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Oracle 11g: sqlplus: though tables queried do exist, I get a 'table does not exist' when running query, why?
Posted on 2013-01-04
Hello Experts,
Oracle 11g: via sqlplus: connected to db successfully.
I run: SELECT table_name FROM all_tables;
I get all tables available....
However, when I try to simple query such:
SELECT * FROM tableName;
I get: table does not exist
is this a permission issue?
Is there a way via the command line to know what permissions I have?
Regards,
Oracle 11g: via sqlplus: connected to db successfully.
I run: SELECT table_name FROM all_tables;
I get all tables available....
However, when I try to simple query such:
SELECT * FROM tableName;
I get: table does not exist
is this a permission issue?
Is there a way via the command line to know what permissions I have?
Regards,
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If you are in schema "A" and select table_name from all_tables, you will get the table_names in other schemas to which you have been granted access. So, for example, your first query returned a table_name of tab1, but it belonged to schema "B", when you select * from tab1 you will get the table or view does not exist message. However, you should be able to get results by qualifying the table_name with the schema - select * from B.tab1.
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Selecting from all_tables will show you all tables that the user you are connected to has access to see - not necessarily all the tables that user owns.
Try this instead:
select owner, table_name from all_tables;
Is the table you are trying to select from owned by another user ?
Taking the output from that query, you can then do:
select * from owner.tableName;
Try that, let us know if that resolves the issue.
Try this instead:
select owner, table_name from all_tables;
Is the table you are trying to select from owned by another user ?
Taking the output from that query, you can then do:
select * from owner.tableName;
Try that, let us know if that resolves the issue.
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