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ORA-31603 Caused by DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL To ALL/CDB/DBA/USER_XXXX Views On PDB (Doc ID 2479803.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 ORA-31603 Caused by DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL To ALL/CDB/DBA/USER_XXXX Views On PDB

Changes

 ORA-31603 Caused by DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL to ALL/CDB/DBA/USER_XXXX views on PDB, while no error happen on CDB$ROOT:

SQL> alter session set container=pdb1;

Session altered.

SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','ALL_TABLES','SYS') from dual;
ERROR:
ORA-31603: object "ALL_TABLES" of type VIEW not found in schema "SYS"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 5746
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 8333
ORA-06512: at line 1



no rows selected

SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','CDB_TABLES','SYS') from dual;
ERROR:
ORA-31603: object "CDB_TABLES" of type VIEW not found in schema "SYS"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 5746
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 8333
ORA-06512: at line 1



no rows selected

SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','DBA_TABLES','SYS') from dual;
ERROR:
ORA-31603: object "DBA_TABLES" of type VIEW not found in schema "SYS"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 5746
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 8333
ORA-06512: at line 1



no rows selected

SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','USER_TABLES','SYS') from dual;
ERROR:
ORA-31603: object "USER_TABLES" of type VIEW not found in schema "SYS"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 5746
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 8333
ORA-06512: at line 1



no rows selected

SQL> alter session set container=cdb$root;

Session altered.

SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','ALL_TABLES','SYS') from dual;

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('VIEW','ALL_TABLES','SYS')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE NONEDITIONABLE VIEW "SYS"."ALL_TABLES" ("OWNER", "TAB


SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','CDB_TABLES','SYS') from dual;

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('VIEW','CDB_TABLES','SYS')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE NONEDITIONABLE VIEW "SYS"."CDB_TABLES"  CONTAINER_DAT


SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','DBA_TABLES','SYS') from dual;

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('VIEW','DBA_TABLES','SYS')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE NONEDITIONABLE VIEW "SYS"."DBA_TABLES" ("OWNER", "TAB


SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','USER_TABLES','SYS') from dual;

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('VIEW','USER_TABLES','SYS')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE NONEDITIONABLE VIEW "SYS"."USER_TABLES" ("TABLE_NAME"


SQL>

Cause

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