Oracle Error ORA-29952: cannot issue DDL on a domain index partition marked as LOADING

Oracle Error Message

ORA-29952: cannot issue DDL on a domain index partition marked as LOADING

Reason for the Error

Tried to issue a DROP/ALTER/TRUNCATE on a domain index partition in a LOADING state.

Solution

Wait till the index partition operation completes OR issue a DROP INDEX FORCE to drop the index OR issue a ALTER TABLE DROP PARTITION to drop the partition.