How to fix the Oracle error ORA-22870: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option a non-object type?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-22870: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option a non-object type with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-22870: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option a non-object type

Reason for the Error ORA-22870: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option a non-object type

attempt to perform ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option a non-object type

How to fix the Error ORA-22870: ALTER TYPE with REPLACE option a non-object type ?

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

drop the non-object type first, then re-create it as an object type