How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01674: data file string is an old incarnation rather than current file?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01674: data file string is an old incarnation rather than current file with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01674: data file string is an old incarnation rather than current file

Reason for the Error ORA-01674: data file string is an old incarnation rather than current file

Recovery encountered redo that indicates this file was dropped from the database and another file was added using the same file number. This implies that a CREATE CONTROLFILE command was given the old file which was dropped rather than the latest file.

How to fix the Error ORA-01674: data file string is an old incarnation rather than current file ?

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

Rebuild the control file using CREATE CONTROLFILE, and give the correct file.