How to fix the Oracle error ORA-42300: an Editioning view is already defined on this table?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-42300: an Editioning view is already defined on this table with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-42300: an Editioning view is already defined on this table

Reason for the Error ORA-42300: an Editioning view is already defined on this table

An attempt was made to create an Editioning view on a table on which another Editioning view is already defined in the same Edition. This violates a restriction that at most one Editioning view may be associated with any base table in a given Edition.

How to fix the Error ORA-42300: an Editioning view is already defined on this table ?

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

Create the new view as a regular view or, if the view being created is really intended to be an Editioning view associated with this table, drop the existing Editioning view before creating the new one.