Adding datafile - ORA-27038

Question

Hello,
Trying to add data file and getting following error:
alter tablespace SALES_BIG1 add datafile '/u02/oracle/admin/SALES/dbf/sales_big1_02.dbf' SIZE 4G REUSE;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01119: error in creating database file
'/u02/oracle/admin/SALES/dbf/sales_big1_02.dbf'
ORA-27038: created file already exists
HPUX-ia64 Error: 17: File exists
Additional information: 2
There is soft link exists but there is no physical file.
How can I add a datafile if that symbolic link exists?
Database is 10.2.0.4
Thanks
Bell

Answer 1

I want to tell u clear.
same thing happen with me also. I added 1 temp file 20 days before because i was getting temp space error. later i see the same error . i tried to check how many tempfile in the tmep tablespace by dba_temp_files view but i saw only 1 tempfile there (i dont know why this was happen).
error was: ORA-1652: unable to extend temp segment by 128 in tablespace TEMP
So i was trying to add again tempfile with 1gb size and 32gb max size when i tried i got error that tempfile with the same name exist. i tried again to check the files exist or not but i could not means i can see only 1 tempfile another temp file was not there but actuall thing i have created it earlier.
Because it was temp file.
So i added again 2nd tempfile with reuse command and i worked fine. i wanted to share thats it.
alter tablespace temp add tempfile '/data/orabi/temp02.dbf' size 1g reuse;
then
alter database tempfile '/data/orabi/temp02.dbf' autoextend on maxsize 32g;
Thanks
Ravi Kumar Shrivastava
ORACLE DBA