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Mview Refresh Returns ORA-00979: Not A GROUP BY Expression (Doc ID 2686945.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

exec dbms_mview.refresh('<SCHEMA NAME>.<MVIEW NAME>','C');

ORA-12018: following error encountered during code generation for
"SCHEMA NAME"."<MVIEW NAME>"
ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SNAPSHOT", line 2821
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SNAPSHOT", line 3058
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SNAPSHOT", line 3017
ORA-06512: at line 1

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Cause

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