off the top of my head, although I would expect a different error... are there any foreign key references to the column?
Any other column in any other table which has a column whose name matches for the first 15-20 characters as this one? --- "Krishnaswamy, Ranganath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the following table in Oracle 8.1.7: > > Name Null? Type > ----------------------------------------- -------- -------------- > DIENSTLEISTUNGSOBJEKTOID VARCHAR2(23) > OID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(23) > AUMESSWERTE VARCHAR2(23) > AUART NUMBER(10) > BAUJAHRBEGINN NUMBER(10) > BAUJAHRENDE NUMBER(10) > BEZUGSNUMMER NUMBER(10) > CHECKBOXMANUELL NUMBER(1) > ENTSPRAUSDRUCK NUMBER(10) > GETRIEBETYP VARCHAR2(10) > HERSTELLERTEXT VARCHAR2(18) > HUBRAUMCCM NUMBER(10) > HUBRAUMLITER NUMBER > LEISTUNGKW NUMBER(10) > MINDESTOKTANZAHL NUMBER(10) > MODELL VARCHAR2(20) > MODELLJAHR VARCHAR2(11) > MODELLVARNUMMER NUMBER(10) > MOTORCODE VARCHAR2(18) > SPEZAUSRUESTUNG VARCHAR2(25) > ZYLINDERZAHL NUMBER(10) > CLSTYPE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(40) > MESSUNGSART NUMBER(10) > ANZAHLTEILSCHAEDEN NUMBER(10) > BESICHTIGUNGSBEDINGUNGEN VARCHAR2(23) > DURCHGEFUEHRTEREPARATUREN VARCHAR2(23) > EINGEBAUTENTAUSCHAGGREGATKOPF VARCHAR2(23) > ERSATZTEILE VARCHAR2(23) > FZALLGEMEINZUSTAND VARCHAR2(23) > GEBRAUCHSSCHADENKOPF VARCHAR2(23) > KALKULATIONBETRAEGE VARCHAR2(23) > LACKAZT VARCHAR2(23) > LACKMATERIAL VARCHAR2(23) > LACKIERUNG VARCHAR2(23) > LAUFLEISTUNG VARCHAR2(23) > LOHNKOSTEN VARCHAR2(23) > MECHANIK VARCHAR2(23) > NACHSCHADEN VARCHAR2(23) > NOTWREPARATURKOSTENINCLMWST NUMBER(1) > NOTWENDIGENTAUSCHAGGREGATKOPF VARCHAR2(23) > REPARTURWEG VARCHAR2(23) > SCHADENDATEN VARCHAR2(23) > SCHADENBESCHREIBUNG VARCHAR2(23) > SONSTIGEKALKDATEN VARCHAR2(23) > UMBAUKOSTEN VARCHAR2(23) > VERSCHLEISSSCHADENKOPF VARCHAR2(23) > VORGANGSDATEN VARCHAR2(23) > VORSCHAEDEN VARCHAR2(23) > ZUORDNUNG VARCHAR2(23) > ZUSTAND VARCHAR2(23) > MESSWERTHERKUNFT NUMBER(10) > MESSWERTLISTAKTIV NUMBER(1) > FEHLENDETEILE VARCHAR2(23) > BEWERTUNGERGEBNIS VARCHAR2(23) > WERTKORREKTUREN VARCHAR2(23) > BEMERKUNG VARCHAR2(4000) > NUMMER VARCHAR2(40) > VORGANG VARCHAR2(40) > AUDATEXUEBERNEHMEN NUMBER(1) > BAUMUSTER VARCHAR2(100) > HERSTELLER VARCHAR2(100) > NFZAUSSTATTUNG VARCHAR2(23) > RADSTAND1 NUMBER(10) > RADSTAND2 NUMBER(10) > VERKAUFSBEZEICHNUNG VARCHAR2(100) > FZALLGEMEINZUSTANDBEMERKUNG CLOB > FZALLGEMEINZUSTANDCBXCODE NUMBER(10) > NICHTMITBEWERTETETEILE CLOB > EREIGNISCBX VARCHAR2(40) > FAHRER VARCHAR2(20) > FAHRERORT VARCHAR2(30) > FAHRERSTRASSE VARCHAR2(30) > HERGANGSSCHILDERUNG CLOB > HERGANGSSCHILDERUNGLTCBX VARCHAR2(40) > NACHSCHADENANGABENCBX VARCHAR2(40) > NACHSCHADENBEMERKUNG CLOB > POLAUFNAHMEARTCBX VARCHAR2(40) > POLAUFNAHMEARTTEXT VARCHAR2(30) > POLAUFNAHMEDURCH VARCHAR2(30) > SCHADENORT VARCHAR2(30) > SCHADENSTRASSE VARCHAR2(30) > SCHADENUNFALLDATUMCBX VARCHAR2(40) > SCHADENUNFALLDATUMSTR VARCHAR2(10) > SCHADENUNFALLORT VARCHAR2(30) > VORGANGSBEMERKUNGEN CLOB > UMBAUKOSTENBEMERKUNG CLOB > UMBAUKOSTENMMWST NUMBER > UMBAUKOSTENOMWST NUMBER > UMBAUKOSTENZUBEHOERBITS NUMBER(19) > ZUORDNUNGBEMERKUNG CLOB > ZUORDNUNGCBXCODE NUMBER(10) > VORGANGSBEMERKUNG CLOB > VORGANGSCBX VARCHAR2(40) > VORGANGSNUMMER VARCHAR2(20) > BESONDERES CLOB > UMBAUKOSTENAUDATEXKALKRAW CLOB > MESSGERAETETYP VARCHAR2(20) > PRGVERSION VARCHAR2(20) > OBDAUSLESEGERAET VARCHAR2(20) > OBDGERAETPRGVERSION VARCHAR2(20) > > When I issue the below command I am getting ORA-00955 error: > > SQL> alter table feststellung drop column FZALLGEMEINZUSTANDCBXCODE; > alter table feststellung drop column FZALLGEMEINZUSTANDCBXCODE > * > ERROR at line 1: > ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object > > I observe no locks on the object. Inspite of that it is not allowing > me to > drop the column. Could anybody let me know as to what might be the > reason > for encountering this error and how do I resolve the same? Any help > in this > regard is very much appreciated. > > Thanks and Regards, > > Ranganath > WARNING: The information in this message is confidential and may be > legally > privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this > message > by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended > recipient, any > disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or > omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be > unlawful. > Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this > message in > error. 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