How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24170: string.string is created by AQ, cannot be dropped directly?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24170: string.string is created by AQ, cannot be dropped directly with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24170: string.string is created by AQ, cannot be dropped directly

Reason for the Error ORA-24170: string.string is created by AQ, cannot be dropped directly

This object is created by AQ, thus cannot be dropped directly

How to fix the Error ORA-24170: string.string is created by AQ, cannot be dropped directly ?

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

use dbms_aqadm.drop_subscriber to drop the object