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Error ORA-14400 On Import Into Partitioned Table (Doc ID 1060902.6)

Last updated on JANUARY 30, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.0.4.0 and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When importing into a partitioned table, you receive the following error message:

ORA-14400: "inserted partition key is beyond highest legal partition key"
Cause:  the concatenated partition key of an inserted record is beyond
        the concatenated partition bound list of the last partition
Action: do not insert the key or add a partition capable of accepting
        the key.

Cause

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