ORA-38768: resizing datafile string failed

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ORA-38768: resizing datafile stringfailed

Cause: An operating system erroroccurred when Flashback Database tried to

shrink (resize) a datafile. Flashback shrinks a file inorder to undo the effects of a

file expand, for example, an autoextension of the file.

Action: Recover the database to returnit to its previous state, or fix the cause of

the operating system error and retry the Flashback. Ifthat is not possible, then the

file can be taken offline and the Flashback commandretried. The file will have to

be restored from a backup and rolled forward.