How to fix the Oracle error ORA-14462: cannot TRUNCATE temporary table in an autonomous transaction which is already in use by the parent transaction?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-14462: cannot TRUNCATE temporary table in an autonomous transaction which is already in use by the parent transaction with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-14462: cannot TRUNCATE temporary table in an autonomous transaction which is already in use by the parent transaction

Reason for the Error ORA-14462: cannot TRUNCATE temporary table in an autonomous transaction which is already in use by the parent transaction

An attempt was made to TRUNCATE a temporary table in an autonomous transaction which is already in use by the parent transaction.

How to fix the Error ORA-14462: cannot TRUNCATE temporary table in an autonomous transaction which is already in use by the parent transaction ?

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

Make sure the temporary table is not being used by the parent transaction before trying to TRUNCATE in an autonomous transaction.