Server Messages
2 ORA-00000 to ORA-00899
3 ORA-00900 to ORA-01499
4 ORA-01500 to ORA-02099
5 ORA-02100 to ORA-04099
6 ORA-04100 to ORA-07499
7 ORA-07500 to ORA-09857
8 ORA-09858 to ORA-12299
9 ORA-12300 to ORA-12399
10 ORA-12400 to ORA-12699
11 ORA-12700 to ORA-19399
12 ORA-19400 to ORA-24279
13 ORA-24280 to ORA-29249
14 ORA-29250 to ORA-32799
15 ORA-32800 to ORA-32999
16 ORA-33000 to ORA-65535
Part III Oracle Database Server Utilities Messages

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17 Export Messages (EXP)
18 Import Messages (IMP)
19 SQL*Loader Messages (SQL*Loader)
20 External Tables Messages (KUP)
21 DBVERIFY Messages (DBV)
22 DBNEWID Messages (NID)
23 Parameter Messages (LCD)
24 Summary Advisor, Explain Rewrite, and Explain Materialized View
Messages (QSM)
25 Recovery Manager Messages (RMAN)
Part IV Core Library Messages
26 Parameter Messages (LRM)
27 BFILE-Related Messages (LFI)
Part V PL/SQL Messages
28 PL/SQL and FIPS Messages (PLS)
Part VI Oracle OLAP Catalog Metadata Messages