How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01203: wrong incarnation of this file – wrong creation SCN?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01203: wrong incarnation of this file – wrong creation SCN with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01203: wrong incarnation of this file – wrong creation SCN

Reason for the Error ORA-01203: wrong incarnation of this file – wrong creation SCN

The creation SCN in the file header is not the same as the creation SCN in the control file. This is probably a copy of a file that was dropped.

How to fix the Error ORA-01203: wrong incarnation of this file – wrong creation SCN ?

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

Restore a current copy of the data file and do recovery as needed.