How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16278: specified table has a multi-object skip rule defined?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16278: specified table has a multi-object skip rule defined with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16278: specified table has a multi-object skip rule defined

Reason for the Error ORA-16278: specified table has a multi-object skip rule defined

A table that is instantiated via DBMS_LOGSTDBY.INSTANTIATE_TABLE must not have any skip rules defined with wildcard characters.

How to fix the Error ORA-16278: specified table has a multi-object skip rule defined ?

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

Remove or rewrite any skip rules defined for the specified table so that they no longer contain wildcard characters, or no longer affect the specified table.