Getting ORA-26680 during DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM.PREPARE_TABLE_INSTANTIATION (Doc ID 427852.1)

Last updated on JUNE 22, 2022

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Symptoms

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Preparing a table for instantiation fails with error ORA-26680

Example:-

SQL> begin
dbms_capture_adm.prepare_table_instantiation('<USERNAME>.<TABLENAME>');
end;

*ERROR at line 1:
ORA-26680: object type not supported
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM_INTERNAL", line 89
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM", line 159
ORA-06512: at line 1

This table is a base table for a materialized view

Cause

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