Re: The light dawns - public synonym called SYS - how to drop?

On 3 Jul, 16:50, gazzag <gar..._at_jamms.org> wrote:
> On 3 Jul, 16:26, jeremy <jeremy0..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > With reference to my other post on various SYS packages being
> > unavailable, I now know the cause. Despite my declarations of
> > confidence, it turns out that one of our guys (a student on work
> > placement as it happens) wanted to create a public synonym and called
> > it "SYS".
>
> > 2 things
>
> > 1) am surprised that Oracle (10gR2) didn't object to this
> > 2) we are unable to drop the synonym
>
> > 16:25:05 SQL> drop public synonym sys;
> > drop public synonym sys
> > *
> > ERROR at line 1:
> > ORA-04098: trigger 'XDB.XDB_PI_TRIG' is invalid and failed re-
> > validation
>
> > Elapsed: 00:00:00.18
> > 16:25:58 SQL>
>
> > Anyone know how to tidy up this mess?
>
> Ouch! What about:
>
> DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM "PUBLIC.SYS";
>

Following sorted it out:

16:57:13 SQL> drop public synonym sys force; drop public synonym sys force
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-04098: trigger 'XDB.XDB_PI_TRIG' is invalid and failed re- validation

Elapsed: 00:00:00.49
16:57:26 SQL> alter trigger XDB.XDB_PI_TRIG disable;

Trigger altered.

Elapsed: 00:00:00.15
16:57:28 SQL> drop public synonym sys force;

Synonym dropped.

Elapsed: 00:00:00.58
16:57:32 SQL> alter trigger XDB.XDB_PI_TRIG enable;

Trigger altered.

Elapsed: 00:00:00.18

After which everything was fine again.

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jeremy