Learn the purpose and how to unravel the ORA-01432 error message in Oracle.
Description
When you stumble upon an ORA-01432 error, the following error message will appear:
ORA-01432: public synonym to be dropped does no longer exist
Cause
You tried to drop a public synonym that does now not exist.
Resolution
The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:
Option #1
Check to make sure that you detailed the public synonym name correctly.
Option #2
Your synonym can also be a non-public synonym, no longer a public synonym.
You can discover a checklist of all public synonyms with the following SQL statement:
SELECT *
FROM all_synonyms
WHERE owner = 'PUBLIC';To find out if your synonym was once created as a personal synonym, run the following SQL statement:
SELECT *
FROM all_synonyms
WHERE owner <> 'PUBLIC'
AND synonym_name = 'SYNONYM_NAME';the place SYNONYM_NAME is the identify of the synonym that you are looking for.
If your synonym used to be created as a private synonym, you can drop it with the following command:
DROP SYNONYM synonym_name;the place synonym_name is the title of the non-public synonym that you want to drop.