How to fix the Oracle error ORA-39252: Importing a SecureFile LOB with metadata or archived SecureFile LOB into a BasicFile LOB is not allowed?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-39252: Importing a SecureFile LOB with metadata or archived SecureFile LOB into a BasicFile LOB is not allowed with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-39252: Importing a SecureFile LOB with metadata or archived SecureFile LOB into a BasicFile LOB is not allowed

Reason for the Error ORA-39252: Importing a SecureFile LOB with metadata or archived SecureFile LOB into a BasicFile LOB is not allowed

An attempt was made to import a SecureFile LOB that contained metadata or was archived at the time of export into a BasicFile LOB.

How to fix the Error ORA-39252: Importing a SecureFile LOB with metadata or archived SecureFile LOB into a BasicFile LOB is not allowed ?

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

Perform the import into a different table, perform DBMS_LOB.ARCHIVE_GET on any archived SecureFile LOBs, and then use INSERT AS SELECT to migrate the SecureFile LOB data to the BasicFile LOB.