How to fix the Oracle error ORA-02478: merge into base segment would overflow MAXEXTENTS limit?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-02478: merge into base segment would overflow MAXEXTENTS limit with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-02478: merge into base segment would overflow MAXEXTENTS limit

Reason for the Error ORA-02478: merge into base segment would overflow MAXEXTENTS limit

Merge of temporary segment into base segment failed because MAXEXTENTS was larger than the total in the temp and base segments

How to fix the Error ORA-02478: merge into base segment would overflow MAXEXTENTS limit ?

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

Use a larger value for MAXEXTENTS on the base segment or make the extents in the temporary segments larger