How to fix the Oracle error ORA-32044: cycle detected while executing recursive WITH query?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-32044: cycle detected while executing recursive WITH query with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-32044: cycle detected while executing recursive WITH query

Reason for the Error ORA-32044: cycle detected while executing recursive WITH query

A recursive WITH clause query produced a cycle and was stopped in order to avoid an infinite loop.

How to fix the Error ORA-32044: cycle detected while executing recursive WITH query ?

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

Rewrite the recursive WITH query to stop the recursion or use the CYCLE clause.