How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19577: file string is MISSING?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19577: file string is MISSING with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19577: file string is MISSING

Reason for the Error ORA-19577: file string is MISSING

A COPYDATAFILECOPY, RESTOREDATAFILETO or PROXYRESTOREDATAFILE function specified a file number but no output file name, indicating that the output file name should be taken from the control file. However, the control file entry for this file indicates that it was created for a file that was present in the data dictionary but not named during the last CREATE CONTROLFILE statement, so the name in the control file cannot be used for restoration.

How to fix the Error ORA-19577: file string is MISSING ?

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

Either specify an output file name or issue a SQL RENAME command to enter a valid name for this file in the control file.