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Select FOR UPDATE With ANSI Join Query Get ORA-02014 After Setting _COMPLEX_VIEW_MERGING=FALSE (Doc ID 1102853.1)

Last updated on MARCH 10, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After setting _COMPLEX_VIEW_MERGING=FALSE the following sample SQL statement which does not contain any views fails with "ORA-02014: cannot select FOR UPDATE from view with DISTINCT, GROUP BY, etc".

Changes

Set _COMPLEX_VIEW_MERGING=FALSE

Cause

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