Oracle Error : ORA-65040: operation not allowed from within a pluggable database

 

ORA-65040: operation not allowed from within a pluggable database

SQL> drop pluggable database demo1 including datafiles;

drop pluggable database demo1 including datafiles

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ERROR at line 1:

ORA-65040: operation not allowed from within a pluggable database

SQL> 

Solution :

=> connect to the container database 

=> close the pluggable database 

=> unplug the pluggable database (optional)

=> drop the pluggable database 

    .if we are using the command without including datafiles , this only remove pdb not underline datafiles etc .

SQL> alter session set container =cdb$root;

Session altered.

SQL> show pdbs

    CON_ID CON_NAME   OPEN MODE  RESTRICTED

---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ----------

2 PDB$SEED   READ ONLY  NO

3 PDB   READ WRITE NO

4 DEMO1   READ WRITE NO

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SQL> alter pluggable database demo1 close immediate;

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> show pdbs

    CON_ID CON_NAME   OPEN MODE  RESTRICTED

---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ----------

2 PDB$SEED   READ ONLY  NO

3 PDB   READ WRITE NO

4 DEMO1   MOUNTED

SQL> drop pluggable database demo1 including datafiles;

Pluggable database dropped.

SQL> show pdbs

    CON_ID CON_NAME   OPEN MODE  RESTRICTED

---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ----------

2 PDB$SEED   READ ONLY  NO

3 PDB   READ WRITE NO

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