00400-00420: Oracle Compatibility

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

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 conversion data file not found: name

Cause:	The file used for converting the database from Oracle Version 6 to Oracle7 could not be found.

Action:	Check that the conversion process has been started on this database and that the datafile name is accessible.

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.