How to fix the Oracle error ORA-27433: cannot alter state of step string for job string.string to string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-27433: cannot alter state of step string for job string.string to string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-27433: cannot alter state of step string for job string.string to string

Reason for the Error ORA-27433: cannot alter state of step string for job string.string to string

The step cannot be changed to the requested state. The state of a running step cannot be changed. A step which is running or has already run cannot be run again.

How to fix the Error ORA-27433: cannot alter state of step string for job string.string to string ?

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

Wait until the step has finished running.