ORA-04031: Unable To Allocate 32 Bytes Of Shared Memory ("shared pool","select tablespace

ORA-04031: Unable To Allocate 32 Bytes Of Shared Memory ("shared pool","select tablespace_id, rfno, ...","SQLA","tmp")" (Doc ID 1986741.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Alert log reports errors like below in almost all the instances:

ORA-04031: unable to allocate 32 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool","select tablespace_id, rfno, ...","SQLA","tmp")"

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