How to fix the Oracle error ORA-48242: Fields that are NOT NULL can not use surrogates?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-48242: Fields that are NOT NULL can not use surrogates with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-48242: Fields that are NOT NULL can not use surrogates

Reason for the Error ORA-48242: Fields that are NOT NULL can not use surrogates

NOT NULL fields can not have surrogates specified.

How to fix the Error ORA-48242: Fields that are NOT NULL can not use surrogates ?

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

Either remove the constraint or the surrogate.