How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38312: original name is used by an existing object?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38312: original name is used by an existing object with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38312: original name is used by an existing object

Reason for the Error ORA-38312: original name is used by an existing object

An attempt was made to recover an object preserving the original name, but that name is taken up by some other object.

How to fix the Error ORA-38312: original name is used by an existing object ?

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

use the RENAME clause to recover the object with a different name.