How to fix the Oracle error ORA-10618: Operation not allowed on this segment?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-10618: Operation not allowed on this segment with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-10618: Operation not allowed on this segment

Reason for the Error ORA-10618: Operation not allowed on this segment

This DBMS_SPACE operation is not permitted on segments in tablespaces with AUTO SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT

How to fix the Error ORA-10618: Operation not allowed on this segment ?

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

Recheck the segment name and type and re-issue the statement