How to fix the Oracle error ORA-08189: cannot flashback the table because row movement is not enabled?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-08189: cannot flashback the table because row movement is not enabled with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-08189: cannot flashback the table because row movement is not enabled

Reason for the Error ORA-08189: cannot flashback the table because row movement is not enabled

An attempt was made to perform Flashback Table operation on a table for which row movement has not been enabled. Because the Flashback Table does not preserve the rowids, it is necessary that row movement be enabled on the table.

How to fix the Error ORA-08189: cannot flashback the table because row movement is not enabled ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Enable row movement on the table