How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38797: Full database recovery required after a database has been flashed back?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38797: Full database recovery required after a database has been flashed back with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38797: Full database recovery required after a database has been flashed back

Reason for the Error ORA-38797: Full database recovery required after a database has been flashed back

An attempt was made to recover some datafiles or tablespaces of a database after the database had been flashed back. In order to recover control file and all datafiles correctly, full database recovery is required after a database has been flashed back.

How to fix the Error ORA-38797: Full database recovery required after a database has been flashed back ?

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

Recover the whole database instead.