How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16311: materialized view log already exists?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16311: materialized view log already exists with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16311: materialized view log already exists

Reason for the Error ORA-16311: materialized view log already exists

A call was made to DBMS_LOGSTDBY.EDS_ADD_TABLE for a table with a LOB that requires the creation of a specifically-defined materialized view log but one already exists.

How to fix the Error ORA-16311: materialized view log already exists ?

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

Drop the existing materialized view log and retry the operation.