How to fix the Oracle error ORA-39137: cannot specify a TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION of string for a job with no metadata?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-39137: cannot specify a TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION of string for a job with no metadata with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-39137: cannot specify a TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION of string for a job with no metadata

Reason for the Error ORA-39137: cannot specify a TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION of string for a job with no metadata

A job was defined with the TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION parameter set to REPLACE or SKIP, but without metadata. Without metadata, data could not be loaded for the requested table actions.

How to fix the Error ORA-39137: cannot specify a TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION of string for a job with no metadata ?

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

Change the setting of the TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION parameter to APPEND or TRUNCATE or supply Metadata with the data.