ORA-00904 While Executing ADD PARTITION To The Table Whose Column Was Set UNUSED (Doc ID 420362.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 06, 2021

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.5 [Release 9.2 to 10.2]
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.7 and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database 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

Getting ORA-00904 while executing ADD PARTITION to the table, whose column of ABSTRACT_TYPE was set UNUSED previously.

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Example :

Result:

ORA-00904: "SYS_C00002_09050814:26:11$": invalid identifier