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ORA-00704 : Bootstrap Process Failure - Causes and Solution (Doc ID 1902011.1)

Last updated on JULY 05, 2023

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 After upgrade, trying to open the database fails with

ORA-00704: bootstrap process failure
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1

Changes

 Upgrade of Database

Cause

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In this Document
Symptoms
Changes
Cause
Solution
 A) ORA-39700: database must be opened with UPGRADE option
 B) ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
 C) If  ORA-01406: fetched column value was truncated OR any other errors,
References

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