How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14156: invalid number of subpartitions specified in [SUBPARTITIONS | SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE] clause?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14156: invalid number of subpartitions specified in [SUBPARTITIONS | SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE] clause with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14156: invalid number of subpartitions specified in [SUBPARTITIONS | SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE] clause

Reason for the Error ORA-14156: invalid number of subpartitions specified in [SUBPARTITIONS | SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE] clause

number-of-subpartitions clause contained in CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX statement specified a number of subpartitions outside of legal range (1-1048575)

How to fix the Error ORA-14156: invalid number of subpartitions specified in [SUBPARTITIONS | SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE] clause ?

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

Specify a number between 1 and 1024K-1 in the number-of-subpartitions clause