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ORA-00904 Generates When Creating Table Whose Column Name is Oracle Reserved Word (Doc ID 2569334.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Create table fails with ORA-00904: : invalid identifier

SQL> create table test (ROWID ROWID);
create table test (ROWID ROWID)
                   *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: : invalid identifier

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Cause

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