it's clearly a bug in oracle recyclebin... Please let me know if you find anything, that would be really appreciated. thank you all for your replies. Chadi -----Original Message----- From: Weiss, Rick [mailto:rweiss@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:47 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Drop user fails with ORA-01418 Chadi: I've seen this error on 10.1.0.3 on a newly installed database on SLES9, I ran through the build process and found it originated in the XDB_PROTOCOL.SQL build script. At the time 10g wasn't certified on SLES9 so the answer was, "You're on your own". I've been working on other projects since, but recently I checked and SLES9 has appeared on the certified OS list so maybe I can try again and see if there is an answer to my problem. Rick Weiss Oracle Database Administrator Technical Services Bureau Central Services Division MT Dept of Labor & Industry Phone: (406) 444-9628 E-Mail: rweiss@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:24 AM To: 'chadi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Drop user fails with ORA-01418 Chadi, Did the user get dropped? If not, can you go through and drop the users objects manually? And then drop the user? It is obviously an Oracle problem. But if you can find a workaround, then you can chalk it up to experience. Personally, I do not drop a user that has a bunch of objects. I prefer to drop all the objects first and then the user just for this reason. Hope this helps. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Chadi Kassan [mailto:chadi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:01 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Drop user fails with ORA-01418 Hi everyone, I'm pretty sure, many had run into this problem before and can provide some help. When I try to drop one of my user, I get the following: SQL> drop user theuser cascade; ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1 ORA-01418: specified index does not exist What index it's talking about, metalink says this is related to some data corruption in data dictionnary, but doesn't provide a solution. We run Oracle Database 10g Release 10.1.0.3.0 on Linux. Thank you. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l