How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01942: IDENTIFIED BY and EXTERNALLY cannot both be specified?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01942: IDENTIFIED BY and EXTERNALLY cannot both be specified with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01942: IDENTIFIED BY and EXTERNALLY cannot both be specified

Reason for the Error ORA-01942: IDENTIFIED BY and EXTERNALLY cannot both be specified

A user cannot be specified to have and not have a password.

How to fix the Error ORA-01942: IDENTIFIED BY and EXTERNALLY cannot both be specified ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify only one of the options.