How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24005: Inappropriate utilities used to perform DDL on AQ table string.string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24005: Inappropriate utilities used to perform DDL on AQ table string.string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24005: Inappropriate utilities used to perform DDL on AQ table string.string

Reason for the Error ORA-24005: Inappropriate utilities used to perform DDL on AQ table string.string

An attempt was made to use the SQL command DROP TABLE or TRUNCATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE on queue metadata or tables.

How to fix the Error ORA-24005: Inappropriate utilities used to perform DDL on AQ table string.string ?

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

Use the DBMS_AQADM.DROP_QUEUE_TABLE to DROP TABLE, DBMS_AQADM.PURGE_QUEUE_TABLE to TRUNCATE TABLE. ALTER TABLE redefinition based on only ALTER_TABLE_PROPERTIES and ALTER_TABLE_PARTITIONING clauses are allowed.