How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19802: cannot use DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST without DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19802: cannot use DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST without DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19802: cannot use DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST without DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE

Reason for the Error ORA-19802: cannot use DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST without DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE

There are two possible cause for this error: 1) The DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST parameter was in use when no DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE parameter was encountered while fetching initialization parameter. 2) An attempt was made to set DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST with the ALTER SYSTEM command when no DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE was in use.

How to fix the Error ORA-19802: cannot use DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST without DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE ?

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

Correct the dependency parameter definitions and retry the command.