How to fix the Oracle error ORA-29385: cannot create plan directive from string to string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-29385: cannot create plan directive from string to string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-29385: cannot create plan directive from string to string

Reason for the Error ORA-29385: cannot create plan directive from string to string

An attempt was made to create a plan directive from a plan to itself.

How to fix the Error ORA-29385: cannot create plan directive from string to string ?

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

Make sure the arguments PLAN and GROUP_OR_SUBPLAN to procedure CREATE_PLAN_DIRECTIVE of package DBMS_RESOURCE_MANAGER are different.