Re: Hierarchy of how table_name is resolved

This is in the Developers Guide under Name Resolution.

Jared

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Cale, Rick T (Richard) wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I cannot seem to find in any docs on how Oracle determines resolution of
> table to access.
>
> For ex say I have the following:
>
> Public synonym name test_table
> Private synonym under rick account name test_table.
> Rick owns a table name test_table
>
> If Rick does select * from test_table;
> what order does oracle use to resolve?
>
> The obvious is the following but not sure.
>
> 1. Look in Rick schema for test_table.
> 2. Use private synonym
> 3. Use public synonym
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
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Jared Still
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