Online Redefinition Gives ORA-12015 (Doc ID 1535968.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 31, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.7 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Trying to redefine table <TABLE_NAME>, the start_redef_table procedure errors out with

ORA-42008: error occurred while instantiating the redefinition
ORA-12015: cannot create a fast refresh materialized view from a complex query

Interim table created as an exact copy of <TABLE_NAME>:

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