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After recovery ORA-14693 / ORA-14694 (Doc ID 2011194.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 08, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.1 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

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For the purposes of this document, the following fictitious environment is used as an example to describe the procedure:

Pluggable Database Names: PDB11,PDB12,PDB13

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SQL>  alter pluggable database all open;

ORA-14693: The MAX_STRING_SIZE parameter must be EXTENDED.

SQL> show pdbs

   CON_ID CON_NAME                       OPEN MODE  RESTRICTED
---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ----------
         2 PDB$SEED                       READ ONLY  NO
         3 PDB11                          MOUNTED     NO             <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  This database is not opened
         4 PDB12                          READ WRITE NO
         5 PDB13                          READ WRITE NO
SQL>


SQL> alter pluggable database PDB11 open;
alter pluggable database PDB11 open
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-14693: The MAX_STRING_SIZE parameter must be EXTENDED.

 

SQL> sho parameter max_string_size

 

NAME TYPE VALUE

------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------

max_string_size string STANDARD             <<<<<<<<<< in CDB$ROOT

Cause

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Cause
Solution
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