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SQL has PARALLEL DML Clause but doesn't do DML in Parallel with a "DML disabled because object is not decorated with parallel clause" Message (Doc ID 3068097.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 21, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.20.0.0.0 and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A to N/A
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A to N/A [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 You have enabled parallel_dml at session level or using statement hint enable_parallel_dml (example: /*+ enable_parallel_dml parallel(x) */)

But the DML runs in serial.

The execution plan has:

 

Note
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  - Degree of Parallelism is 8 because of table property
  - PDML disabled because object is not decorated with parallel clause
  - Direct Load disabled because no append hint given and not executing in parallel

Changes

 None

Cause

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