How to fix the Oracle error ORA-27479: Cannot string “string.string” because other objects depend on it?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-27479: Cannot string “string.string” because other objects depend on it with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-27479: Cannot string “string.string” because other objects depend on it

Reason for the Error ORA-27479: Cannot string “string.string” because other objects depend on it

An attempt was made to drop or disable a scheduler object that has jobs associated with it without specifying the force option.

How to fix the Error ORA-27479: Cannot string “string.string” because other objects depend on it ?

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

Alter the associated jobs so they do not point to the scheduler object being dropped or disabled and then reissue the command. Alternatively reissue the command specifying the force option. If the force option is specified and a scheduler object is being dropped, all associated jobs will be disabled.