How to fix the Oracle error ORA-29967: Cannot drop an operator binding with dependent objects?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-29967: Cannot drop an operator binding with dependent objects with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-29967: Cannot drop an operator binding with dependent objects

Reason for the Error ORA-29967: Cannot drop an operator binding with dependent objects

The operator binding that is being dropped has dependent objects.

How to fix the Error ORA-29967: Cannot drop an operator binding with dependent objects ?

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

Either drop the dependent objects first and then issue the ALTER OPERATOR DROP BINDING command or specify the FORCE option with ALTER OPERATOR DROP BINDING.