How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38712: Corrupt flashback log record header: block string, offset string.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38712: Corrupt flashback log record header: block string, offset string. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38712: Corrupt flashback log record header: block string, offset string.

Reason for the Error ORA-38712: Corrupt flashback log record header: block string, offset string.

A corrupt flashback database log record header was read. Either the record type or length were incorrect. More information was dumped to the trace file.

How to fix the Error ORA-38712: Corrupt flashback log record header: block string, offset string. ?

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

If you are doing a FLASHBACK DATABASE, then the flashback cannot be performed because of the corrupted log. A restore and an incomplete recovery must be performed instead.