Oracle Error ORA-14080: partition cannot be split along the specified high bound

Oracle Error Message

ORA-14080: partition cannot be split along the specified high bound

Reason for the Error

User attempted to split a partition along a bound which either collates higher than that of the partition to be split or lower than that of a partition immediately preceding the one to be split

Solution

Ensure that the bound along which a partition is to be split collates lower than that of the partition to be split and higher that that of a partition immediately preceding the one to be split