How to fix the Oracle error ORA-12818: invalid option in PARALLEL clause?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-12818: invalid option in PARALLEL clause with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-12818: invalid option in PARALLEL clause

Reason for the Error ORA-12818: invalid option in PARALLEL clause

an unrecognized option was used within a PARALLEL clause.

How to fix the Error ORA-12818: invalid option in PARALLEL clause ?

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

specify any combination of DEGREE { | DEFAULT } and INSTANCES { | DEFAULT } within the PARALLEL clause.