How to fix the Oracle error ORA-29290: invalid offset specified for seek?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-29290: invalid offset specified for seek with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-29290: invalid offset specified for seek

Reason for the Error ORA-29290: invalid offset specified for seek

An attempt was made to seek past the end of the file, or both the absolute and relative offsets were NULL, or absolute offset was less than zero.

How to fix the Error ORA-29290: invalid offset specified for seek ?

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

If specifying an absolute offset, ensure it is in the range [0, ], or if specifying a relative offset, ensure it is no greater than the current byte position plus the number of bytes remaining in the file.