How to fix the Oracle error ORA-39316: Cannot resize a data file in a smallfile tablespace.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-39316: Cannot resize a data file in a smallfile tablespace. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-39316: Cannot resize a data file in a smallfile tablespace.

Reason for the Error ORA-39316: Cannot resize a data file in a smallfile tablespace.

DBMS_METADATA_DIFF was comparing two smallfile tablespaces. A data file in the first tablespace is of a different size from the corresponding data file in the second tablespace. There is no SQL ALTER statement to resize a data file in a smallfile tablespace.

How to fix the Error ORA-39316: Cannot resize a data file in a smallfile tablespace. ?

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

The difference cannot be eliminated with an SQL ALTER statement.