ORA-01000

ORA-01000 maximum open cursors exceeded

What causes an ORA-01000 error?

A host language program attempted to open too many cursors. The initialization parameter OPEN_CURSORS determines the maximum number of cursors per user.

How Xynomix can help

Modify the program to use fewer cursors. If this error occurs often, shut down Oracle, increase the value of OPEN_CURSORS, and then restart Oracle.

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