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ORA-02429: Cannot drop index used for enforcement of unique/primary key

What it means

The index backs a constraint.

How to fix it

Drop or disable the constraint (ALTER TABLE ... DROP CONSTRAINT ... DROP INDEX).

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Updated 2026-11-12.