How to fix the Oracle error ORA-02786: Size needed for shared region is greater than segment size?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-02786: Size needed for shared region is greater than segment size with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-02786: Size needed for shared region is greater than segment size

Reason for the Error ORA-02786: Size needed for shared region is greater than segment size

The size of the shared segment that was specified for the shared buffer region is less than the number of bytes required. The first field of the “additional information” field is the size needed. The second is the size of the segment.

How to fix the Error ORA-02786: Size needed for shared region is greater than segment size ?

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

Use a larger size segment or let the package allocate its own.