How to fix the Oracle error ORA-29868: cannot issue DDL on a domain index marked as LOADING?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-29868: cannot issue DDL on a domain index marked as LOADING with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-29868: cannot issue DDL on a domain index marked as LOADING

Reason for the Error ORA-29868: cannot issue DDL on a domain index marked as LOADING

Tried to issue a DROP/ALTER/TRUNCATE on a domain index in a LOADING state.

How to fix the Error ORA-29868: cannot issue DDL on a domain index marked as LOADING ?

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

Wait till the index operation completes OR issue a DROP INDEX FORCE to drop the index.