How to fix the Oracle error ORA-36685: (XSDPART23) Only CONCAT partition templates can be subpartitioned.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-36685: (XSDPART23) Only CONCAT partition templates can be subpartitioned. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-36685: (XSDPART23) Only CONCAT partition templates can be subpartitioned.

Reason for the Error ORA-36685: (XSDPART23) Only CONCAT partition templates can be subpartitioned.

User attempted to define a RANGE or LIST partition template with one or more partitions dimensioned by another partition template.

How to fix the Error ORA-36685: (XSDPART23) Only CONCAT partition templates can be subpartitioned. ?

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

Use only regular dimensions and composites to dimension each partition of the RANGE or LIST template.