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Drop Table Results ORA-29857: Domain Indexes And/or Secondary Objects Exist In The Tablespace (Doc ID 2125993.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 08, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Not able to drop the table. its giving below error.

SQL> drop tablespace XXXX including contents and datafiles;
drop tablespace XXXX including contents and datafiles
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29857: domain indexes and/or secondary objects exist in the tablespace

Cause

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