Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-00224: control file resize attempted with illegal record type(string);

ORA-00224: control file resize attempted with illegal record type (string);




Cause: An attempt was made to expand or shrink the control file by calling cfileResizeSection using an invalid value for the RECORD_TYPE parameter.




Action: Use a value for the RECORD_TYPE parameter that specifies a valid record type other than type 0 (valid range is 1-16);.