How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14059: partition “string”: INITRANS value must be less than MAXTRANS value?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14059: partition “string”: INITRANS value must be less than MAXTRANS value with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14059: partition “string”: INITRANS value must be less than MAXTRANS value

Reason for the Error ORA-14059: partition “string”: INITRANS value must be less than MAXTRANS value

Value of INITRANS was found to be greater than that of MAXTRANS for a partition whose name (explicitly specified by the user) is displayed in this message. Note that if INITRANS and/or MAXTRANS values for this partition were not specified explicitly, default values for the partitioned table or index would be used. If, in turn, default INITRANS and/or MAXTRANS values for the partitioned table or index were not specified, system defaults would be used.

How to fix the Error ORA-14059: partition “string”: INITRANS value must be less than MAXTRANS value ?

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

ensure that value of INITRANS (whether specified explcitly or derived from the default value for the partitioned table or index) is no greater than that of MAXTRANS