ORA-12988: cannot drop column

From: Ken Janusz <ken.janusz_at_sufsys.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:39:05 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003E110A.20011220111522@fatcity.com>

I have created a DB as SYS and added columns to some of the tables as SYS. When I try to drop some of these columns I get this error.

ORA-12988: cannot drop column from table owned by SYS

How can I get around this problem?

Thanks,
Ken Janusz, CPIM
Database Conversion Lead
Sufficient System, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN

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