How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01242: data file suffered media failure: database in NOARCHIVELOG mode?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01242: data file suffered media failure: database in NOARCHIVELOG mode with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01242: data file suffered media failure: database in NOARCHIVELOG mode

Reason for the Error ORA-01242: data file suffered media failure: database in NOARCHIVELOG mode

The database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode and a database file was detected as inaccessible due to media failure.

How to fix the Error ORA-01242: data file suffered media failure: database in NOARCHIVELOG mode ?

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

Restore accessibility to the file mentioned in the error stack and restart the instance.