ORA-01537. i want to search where the file is included

Question

SQL> alter tablespace java add datafile \'d:/programming/java.dbf\';
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01537: cannot add file \'d:/programming/java.dbf\' - file already part of          


        

Answer 1

Use like instead of =:

select TABLESPACE_NAME, FILE_NAME,STATUS 
from dba_data_files
where UPPER(FILE_NAME) like '%JAVA.DBF';