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Cannot drop tablespace that contains only LOB after dropping the LOB column from a table. (Doc ID 3073122.1)

Last updated on MARCH 06, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

SQL> drop tablespace TBS_lob including contents and datafiles;
drop tablespace TBS_lob including contents and datafiles
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-22868: table with LOBs contains segments in different tablespaces

Cause

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