Yes, the table exists, I wasn't giving select privileges to users who would use the table through synonym.
Thank you for your response. Aleem -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Accessing Synonym Does the table inventory.company exist? Abdul Aleem <dmit To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L @beaconhouse. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> edu.pk> cc: Sent by: root Subject: Accessing Synonym 04/18/2002 02:18 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L Hi, I tried to create a public synonym for a table in schema "inventory", but it does not seem to be working, i.e., when I connect as another user, and try to select from the synonym it says table or view does not exist. I would appreciate any help. Aleem Following are the commands from SQL*Plus: SQL> connect inventory/invent@test_server <mailto:inventory/invent@test_server> Connected. SQL> create public synonym company for company; Synonym created. SQL> connect scott/tiger@test_server <mailto:scott/tiger@test_server> Connected. SQL> select * from company; select * from company * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist SQL> select * from inventory.company; select * from inventory.company * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Abdul Aleem INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Abdul Aleem INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).