How to fix the Oracle error ORA-26726: standby and DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE are incompatible?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-26726: standby and DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE are incompatible with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-26726: standby and DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE are incompatible

Reason for the Error ORA-26726: standby and DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE are incompatible

An attempt was made to set the standby database and DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE option of the Oracle GoldenGate, XStream or Oracle Streams capture process on the same database.

How to fix the Error ORA-26726: standby and DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE are incompatible ?

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

Do not attempt to set the DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE option for a Oracle GoldenGate, XStream or Oracle Streams capture process on a standby database. Do not attempt to change a database role to standby if there exists a capture process with the DOWNSTREAM_REAL_TIME_MINE parameter set to Y.