Streams Apply Fails with ORA-26572 When the Table Has a BLOB Column and No Primary or Substitute Key Defined

(Doc ID 567623.1)

Last updated on MAY 12, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.4 to 11.1.0.6 [Release 10.2 to 11.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

Streams Apply process fails with ORA-26572 when the replicated table has a BLOB column in it and the transaction is placed in the error queue.

The table has no primary key or substitute key defined.

Cause

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