Oracle / PLSQL: ORA-01114 Error Message

Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-01114 error message in Oracle.

Description

When you encounter an ORA-01114 error, the following error message will appear:

• ORA-01114: IO error writing block to file name block # num

Cause

You tried to write to a file, but the device where the file resides is offline.

Resolution

The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:

Option #1

You need to restore access to this device and then try re-writing to the file.