How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14171: cannot specify clause in CREATE|ALTER TABLE?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14171: cannot specify clause in CREATE|ALTER TABLE with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14171: cannot specify clause in CREATE|ALTER TABLE

Reason for the Error ORA-14171: cannot specify clause in CREATE|ALTER TABLE

User requested to generate default subpartition description(s) (possibly via SUBPARTITIONS) while at the same time specified clause which is illegal

How to fix the Error ORA-14171: cannot specify clause in CREATE|ALTER TABLE ?

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

Remove one of offending clauses.