How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38746: error occurred while restoring data block (file# string, block# string)?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38746: error occurred while restoring data block (file# string, block# string) with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38746: error occurred while restoring data block (file# string, block# string)

Reason for the Error ORA-38746: error occurred while restoring data block (file# string, block# string)

An error occurred during a FLASHBACK DATABASE command. See other errors on error stack.

How to fix the Error ORA-38746: error occurred while restoring data block (file# string, block# string) ?

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

Investigate why the error occurred. It may be that the flashback database log data is corrupt. If so, a restore and an incomplete recovery must be performed instead.