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ORA-1792:MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN A TABLE OR VIEW IS 1000 When Create MV (Doc ID 2486064.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
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Symptoms

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Mview created using table contains 1000+ columns. In this case, it is not necessary that mview statement should not contain all the column from table containing 1K+ columns

when Create materialized view with explicit column names. 

Upon Bug investigation, It is rediscovered that Create mview fails with ORA-1792 even when the select list selects lesser than 1000 columns.

Changes

 This error occurred after applying DB PSU Patch 12.1.0.2.170418.

Cause

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