How to fix the Oracle error ORA-21700: object does not exist or is marked for delete?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-21700: object does not exist or is marked for delete with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-21700: object does not exist or is marked for delete

Reason for the Error ORA-21700: object does not exist or is marked for delete

User attempted to perform an inappropriate operation to an object that is non-existent or marked for delete. Operations such as pinning, deleting and updating cannot be applied to an object that is non-existent or marked for delete.

How to fix the Error ORA-21700: object does not exist or is marked for delete ?

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

User needs to re-initialize the reference to reference an existent object or the user needs to unmark the object.