ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN Might Take Long Time to Execute (Doc ID 2724392.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN Might Take Long Time to Execute. For example:

ALTER TABLE <schema>.<table> ADD test_column NUMBER(38,0) DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL ENABLE;

when table has policies associated

This could be seen after upgrading from 12.1 to a newer version like 12.2 and above

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