How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14081: new partition name must differ from the old partition name?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14081: new partition name must differ from the old partition name with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14081: new partition name must differ from the old partition name

Reason for the Error ORA-14081: new partition name must differ from the old partition name

User entered ALTER TABLE/INDEX RENAME PARTITION specifying which is identical to the name of the partition being renamed

How to fix the Error ORA-14081: new partition name must differ from the old partition name ?

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

Ensure that the new partition name is different from the name of any (including the one being renamed) existing partition of a given table or index