How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14057: partition “string”: sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE may not exceed 100?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14057: partition “string”: sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE may not exceed 100 with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14057: partition “string”: sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE may not exceed 100

Reason for the Error ORA-14057: partition “string”: sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE may not exceed 100

the sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE for a partition whose name (explicitly specified by the user) is displayed in this message exceeds 100. Note that if PCTUSED and/or PCTFREE values for this partition were not specified explicitly, default values for the partitioned table or index would be used. If, in turn, default PCTUSED and/or PCTFREE values for the partitioned table or index were not specified, system defaults would be used.

How to fix the Error ORA-14057: partition “string”: sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE may not exceed 100 ?

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

ensure that a sum of PCTUSED and PCTFREE for the partition does not exceed 100