How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28338: Column(s) cannot be both indexed and encrypted with salt?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28338: Column(s) cannot be both indexed and encrypted with salt with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28338: Column(s) cannot be both indexed and encrypted with salt

Reason for the Error ORA-28338: Column(s) cannot be both indexed and encrypted with salt

An attempt was made to encrypt index column with salt or an attempt was made to create an index on encrypted column with salt.

How to fix the Error ORA-28338: Column(s) cannot be both indexed and encrypted with salt ?

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

Alter the table and specify column encrypting without salt.