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My Question: I’m looking for a function like SQLERRM which will give me a description for all Oracle error codes.

From this website, I found this list of oracle error types:

AMD, AUD, CLS, DBV, DGM, DRG, EXP, IMG, IMP, KUP, LCD, LFI, LPX, LRM,
LSX, NCR, NID, NMP, NNC, NNF, NNL, NNO, NPL, NZE, O2F, O2I, O2U, OCI,
ORA-CODE, PCB, PCC, PLS, PLW, PRO, QSM, RMA, SQL, TNS, UDE, UDI, VID

Am I misunderstanding something or is this possible?

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Something like

SQL> !oerr ora 04043
04043, 00000, “object %s does not exist”
// *Cause: An object name was specified that was not recognized by the system.
// There are several possible causes:
// – An invalid name for a table, view, sequence, procedure, function,
// package, or package body was entered. Since the system could not
// recognize the invalid name, it responded with the message that the
// named object does not exist.
// – An attempt was made to rename an index or a cluster, or some
// other object that cannot be renamed.
// *Action: Check the spelling of the named object and rerun the code. (Valid
// names of tables, views, functions, etc. can be listed by querying
// the data dictionary.)

This is the error lookup utility in Oracle.

Usage: oerr facility error

facility is any of the error types like ora, amd etc. and error is the code. But you need to make sure that you have access privilege to all installed directories.

This is what you need in PDF format.