How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14046: a partition may be split into exactly two new partitions?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14046: a partition may be split into exactly two new partitions with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14046: a partition may be split into exactly two new partitions

Reason for the Error ORA-14046: a partition may be split into exactly two new partitions

ALTER TABLE|INDEX SPLIT PARTITION did not contain descriptions of exactly two new partitions into which an existing table or index partition was to be split

How to fix the Error ORA-14046: a partition may be split into exactly two new partitions ?

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

Ensure that the statement describes exactly two partition into which an existing partition is to be split