How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14254: cannot specify ALLOCATE STORAGE for a (Composite) Range or List partitioned table?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14254: cannot specify ALLOCATE STORAGE for a (Composite) Range or List partitioned table with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14254: cannot specify ALLOCATE STORAGE for a (Composite) Range or List partitioned table

Reason for the Error ORA-14254: cannot specify ALLOCATE STORAGE for a (Composite) Range or List partitioned table

User specified ALLOCATE STORAGE clause in ALTER TABLE statement issued against a Range or Composite Range partitioned table which is illegal.

How to fix the Error ORA-14254: cannot specify ALLOCATE STORAGE for a (Composite) Range or List partitioned table ?

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

Remove the illegal option. If it is desired to add storage to individual partitions/subpartitions, ALLOCATE STORAGE clause may be specified with ALTER TABLE MODIFY PARTITION/SUBPARTITION statement. If it is desired to add storage to all subpartitions of a Composite partition, ALLOCATE STORAGE clause may be specified with ALTER TABLE MODIFY PARTITION.