00400-00420: Oracle Compatibility

This section lists messages generated when different versions of Oracle communicate.

ORA-00400: invalid release value num for parameter name

Cause: The release level given for the specified initialization parameter is invalid.

Action: Correct the parameter value in the initialization parameter file and retry.

ORA-00401: the value for parameter name is not supported by this release

Cause: The value specified cannot be supported by this release of the software.

Action: Choose an appropriate value or remove the initialization parameter value to use the default value.

ORA-00402: database changes by release num cannot be used by release num

Cause: Changes have been made to the database that require a newer software release or that violate the open compatibility initialization parameters.

Action: Use a version of the software that can understand the changes or relax the compatibility requirements in the initialization parameter file.

ORA-00403: str str is not the same as other instances str

Cause: The recovery compatible, or recovery not compatible, initialization parameters were changed for another running instance.

Action: Change the initialization parameters of the current instance to match other instances already running.

ORA-00404: convert file not found: name

Cause: The file used for converting the database from V7 to V8 could not be found.

Action: Verify that the migration process has been started on this database and that the convert file name is accessable.

ORA-00405: compatibility type name

Cause: Reporting a type associated with another message.

Action: See accompanying message.

ORA-00406: COMPATIBLE parameter needs to be num or greater

Cause: The specification for the initialization parameter COMPATIBLE is too low to allow the requested operation.

Action: Shut down and specify a higher COMPATIBLE value, then restart.

ORA-00407: rolling upgrade from release num.num to num.num is not allowed

Cause: Another instance has the database mounted and that instance is for a different release of Oracle than you are using.

Action: Shut down and start up all instances with the new release of Oracle.

ORA-00408: parameter name is set to TRUE

Cause: Reporting the parameter that resulted in the compatibility error.

Action: Shutdown and startup with a higher compatibility setting.

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