Oracle error
ORA-00600
ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [%s], [%s], ...
What usually causes it
An internal Oracle error, usually a bug. The first argument identifies the code path that failed.
What to check first
Note the first argument, then use ADRCI to review and package the incident. Search My Oracle Support with the ORA-600 lookup tool (Doc ID 153788.1) before opening a service request.
Scripts that help
- Review problems and incidents (ADRCI)ADRCI commands for critical errors like ORA-00600 and ORA-07445, and for packaging an incident to send to Oracle Support.
- Alert log errors in the last 24 hoursORA- and TNS- errors plus checkpoint warnings from the alert log, read through SQL. It can be slow when the alert log is very large.
- Where the alert log and trace files areThe ADR home, alert log directory, trace directory and this session's own trace file.