How to fix the Oracle error ORA-10656: Table is in unusable state due to incomplete operation?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-10656: Table is in unusable state due to incomplete operation with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-10656: Table is in unusable state due to incomplete operation

Reason for the Error ORA-10656: Table is in unusable state due to incomplete operation

ALTER TABLE SHRINK operation was tried on the table which is in unusable state because of previously failed/incomplete operation.

How to fix the Error ORA-10656: Table is in unusable state due to incomplete operation ?

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

If the previous operation was

– DROP COLUMN, resubmit DROP COLUMN CONTINUE

– DROP TABLE, resubmit DROP TABLE