ORA-14404 or ORA-14407 When Trying to Drop a Tablespace (Doc ID 1674989.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

• The following errors may occur when trying to drop a tablespace:

SH@dw24> drop tablespace <tablespace name>  including contents and datafiles;
drop <tablespace name> including contents and datafiles
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-14404: partitioned table contains partitions in a different tablespace

 SH@dw24> drop <tablespace name> including contents and datafiles;
drop <tablespace name> including contents and datafiles
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-14407: partitioned table contains subpartitions in a different tablespace

• DBA_SEGMENTS may or may not list segments on the tablespace to be dropped:

SH@dw24> select owner,segment_name,segment_type, partition_name,tablespace_name from dba_segments where tablespace_name='<tablespace name>';

no rows selected

Cause

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