'ORA-38301: can not perform DDL/DML over objects in Recycle Bin' while gathering DBMS_STATS

(Doc ID 1542641.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.7 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

1.Error ORA-38301 is dumped in the Alert log file :-

 

Changes

The GATHER_STATS_JOB was ran, and gathered statistics on recycle bin object: ('"A_USER"','"AN_OBJECT"','""', ...).

Cause

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