How to fix the Oracle error ORA-42020: partition cannot be redefined online because of unsupported type of interim table?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-42020: partition cannot be redefined online because of unsupported type of interim table with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-42020: partition cannot be redefined online because of unsupported type of interim table

Reason for the Error ORA-42020: partition cannot be redefined online because of unsupported type of interim table

An unsupported type of interim table was provided during the partition redefinition. Currently the following types of interim tables are not supported:

– a nested table or has nested-table columns

– an external table

– part of cluster

– contains LOB shared segments

How to fix the Error ORA-42020: partition cannot be redefined online because of unsupported type of interim table ?

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

Do not use unsupported types of interim tables.