SQL Error: ORA-14006: invalid partition name
I am trying to partition an existing table in Oracle 12C R1 using below SQL statement. ALTER TABLE TABLE_NAME MODIFY PARTITION BY RANGE (DATE_COLUMN_NAME) INTERVAL (NUMTOYMINTERVAL(1,'MONTH')) ( PARTITION part_01 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01-SEP-2017', 'DD-MON-RRRR')) ) ONLINE; Getting error: Error report - SQL Error: ORA-14006: invalid partition name 14006. 00000 - "invalid partition name" *Cause: a partition name of the form <identifier> is expected but not present. *Action: enter an appropriate partition name. Partition needs to be done on the basis of data datatype column with the