I just created a column synonym
CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM col_syn FOR X_CHILD.FIRST_NAME;
This was executed without error.
But when i say
select dob, col_syn from x_child;
I get this:
ORA-00904: "COL_SYN": invalid identifier
00904. 00000 - "%s: invalid identifier"
*Cause:
*Action:
Error at Line: 4 Column: 13
The column "first_name" for sure exists:
select * FROM x_child;
shows:
I've pressed commit at least 18 times and restarted SQL developer. This did not help.
Also, when I click on synonyms in this schema, there's nothing there. And the only synonym i can see is the table synonym. Am I supposed to be able to see the column synonym here too?
A synonym, which is an alternative name for a table, view, sequence, procedure, stored function, package, materialized view, Java class schema object, user-defined object type, or another synonym. You cannot have a synonym to a column
Synonyms provide both data independence and location transparency. Synonyms permit applications to function without modification regardless of which user owns the table or view and regardless of which database holds the table or view. However, synonyms are not a substitute for privileges on database objects. Appropriate privileges must be granted to a user before the user can use the synonym.
When you create the synonym in your example, the reference object does not need to exist at all. In your case
CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM col_syn FOR X_CHILD.FIRST_NAME;
you are creating a public synonym ( available for everybody ) which makes a reference to the object X_CHILD ( that is why you have in your dba_synonyms as reference_name X_CHILD ) and as reference_type TABLE ( not column )
Specify the schema to contain the synonym. If you omit schema, then Oracle Database creates the synonym in your own schema. You cannot specify a schema for the synonym if you have specified PUBLIC.
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/18/sqlrf/CREATE-SYNONYM.html#GUID-A806C82F-1171-478E-A910-F9C6C42739B2
Related
I have created a new view named CONS_INTERRUPTED_DATA for the main user hfdora and the view has been created successfully. But when I am trying to create the same view for another user (cis) of the same database after giving all the privileges to the user (cis) I am getting the below error,
*oms_consumer
ERROR at line 13:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
Both the user hfdora and cis are the part of same database and this oms_consumer table is present at the database
I have granted the following privileges for the user cis before creating the view
grant select on energization_info to cis;
grant select on trigger_info to cis;
grant select on oms_source to cis;
grant select on oms_consumer to cis;
grant connect,resource,dba to cis;
My sql query to create the view,
>CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW CONS_INTERRUPTED_DATA AS
SELECT
trigger_info_A.b1 AS FDR_RMU_OFF_B1, trigger_info_A.b2 AS FDR_RMU_OFF_B2,
trigger_info_A.B3TEXT AS FDR_RMU_OFF_B3TEXT, trigger_info_A.elem AS FDR_RMU_OFF_ELEM,
trigger_info_B.b1 AS FDR_RMU_RESTORE_B1, trigger_info_B.b2 AS FDR_RMU_RESTORE_B2,
trigger_info_B.B3TEXT AS FDR_RMU_RESTORE_B3TEXT,
trigger_info_B.elem AS FDR_RMU_RESTORE_ELEM,
oms_consumer.consumer_code, energization_info.b1 AS AFFECTED_B1,
energization_info.b2 AS AFFECTED_B2, energization_info.b3text AS AFFECTED_B3TEXT,
to_char(energization_info.deenergized_date, 'DD-MM-YYYY Hh24:MI:SS') AS DEENERGIZED_DATE,
to_char(energization_info.energized_date, 'DD-MM-YYYY Hh24:MI:SS') AS ENERGIZED_DATE,
trigger_info_A.comments AS KEY
FROM
energization_info,
trigger_info trigger_info_A,
trigger_info trigger_info_B,
oms_consumer
WHERE
(energization_info.trigger_number = trigger_info_A.trigger_number)
AND (energization_info.ENERGIZED_TRIGGER_NUMBER = trigger_info_B.trigger_number)
AND (energization_info.b1 = oms_consumer.B1NAME
AND energization_info.b2 = oms_consumer.B2NAME
AND energization_info.b3 = oms_consumer.B3NAME)
WITH READ ONLY;
The first step in diagnosing a problem when creating a view is to try the select part on its own. In this case you would still get the ORA-00942 error, but the problem is now just a query and access issue and not to do with the view specifically.
When you get ORA-00942: table or view does not exist, it's because either:
The table or view name that you typed really doesn't exist.
Check the spelling - maybe there is a typo.
Are you connected to a database where it exists? Perhaps you are on a test system that doesn't have it.
Query dba_objects to see whether the table exists in another schema. (If you don't have privileges to query dba_objects, all_objects lists everything you have permission to view, which may be some help.)
It really does exist, but it's in another schema.
In that case, there are two possible issues:
You don't have permission to query it. The table's owner needs to grant read on xyz (substitute the actual table name for xyz) to either
you
public (if you want everyone to be able to see the data, not always advisable)
a role that you have (but roles aren't used by stored PL/SQL or views, though, so it's possible that you can query a table in another schema thanks to a role that you have, but still not be able to create a view or a procedure that uses it.)
You need to specify the schema. Say you want to query the REGIONS table in HR but you are connected as SCOTT. If you just select * from regions it will look for SCOTT.REGIONS, which doesn't exist. To fix that, do one of the following:
use hr.regions explicitly in your query.
in your schema, create or replace synonym regions for hr.regions;
Now whenever you refer to regions, the database will automatically redirect to hr.regions.
in any schema with permission to create public synonyms:
create or replace public synonym regions for hr.regions;
Now everyone connecting to the database will have any references to regions redirected to hr.regions, which isn't always a good idea, but it's one option anyway.
alter session set current_schema = hr;
Now the default schema for resolving names of objects is HR and not the one you logged into. For applications that always log in as a different user than the one that owns the tables, you can create an after logon trigger so this is always set. Then they can just refer to regions etc without needing to specify any schema and without any synonyms.
My issue has been resolved. :-)
I have made the following changes,
FROM
hfdora.energization_info,
hfdora.trigger_info trigger_info_A,
hfdora.trigger_info trigger_info_B,
hfdora.oms_consumer
Now the same view is created for the user cis.
I am facing a problem while using sequence in Oracle 11g Express Edition. It's neither accessible nor created.
I tried this query to get NEXTVAL of sequence.
select SEQ_PATIENT.nextval from dual;
It displays error
ORA-02289: sequence does not exist
Then I tried to CREATE the SYNONYM for above sequence as below
create synonym SEQ_PATIENT
for scott.SEQ_PATIENT;
and it returns
ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object
Why is it so?
This:
select SEQ_PATIENT.nextval from dual;
means that you want to select next value from a sequence whose name is SEQ_PATIENT and it belongs to current schema (i.e. the user you're connected to). Oracle says that you don't have that sequence.
This:
create synonym SEQ_PATIENT for scott.SEQ_PATIENT;
tries to create a synonym (NOT a sequence!) named SEQ_PATIENT for object whose name is SEQ_PATIENT which belongs to user Scott. Oracle says that object with name SEQ_PATIENT already exists.
So: how are you connected to the database? Which user is it?
What is the result of
select * from all_objects where object_name = 'SEQ_PATIENT';
It should tell you who owns it and what it is. Depending on its result, we'll be able to suggest further steps.
I just used DROP SYNONYM and again used CREATE it worked fine.
I use SQL developer and i made a connection to my database with the system user, after I created a user and made a another connection with that user with all needed privileges.
But when I try to proceed following I get the SQL Error
ORA-00942 table or view does not exist.:
INSERT INTO customer (c_id,name,surname) VALUES ('1','Micheal','Jackson')
Because this post is the top one found on stackoverflow when searching for "ORA-00942: table or view does not exist insert", I want to mention another possible cause of this error (at least in Oracle 12c): a table uses a sequence to set a default value and the user executing the insert query does not have select privilege on the sequence. This was my problem and it took me an unnecessarily long time to figure it out.
To reproduce the problem, execute the following SQL as user1:
create sequence seq_customer_id;
create table customer (
c_id number(10) default seq_customer_id.nextval primary key,
name varchar(100) not null,
surname varchar(100) not null
);
grant select, insert, update, delete on customer to user2;
Then, execute this insert statement as user2:
insert into user1.customer (name,surname) values ('michael','jackson');
The result will be "ORA-00942: table or view does not exist" even though user2 does have insert and select privileges on user1.customer table and is correctly prefixing the table with the schema owner name. To avoid the problem, you must grant select privilege on the sequence:
grant select on seq_customer_id to user2;
Either the user doesn't have privileges needed to see the table, the table doesn't exist or you are running the query in the wrong schema
Does the table exist?
select owner,
object_name
from dba_objects
where object_name = any ('CUSTOMER','customer');
What privileges did you grant?
grant select, insert on customer to user;
Are you running the query against the owner from the first query?
Case sensitive Tables (table names created with double-quotes) can throw this same error as well. See this answer for more information.
Simply wrap the table in double quotes:
INSERT INTO "customer" (c_id,name,surname) VALUES ('1','Micheal','Jackson')
You cannot directly access the table with the name 'customer'. Either it should be 'user1.customer' or create a synonym 'customer' for user2 pointing to 'user1.customer'. hope this helps..
Here is an answer: http://www.dba-oracle.com/concepts/synonyms.htm
An Oracle synonym basically allows you to create a pointer to an object that exists somewhere else. You need Oracle synonyms because when you are logged into Oracle, it looks for all objects you are querying in your schema (account). If they are not there, it will give you an error telling you that they do not exist.
I am using Oracle Database and i had same problem. Eventually i found ORACLE DB is converting all the metadata (table/sp/view/trigger) in upper case.
And i was trying how i wrote table name (myTempTable) in sql whereas it expect how it store table name in databsae (MYTEMPTABLE). Also same applicable on column name.
It is quite common problem with developer whoever used sql and now jumped into ORACLE DB.
in my case when i used asp.net core app i had a mistake in my sql query. If your database contains many schemas, you have to write schema_name before table_name, like:
Select * from SCHEMA_NAME.TABLE_NAME...
i hope it will helpful.
Is there a way, to select data only form the own schema, even if there is an public synonym?
something like: Select * from current_schema.Table1
more info:
I got a public synonym on table1 on schema1.
now I have a package(on schema2) that selects table1, I want to select table1 of schema2 not schema1.
My problem is, I dont what the user to change the identifier when he uses the package at his server.
edit
I see my question is not clear, what i wanted to know is is there a placeholder for my current schema?
at the moment i need to do this:
Select * from schema2.Table1
and i want is something Like this :
Select * from MySchema.Table1
or
Select * from this.Table1
or
Select * from current_schema.Table1
does something like this exists in oracle?
The scoping rules are quite clear. When the databse parses a query it looks for objects matching the identifiers in your statement in the following order of precedence:
objects of that name in your schema
private synonyms of that name (in your schema)
public synonys of that name
But if you want to be clear certainly you can prefix your table references with the specific schema name. That is helpful in communicating your intent to others looking at your code.
Furthermore, if you have a table TABLE1 in your schema and there is a public synonym called TABLE1 pointing at a table in another schema which you want to query instead you must prefix your reference with that other schema.
"what i wanted to know is is there a placeholder for my current
schema"
No, because it's not necessary. The default is always your current schema. That is, this statement ...
SQL> select * from t23;
... will always select from T23 in your current schema, if it has a table (or a private synonym) with that name.
Note that it is possible to change the value of your current schema, with the ALTER SESSION command:
SQL> alter session set current_schema=scott;
Now if you executed the previous select it would return results from SCOTT.T23 providing the SCOTT schema had such a table, and taht you had privileges on it. You can find out more about Oracle schemas in a blog piece I wrote a while back.
I was trying to understand what problem you were having, and I noticed that your scenario is one user executing a package owned by another user. Now, by default a package owned by SCHEMA2 will run against objects owned by SCHEMA2 and use the privileges on other objects granted to SCHEMA2.
But PL/SQL offers us the ability to change that: the AUTHID clause determines whether the package runs with the definer's privileges (that is the package owner) or invoker's privileges (the current user. So if SCHEMA2 defined their package with AUTHID CURRENT_USER when SCHEMA1 runs it the instance of TABLE2 will be the one in scope of SCHEMA1, which would be the one owned by SCHEMA1 or the one indicated by a public synonym.
Find out more.
My application has few tables on Oracle where user XYZ is the schema owner. Tables has been created using XYZ. And I would like to have ABCUSER to have CRUD rights on these tables. I have given the access via GRANT ALL ON TABLEABC to ABCUSER and grant is succeeded.
But when this user(ABCUSER) tries to query the DB (select * from TABLEABC) it doesn't seem to work. I get error message
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
00942. 00000 - "table or view does not exist"
*Cause:
*Action:
Error at Line: 1 Column: 14
Could you please tell what am I missing ?
User ABCUSER has privileges on the table but doesn't own it. So you need to include the schema in the query:
select * from XYZ.TABLEABC
/
If you don't want to hardcode the schema name in your programs your user can build a synonym:
create synonym TABLEABC for XYZ.TABLEABC
/
Then the original query will work for ABCUSER.
Note that ABCUSER will require the CREATE SYNONYM privilege.
As APC says, you are missing a SYNONYM.
You might want either a PRIVATE or PUBLIC synonym depending upon who you want to be able to view the table.
A good description of the various types and their uses is here:
http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Synonym