How to fix the Oracle error ORA-30355: materialized view container does not exist?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-30355: materialized view container does not exist with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-30355: materialized view container does not exist

Reason for the Error ORA-30355: materialized view container does not exist

A DROP TABLE command was issued directly against the materialized view container table.

How to fix the Error ORA-30355: materialized view container does not exist ?

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

Use the DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW command to clean up the residual meta data for the materialized view. Then use the CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW statement to recreate the materialized view. Thereafter, use the DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW command rather than the DROP TABLE command to drop a materialized view.