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Ora-979 Not Group By Expression Reported In 12cR1 (Doc ID 2412637.1)

Last updated on MARCH 08, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After upgrading database from 11.2.0.4 to 12.1.0.2, a working SQL failed with ora-979:

Following is the simple query that fails with ORA-979 :

Cause

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