The recycle bin is actually a data dictionary table containing information about dropped objects.

Oracle maintains a recycle bin for dropped objects starting with Oracle 10g. Dropped tables go "into" the recyclebin, and can be restored (undropped) from the recyclebin.

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Oracle maintains a recycle bin for dropped objects starting with Oracle 10g. Dropped tables go "into" the recyclebin, and can be restored (undropped) from the recyclebin. More...