How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01659: unable to allocate MINEXTENTS beyond string in tablespace string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01659: unable to allocate MINEXTENTS beyond string in tablespace string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01659: unable to allocate MINEXTENTS beyond string in tablespace string

Reason for the Error ORA-01659: unable to allocate MINEXTENTS beyond string in tablespace string

Failed to find sufficient contiguous space to allocate MINEXTENTS for the segment being created.

How to fix the Error ORA-01659: unable to allocate MINEXTENTS beyond string in tablespace string ?

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

Use ALTER TABLESPACE ADD DATAFILE to add additional space to the tablespace or retry with smaller value for MINEXTENTS, NEXT or PCTINCREASE