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ORA-06564: Object Does Not Exist while Selecting From External Table (Doc ID 2365383.1)

Last updated on JULY 25, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
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Symptoms

On : 12.1.0.2 version, RDBMS

While Selecting From External Table, ora-6564 occurred against the directory object.


In the database exists the object <object_name> (is a directory), the path is correct and exists in the same machine, and the user has permission to read, write and execute on that directory.


Changes

 

Cause

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