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Full Outer Join Fails with ORA-904 While Selecting From a View (Doc ID 1406893.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 03, 2022

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 10.2.0.5 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms


FULL OUTER JOIN fails with ORA-00904 error when used on views that access PL/SQL objects that are not in the current users schema

ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00904: "GET_DESCRIPTION": invalid identifier

The same query works perfect if the FULL OUTER JOIN is replaced with LEFT OUTER JOIN or RIGHT OUTER JOIN.

Testcase :

1) Connect as obj_owner and create the needed pl/sql function, sample table/view ..


Cause

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