How to fix the Oracle error ORA-26577: PRESERVE TABLE can not be used when dropping old style materialized view string.string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-26577: PRESERVE TABLE can not be used when dropping old style materialized view string.string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-26577: PRESERVE TABLE can not be used when dropping old style materialized view string.string

Reason for the Error ORA-26577: PRESERVE TABLE can not be used when dropping old style materialized view string.string

The materialized view consists of a view and a container table.

How to fix the Error ORA-26577: PRESERVE TABLE can not be used when dropping old style materialized view string.string ?

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

Drop the materialized view without PRESERVE TABLE option.