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ORA-01450: maximum key length (‥) exceeded

The maximum key length of an index depends on the block size.

Demonstration

create table tq84_ora_01450(
   id   number,
   v1   varchar2(4000),
   v2   varchar2(2394)
);

create index tq84_ora_01450_ix on tq84_ora_01450(v1, v2);
-- ORA-01450: maximum key length (6397) exceeded

alter table tq84_ora_01450 modify v2 varchar2(2393);
create index tq84_ora_01450_ix on tq84_ora_01450(v1, v2);
-- Index TQ84_ORA_01450_IX created.

drop table tq84_ora_01450;

See also

ORA-01404: ALTER COLUMN will make an index too large
MOS Note 293599.1
Other Oracle error messages

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