ORA-00069 cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for string

Error Code
ORA-00069

Description
cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for string

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, a command was issued that tried to lock the table indicated in the message. Examples of commands that can lock tables are: LOCK TABLE, ALTER TABLE ... ADD ( ), and so on.

Action
To fix this error, use the ALTER TABLE ... ENABLE TABLE LOCK command, and retry the command.

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