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ORA-12899 Encountered When Generating Server Alert SMG-4120/SMG-4121 (Doc ID 452340.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.Symptoms

Receive the following errors every 5 minutes in the alert log.  The errors are for generating server alerts SMG-4120 and SMG-4121.

ORA-12899: value too large for column %s (actual: %s, maximum: %s)

Cause

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