While a table is marked as inconsistent, no updates, inserts, or deletes are permitted. The table is fully usable only when the inconsistencies are resolved. This restriction is true for both hard and soft (Referential Constraint) referential integrity constraints.
It is possible that the user either intends to or must revert to a definition of a table which results in an inconsistent reference on that table. The Archive and Restore operations are the most common cause of such inconsistencies.
After the child table is archived, the parent table can be dropped.
When the child table is restored, the parent table no longer exists. The normal ALTER TABLE DROP FOREIGN KEY request does not work, because the parent table references cannot be resolved.
You can use the DROP INCONSISTENT REFERENCES option to remove these inconsistent references from a table.
The syntax is as follows.
ALTER TABLE database_name.table_name DROP INCONSISTENT REFERENCES
You must have DROP privilege on the target table of the request to perform this option, which removes all inconsistent internal indexes used to establish references.