Database Error Messages

ORA-14416

Online DDL's cannot be used string

Cause

An attempt was made to use the DROP INDEX ONLINE, ALTER TABLE DROP CONSTRAINT ONLINE, or ALTER TABLE SET UNUSED COLUMN ONLINE statement on an table type (for example, cluster, temporary, index-organized table (IOT), external tables) that was not allowed.


Action

Using online DDL's like DROP INDEX ONLINE, ALTER TABLE DROP CONSTRAINT ONLINE, or ALTER TABLE SET UNUSED COLUMN ONLINE statement on certain types of tables (for example, cluster, temporary, indexed-organized table (IOT), external tables) is illegal. Remove the ONLINE keyword from the statement.