How to View ORA Errors in Oracle

1 year ago
Benjamin Taylor
1 minute

In the Oracle database, you can view ORA errors by checking the database log files and using SQL statements.

  1. View the log files in the database:
    In the installation directory of Oracle database, there is a log file named alert_instance_name.log. You can open this file using a text editor (such as Notepad++) and search for lines containing ORA errors.
  2. To query error information using SQL statements, you can utilize the following two system views to retrieve ORA error messages:
  1. V$DIAG_INFO: This view contains the current log file path and name of the database.
  2. V$DIAG_INCIDENT: This view contains diagnostic events and error information for the database.

You can use the following SQL statement to query ORA error information:

SELECT * FROM V$DIAG_INFO;
SELECT * FROM V$DIAG_INCIDENT;

These queries will return error information about the database, including error codes (ORA-XXXXX) and error descriptions.

Additionally, Oracle database management tools such as SQL*Plus or PL/SQL Developer can also be used to execute queries and view error messages.

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