How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14262: new subpartition name must differ from the old subpartition name?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14262: new subpartition name must differ from the old subpartition name with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14262: new subpartition name must differ from the old subpartition name

Reason for the Error ORA-14262: new subpartition name must differ from the old subpartition name

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

How to fix the Error ORA-14262: new subpartition name must differ from the old subpartition name ?

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

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