How to fix the Oracle error ORA-03211: The segment does not exist or is not in a valid state?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-03211: The segment does not exist or is not in a valid state with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-03211: The segment does not exist or is not in a valid state

Reason for the Error ORA-03211: The segment does not exist or is not in a valid state

The segment specified in the DBMS_SPACE_ADMIN or DBMS_SPACE operation does not exist or is not in a state appropriate for this operation

How to fix the Error ORA-03211: The segment does not exist or is not in a valid state ?

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

Fix the segment specification, or put the segment in the appropriate state.