ORA-00955 During drop nested table column and add the column back on table with compress oltp
(Doc ID 2289289.1)
Last updated on JULY 22, 2021
Applies to:
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and laterOracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
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If you are using nested compress table and trying to drop and add same column you will get ORA-00955 error.
Changes
Internally when we drop column it is marking as unused and then executing drop unused column.
Cause
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