How to fix the Oracle error ORA-03237: Initial Extent of specified size cannot be allocated in tablespace (string)?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-03237: Initial Extent of specified size cannot be allocated in tablespace (string) with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-03237: Initial Extent of specified size cannot be allocated in tablespace (string)

Reason for the Error ORA-03237: Initial Extent of specified size cannot be allocated in tablespace (string)

Too large a size for an initial extent due to freelist group specification

How to fix the Error ORA-03237: Initial Extent of specified size cannot be allocated in tablespace (string) ?

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

Reduce number of freelist groups specified for segment