Database Error Messages

ORA-01397

file name too long to shrink without truncation

Cause

An attempt was made to automatically convert the control file created with maximum file name size value of 512 to 256. This could result in truncation of file names leading to loss of uniqueness among file names.


Action

Shorten the file names in the system where the control file was created to conform to the maximum file name length in the current system.