How to fix the Oracle error ORA-12985: tablespace ‘string’ is read only, cannot drop column?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-12985: tablespace ‘string’ is read only, cannot drop column with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-12985: tablespace ‘string’ is read only, cannot drop column

Reason for the Error ORA-12985: tablespace ‘string’ is read only, cannot drop column

An attempt was made to drop column from a partition/subpartition on a read only tablespace.

How to fix the Error ORA-12985: tablespace ‘string’ is read only, cannot drop column ?

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

Set the tablespace to read write and resubmit statement.