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ORA-00957: Duplicate column name

What it means

The same column name appears twice in a CREATE TABLE, INSERT column list or view column list.

How to fix it

Remove or rename the duplicate; give unique aliases to expressions in CREATE TABLE AS SELECT / CREATE VIEW.

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Updated 2026-11-12.