ORA-00942 ORA-2063 When Running A Query On View Using a DBLink (Doc ID 2028712.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to query a view which selects from a remote table via a database link  the following errors occur:

Testcase:

1. connect USER1
2. CREATE DATABASE LINK "DB_LINK_1" CONNECT TO USER1 IDENTIFIED BY <Password> USING 'DB_LINK_1';
3. CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW USER2.V1 as select * FROM T1@DB_LINK_1;
4. grant  select on USER2.V1 to USER1;
5. connect USER1
6. select count(*) from USER2.V1 where rownum<4
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-02063: preceding line from DB_LINK_1

Cause

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