How to fix the Oracle error ORA-26012: header in file string has an incompatible version number?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-26012: header in file string has an incompatible version number with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-26012: header in file string has an incompatible version number

Reason for the Error ORA-26012: header in file string has an incompatible version number

A dump file was specified for a load operation whose version number is incompatible with the dump file version currently produced by the Oracle server on the system. Usually this message indicates that the dump file was produced by a newer version of the Oracle server.

How to fix the Error ORA-26012: header in file string has an incompatible version number ?

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

Load this dump file using the same version of the Oracle server that created the file.