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Jun 24, 2024

OCI-02303

Cannot DROP or REPLACE a type with type or table dependents.

Cause

An attempt was made to DROP or REPLACE a type that has type or table dependents.


Action

For DROP TYPE, drop all types and tables depending on the type and then retry the operation, or use the FORCE option.

For CREATE TYPE, drop all types and tables depending on the type and then retry the operation, or drop all tables depending on the type and retry with the FORCE option.

This query lists the dependent objects:

SELECT owner, name, type FROM all_dependencies WHERE referenced_name = '<type_name>' AND referenced_owner = '<type_owner>';