Database startup showing ORA-00942: table or view does not exist in trace

Question

Hi Friends,
SunOS 5.10 Generic_137112-06 i86pc i386 i86pc , 64 Bit
Oracle 10.2.0.1.0
While I am doing a startup, getting following error.
SQL> startup;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 3221225472 bytes
Fixed Size 2122544 bytes
Variable Size 410819792 bytes
Database Buffers 2801795072 bytes
Redo Buffers 6488064 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forcedThe alert log shows the following
Errors in file /applns/oracle/admin/CTSD1/udump/ctsd1_ora_11486.trc:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
Error 942 happened during db open, shutting down database
USER: terminating instance due to error 942
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 11486
ORA-1092 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE OPEN...A look at the trace file shows this
/applns/oracle/admin/CTSD1/udump/ctsd1_ora_11486.trc
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
ORACLE_HOME = /applns/oracle
System name: SunOS
Node name: N890
Release: 5.10
Version: Generic_137112-06
Machine: i86pc
Instance name: CTSD1
Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
Oracle process number: 23
Unix process pid: 11486, image: oracle@N890 (TNS V1-V3)
*** SERVICE NAME:() 2011-02-16 19:24:50.188
*** SESSION ID:(325.3) 2011-02-16 19:24:50.188
Successfully allocated 3 recovery slaves
Using 367 overflow buffers per recovery slave
Thread 1 checkpoint: logseq 45929, block 2, scn 310788795>cache-low rba: logseq 45929, block 3
>on-disk rba: logseq 45929, block 52, scn 310788832
>start recovery at logseq 45929, block 3, scn 0
----- Redo read statistics for thread 1 -----
Read rate (ASYNC): 24Kb in 0.31s => 0.08 Mb/sec
Total physical reads: 4096Kb
Longest record: 0Kb, moves: 0/61 (0%)
Longest LWN: 16Kb, moves: 0/3 (0%), moved: 0Mb
Last redo scn: 0x0000.128642df (310788831)
----- Recovery Hash Table Statistics ---------
Hash table buckets = 32768
Longest hash chain = 1
Average hash chain = 4/4 = 1.0
Max compares per lookup = 1
Avg compares per lookup = 117/121 = 1.0
*** 2011-02-16 19:24:50.515
KCRA: start recovery claims for 4 data blocks
*** 2011-02-16 19:24:50.515
KCRA: blocks processed = 4/4, claimed = 4, eliminated = 0
*** 2011-02-16 19:24:50.516
Recovery of Online Redo Log: Thread 1 Group 1 Seq 45929 Reading mem 0
----- Recovery Hash Table Statistics ---------
Hash table buckets = 32768
Longest hash chain = 1
Average hash chain = 4/4 = 1.0
Max compares per lookup = 1
Avg compares per lookup = 121/121 = 1.0
ORA-00942: table or view does not existI have searched MOS and Google, but didn;'t get any relevant results.
Also flushed my shared_pool as mentioned in (http://www.tanelpoder.com/files/oracle_rowcache.pdf) after mount and started , still no luck
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
SSN

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks.
Tried log mining, but still couldn't find the culprit. I think now, I have to drop and create this db.Still wondering what might have happened.
select group#,status from v$log;
    GROUP# STATUS
         1 INACTIVE
         3 INACTIVE
         2 CURRENT
SQL> select group#,MEMBER from v$logfile where group#=2;
    GROUP#
MEMBER
         2
/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redo02.log
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.ADD_LOGFILE( LOGFILENAME => '/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redo02.log',OPTIONS => sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.NEW);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.START_LOGMNR;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT COUNT (*) FROM   v$logmnr_contents WHERE  operation = 'DDL';
  COUNT(*)
         0
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.END_LOGMNR();
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select group#,MEMBER from v$logfile where group#=1;
    GROUP#
MEMBER
         1
/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redo01.log
         1
/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redolog001.log
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.ADD_LOGFILE( LOGFILENAME => '/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redo01.log',OPTIONS => sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.NEW);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.START_LOGMNR;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT COUNT (*) FROM   v$logmnr_contents WHERE  operation = 'DDL';
  COUNT(*)
         0
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.END_LOGMNR();
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.ADD_LOGFILE( LOGFILENAME => '/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redolog001.log',OPTIONS => sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.NEW);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.START_LOGMNR;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT COUNT (*) FROM   v$logmnr_contents WHERE  operation = 'DDL';
  COUNT(*)
         0
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.END_LOGMNR();
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select group#,MEMBER from v$logfile where group#=3
    GROUP#
MEMBER
         3
/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redo03.log
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.ADD_LOGFILE( LOGFILENAME => '/applns/oracle/oradata/CTSD1/redo03.log',OPTIONS => sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.NEW);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>  EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.START_LOGMNR;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT COUNT (*) FROM   v$logmnr_contents WHERE  operation = 'DDL';
  COUNT(*)
         0
SQL> EXECUTE sys.DBMS_LOGMNR.END_LOGMNR();
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.SSN