How to fix the Oracle error ORA-23538: cannot explicitly refresh a NEVER REFRESH materialized view (“string”)?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-23538: cannot explicitly refresh a NEVER REFRESH materialized view (“string”) with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-23538: cannot explicitly refresh a NEVER REFRESH materialized view (“string”)

Reason for the Error ORA-23538: cannot explicitly refresh a NEVER REFRESH materialized view (“string”)

An attempt was made to explicitly refresh a NEVER REFRESH MV.

How to fix the Error ORA-23538: cannot explicitly refresh a NEVER REFRESH materialized view (“string”) ?

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

Do not perform this refresh operation or remove the MV(s) from the list.