How to fix the Oracle error ORA-12987: cannot combine drop column with other operations?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-12987: cannot combine drop column with other operations with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-12987: cannot combine drop column with other operations

Reason for the Error ORA-12987: cannot combine drop column with other operations

An attempt was made to combine drop column with other ALTER TABLE operations.

How to fix the Error ORA-12987: cannot combine drop column with other operations ?

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

Ensure that drop column is the sole operation specified in ALTER TABLE.