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Fast refresh of simple materialized view based on RowID

xxsawerNov 5 2025 — edited Nov 10 2025

Hi,

I have simple question - is it possible to do fast refresh on simple materialized view based on rowid?

Consider following example:

Remote schema

CREATE TABLE TEST_TABLE(
  ID             NUMBER(10),
  SOME_STRING    VARCHAR2(10),
  CONSTRAINT TEST_TABLE_PK PRIMARY KEY(ID) USING INDEX TABLESPACE L_INDEXES
);
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG ON TEST_TABLE
  TABLESPACE L_DATA
  WITH PRIMARY KEY, SEQUENCE
  INCLUDING NEW VALUES;

Local schema

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW TEST_TABLE_REMOTE
  PCTFREE 5
  TABLESPACE L_DATA
  BUILD IMMEDIATE
  USING INDEX TABLESPACE L_INDEXES
  REFRESH ON DEMAND
AS
SELECT ID,
      SOME_STRING
 FROM TEST_TABLE@DB_LINK_NAME;

Looking into table SYS.SLOG$ on remote DB, I see a record for master table.

BEGIN
  DBMS_MVIEW.REFRESH('TEST_TABLE_REMOTE', 'F');
END;
/
Fast refresh is working.

Now let's do it with RowID.

Remote schema

Master table remains the same.

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG TEST_TABLE;
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG ON TEST_TABLE
  TABLESPACE L_DATA
  WITH ROWID, SEQUENCE
  INCLUDING NEW VALUES;

Local schema

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW TEST_TABLE_REMOTE;
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW TEST_TABLE_REMOTE
  PCTFREE 5
  TABLESPACE L_DATA
  BUILD IMMEDIATE
  USING INDEX TABLESPACE L_INDEXES
  REFRESH ON DEMAND
AS
SELECT RowID      MyRowID,
      SOME_STRING
 FROM TEST_TABLE@HOSTDB.REMOTE;

Looking into table SYS.SLOG$ on remote DB, there is no record for master table.

Fast refresh doesn't work

BEGIN
  DBMS_MVIEW.REFRESH('TEST_TABLE_REMOTE', 'F');
END;
/
ORA-12004: REFRESH FAST cannot be used for materialized view "LOCAL_SCHEMA"."TEST_TABLE_REMOTE"

Why?
Both DBs are running on the same version 12.1.0.2

Thank you in advance for your hints.

This post has been answered by Solomon Yakobson on Nov 6 2025
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