How to fix the Oracle error ORA-39727: COMPATIBLE must be set to 10.0.0.0.0 or higher?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-39727: COMPATIBLE must be set to 10.0.0.0.0 or higher with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-39727: COMPATIBLE must be set to 10.0.0.0.0 or higher

Reason for the Error ORA-39727: COMPATIBLE must be set to 10.0.0.0.0 or higher

An add/drop column operation for compressed table has been performed on the database. This requires COMPATIBLE to be set to 10.0.0.0.0 or higher during upgrade from 9.2 to a 10i or higher release.

How to fix the Error ORA-39727: COMPATIBLE must be set to 10.0.0.0.0 or higher ?

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

Set COMPATIBLE to 10.0.0.0.0 and retry the upgrade.