How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28348: index defined on the specified column cannot be encrypted?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28348: index defined on the specified column cannot be encrypted with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28348: index defined on the specified column cannot be encrypted

Reason for the Error ORA-28348: index defined on the specified column cannot be encrypted

An attempt was made to encrypt a column which is in a functional index, domain index, or join index.

How to fix the Error ORA-28348: index defined on the specified column cannot be encrypted ?

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

drop the index