How to fix the Oracle error ORA-36951: (XSFCAST28) The ALLOCLAST parameter cannot be set to YES unless PERIODICITY specifies more than one cycle.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-36951: (XSFCAST28) The ALLOCLAST parameter cannot be set to YES unless PERIODICITY specifies more than one cycle. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-36951: (XSFCAST28) The ALLOCLAST parameter cannot be set to YES unless PERIODICITY specifies more than one cycle.

Reason for the Error ORA-36951: (XSFCAST28) The ALLOCLAST parameter cannot be set to YES unless PERIODICITY specifies more than one cycle.

ALLOCLAST was set to YES when PERIODICITY specified a single value rather than a list of nested cycles.

How to fix the Error ORA-36951: (XSFCAST28) The ALLOCLAST parameter cannot be set to YES unless PERIODICITY specifies more than one cycle. ?

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

Set ALLOCLAST to FALSE (the default), or specify more than one value for PERIODICITY (in the form of a parenthesized list).