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Wednesday 18 January 2017

ORA-29885 solution

Error
ORA-29885: domain index is defined on the column to be modified

Solution
Find problematic index;
SQL>
SELECT *
  FROM dba_indexes
 WHERE table_name = 'EMPLOYEES' AND index_type = 'DOMAIN'

Drop the index and try again;
SQL> 
DROP INDEX HR.IDX_EMPLOYEE_NAME;