How to fix the Oracle error ORA-12988: cannot drop column from table owned by SYS?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-12988: cannot drop column from table owned by SYS with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-12988: cannot drop column from table owned by SYS

Reason for the Error ORA-12988: cannot drop column from table owned by SYS

An attempt was made to drop a column from a system table.

How to fix the Error ORA-12988: cannot drop column from table owned by SYS ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

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