How to fix the Oracle error ORA-07416: slpath: pathname construction failed; lack of output buffer space.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-07416: slpath: pathname construction failed; lack of output buffer space. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-07416: slpath: pathname construction failed; lack of output buffer space.

Reason for the Error ORA-07416: slpath: pathname construction failed; lack of output buffer space.

The slpath routine is given a maximum length buffer to expand the name into. An overflow of this buffer occurred.

How to fix the Error ORA-07416: slpath: pathname construction failed; lack of output buffer space. ?

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

Possible internal error. Check output buffer length stored in sercose[0] and constructed pathname length in sercose[1].