How to fix the Oracle error ORA-02042: too many distributed transactions?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-02042: too many distributed transactions with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-02042: too many distributed transactions

Reason for the Error ORA-02042: too many distributed transactions

the distributed transaction table was full because too many distributed transactions were active.

How to fix the Error ORA-02042: too many distributed transactions ?

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

Run fewer transactions. If you are sure you don’t have too many concurrent distributed transactions, this indicates an internal error and support should be notified. Instance shutdown/restart would be a work-around.