How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01175: data dictionary has more than the string files allowed by the instance?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01175: data dictionary has more than the string files allowed by the instance with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01175: data dictionary has more than the string files allowed by the instance

Reason for the Error ORA-01175: data dictionary has more than the string files allowed by the instance

The data dictionary is found to have more files than that which can be supported by this instance.

How to fix the Error ORA-01175: data dictionary has more than the string files allowed by the instance ?

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

Shutdown the instance and restart with a larger number of db_files