How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38874: cannot flashback data file string – missing incarnation information?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38874: cannot flashback data file string – missing incarnation information with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38874: cannot flashback data file string – missing incarnation information

Reason for the Error ORA-38874: cannot flashback data file string – missing incarnation information

Flashback Database failed because incarnation information for the start of the offline range for a file was not found in the control file. Flashback could not update the file’s header with the missing incarnation’s resetlogs information.

How to fix the Error ORA-38874: cannot flashback data file string – missing incarnation information ?

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

Check the trace log for the offline range of the data file. If redo logs from the missing incarnation can be found, register the logs in the control file and retry the command.