ORA Database Error Messages ORA-12985: tablespace ‘string’ is read only, cannot drop column August 12, 2015 mpbod ORA-12985: tablespace ‘string’ is read only, cannot drop column Cause: An attempt was made to drop column from a partition/subpartition on a read only tablespace. Action: Set the tablespace to read write and resubmit statement. Back to previous menu https://support.oracle.com/ http://www.oracle.com/ Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)