How to fix the Oracle error ORA-32423: commit SCN-based materialized view log cannot be dropped on table “string”.”string” when there exist direct load/PMOP log entries for the table?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-32423: commit SCN-based materialized view log cannot be dropped on table “string”.”string” when there exist direct load/PMOP log entries for the table with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-32423: commit SCN-based materialized view log cannot be dropped on table “string”.”string” when there exist direct load/PMOP log entries for the table

Reason for the Error ORA-32423: commit SCN-based materialized view log cannot be dropped on table “string”.”string” when there exist direct load/PMOP log entries for the table

An attempt was made to drop a commit SCN-based materialized view log on a table which had direct load/PMOP log entries in sys.sumdelta$ and sys.sumpartlog$.

How to fix the Error ORA-32423: commit SCN-based materialized view log cannot be dropped on table “string”.”string” when there exist direct load/PMOP log entries for the table ?

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

Refresh the table’s dependent materialized views before dropping commit SCN-based materialized view log on the table.