How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14323: cannot add partition when DEFAULT partition exists?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14323: cannot add partition when DEFAULT partition exists with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14323: cannot add partition when DEFAULT partition exists

Reason for the Error ORA-14323: cannot add partition when DEFAULT partition exists

An ADD PARTITION operation cannot be executed when a partition with DEFAULT values exists

How to fix the Error ORA-14323: cannot add partition when DEFAULT partition exists ?

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

Issue a SPLIT of the DEFAULT partition instead