How to fix the Oracle error ORA-29299: Invalid handle for piecewise compress or uncompress?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-29299: Invalid handle for piecewise compress or uncompress with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-29299: Invalid handle for piecewise compress or uncompress

Reason for the Error ORA-29299: Invalid handle for piecewise compress or uncompress

The process program opened too many handles, and the specified handle was either uninitialized or outside a valid range.

How to fix the Error ORA-29299: Invalid handle for piecewise compress or uncompress ?

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

Close some handles and verify that the specified handle is opened or within a valid range.