ORA-38301: can not perform DDL/DML over objects in Recycle Bin

Hi,

Sometimes You can get “ORA-38301: can not perform DDL/DML over objects in Recycle Bin ” error.

 

Details of error are as follows.

ORA-38301: can not perform DDL/DML over objects in Recycle Bin

Cause: Tried to perform DDL or DML operation on Recycle Bin object.

Action: DDL or DML operations are not permitted on Recycle Bin objects.




SQL> drop tablespace RECOC1 including contents and datafiles;
drop tablespace RECOC1 including contents and datafiles
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-38301: can not perform DDL/DML over objects in Recycle Bin

 

 

You can read the following post, if you don’t know what is the Recycle bin.

What is the Recycle bin and How to Restore Dropped Tables from Recycle Bin

 

 

You should disable the Recycle bin to solve this error.

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET RECYCLEBIN= OFF DEFERRED;

System altered.

 

Now try to drop the tablespace again.

SQL> drop tablespace RECOC1 including contents and datafiles;
Tablespace dropped.

 

You can enable the Recycle bin again as follows.

SQL > ALTER SYSTEM SET RECYCLEBIN = ON DEFERRED;

System altered.

 

 

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