Oracle Error ORA-10656: Table is in unusable state due to incomplete operation

Oracle Error Message

ORA-10656: Table is in unusable state due to incomplete operation

Reason for the Error

ALTER TABLE SHRINK operation was tried on the table which is in unusable state because of previously failed/incomplete operation.

Solution

If the previous operation was

– DROP COLUMN, resubmit DROP COLUMN CONTINUE

– DROP TABLE, resubmit DROP TABLE

PURGE