How to fix the Oracle error ORA-22996: NEXT extent size is smaller than LOB chunksize?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-22996: NEXT extent size is smaller than LOB chunksize with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-22996: NEXT extent size is smaller than LOB chunksize

Reason for the Error ORA-22996: NEXT extent size is smaller than LOB chunksize

An attempt was made to create or alter a LOB segment so that its NEXT extent size was less than the LOB chunksize

How to fix the Error ORA-22996: NEXT extent size is smaller than LOB chunksize ?

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

Specify a NEXT extent size that is greater than or equal to the LOB chunksize