Oracle Error ORA-28671: UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES may not be used on a partitioned index as a whole

Oracle Error Message

ORA-28671: UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES may not be used on a partitioned index as a whole

Reason for the Error

User attempted to UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES on a partitioned index using ALTER INDEX UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES statement, which is illegal.

Solution

Issue a partition level operation with ALTER INDEX .. PARTITION .. UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES