How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19668: cannot do full restore of datafile string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19668: cannot do full restore of datafile string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19668: cannot do full restore of datafile string

Reason for the Error ORA-19668: cannot do full restore of datafile string

The backup of the datafile is an incremental backup

How to fix the Error ORA-19668: cannot do full restore of datafile string ?

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

If you wish to restore the datafile, you must do an incremental restore of the datafile