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The DBMS_GOLDENGATE_ADM.REMOVE_AUTO_CDR Fails With ORA-12999: Cannot DROP Or SET UNUSED A Column That Has Been Set Unused (Doc ID 2706774.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle GoldenGate - Version 12.3.0.1.4 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When attempting to remove Auto Conflict-Detection-Resolution of a table configured in GoldenGate you may get:

  

SQL> execute DBMS_GOLDENGATE_ADM.REMOVE_AUTO_CDR('<user>','<table name>');

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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-12999: cannot DROP or SET UNUSED a column that has been set unused
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_GOLDENGATE_ADM_INT_INVOK", line 26
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_GOLDENGATE_ADM", line 111
ORA-06512: at line 1



Changes

 Removing GoldenGate Auto-CDR.

Cause

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