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Assigning Sequence.nextval To A Column Value fails with ORA-00984 (Doc ID 1932103.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 14, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY column_name DEFAULT SEQUENCE.nextval
  *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00984: column not allowed here

Cause

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