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ORA-942: Table Or View Does Not Exist When Querying DBA_% Views As SYSTEM User (DBA_SYNONYMS, DBA_USERS, etc.) (Doc ID 2376620.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After connecting to the Database as 'SYSTEM' user and querying DBA_SYNONYMS or any Dictionary objects getting the below error message

 

Changes

 Newly created Database

Cause

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