How to fix the error ORA-00231: snapshot control file has not been named?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-00231: snapshot control file has not been named with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-00231: snapshot control file has not been named

Reason for the Error ORA-00231: snapshot control file has not been named

During an invocation of cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot or cfileUseSnapshot it was detected that no filename for the snapshot control file had previously been specified.

How to fix the Error ORA-00231: snapshot control file has not been named ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify a name for the snapshot control file by calling cfileSetSnapshotName.