4121
MariaDBERRORCriticalHIGH confidence

Wrong object type for this operation

Production Risk

Low — The operation fails; no data is modified.

Why it happens
  1. 1A VIEW operation was attempted on a base table.
  2. 2A stored procedure was called with syntax meant for a function.
  3. 3An object of the wrong type was referenced in a DDL or DML statement.

Fix

Verify the object type before the operation

Verify the object type before the operation
SELECT TABLE_TYPE FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'obj_name';

Why this works

Confirms whether the named object is a BASE TABLE, VIEW, or other type.

What not to do

Sources
Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 4121 ER_WRONG_OBJECT2

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