How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38816: edition has a child that inherits objects from the edition?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38816: edition has a child that inherits objects from the edition with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38816: edition has a child that inherits objects from the edition

Reason for the Error ORA-38816: edition has a child that inherits objects from the edition

This error occurred because an attempt was made to drop an edition that a child that inherits objects from the edition.

How to fix the Error ORA-38816: edition has a child that inherits objects from the edition ?

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

Retry after the child edition has no inherited objects.