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Seeing SYNONYM in the Oracle data dictionary
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SQL> CREATE TABLE product (
2 product_name VARCHAR2(25) PRIMARY KEY,
3 product_price NUMBER(4,2),
4 quantity_on_hand NUMBER(5,0),
5 last_stock_date DATE
6 );
Table created.
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SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ('Product 1', 99, 1, '15-JAN-03');
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ('Product 2', 75, 1000, '15-JAN-02');
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ('Product 3', 50, 100, '15-JAN-03');
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ('Product 4', 25, 10000, null);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ('Product 5', 9.95,1234, '15-JAN-04');
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ('Product 6', 45, 1, TO_DATE('December 31, 2008, 11:30 P.M.','Month dd, YYYY, HH:MI P.M.'));
1 row created.
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SQL> CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM product FOR product;
Synonym created.
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SQL> SELECT table_name, SUBSTR(comments, 1, 45) FROM dict WHERE SUBSTR(comments, 1, 7) <> 'Synonym' and rownum < 50;
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SQL> drop PUBLIC SYNONYM product;
Synonym dropped.
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SQL> drop table product;
Table dropped.
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