Alter Table Truncate Partition with Cascade Clause Fails With ORA-02266 (Doc ID 3040825.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 17, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

ORA-02266 is raised when attempting to truncate partition of a table having foreign key constraints with the CASCADE clause .

SQL> alter table <table name> truncate partition <partition name> cascade;

The foreign keys are created with "on delete cascade" option, but this operation was still not possible.

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