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How to Troubleshoot Unable to or Cannot Fast Refresh a Materialized View (Doc ID 1387767.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 07, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

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Being unable to fast refresh a materialized view can be due to many different causes.   This note helps you quickly walk through the steps to determine the cause when you cannot fast refresh a materialized view.

Troubleshooting Steps

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In this Document
Purpose
Troubleshooting Steps
 Situation A. This is the first time trying to fast refresh the materialized view
 Situation B. The materialized view used to fast refresh without issue
 Zero in on the underlying issue and cause
 Is this the first time the materialized view (mview) has been fast refreshed?
 Does the fast refresh work when you run it from sqlplus?
 Is there an error in the alert log or on your screen when the fast refresh fails?
 Did the problem start after you upgraded or applied a patchset (or PSU) to either the master or mview database (neither master nor mview databases are new)?
 Did the problem start after you moved either the master or mview database to a new database?
 Do you see no errors, yet the fast refresh never finishes?
 Is your issue still unanswered?
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