Re: error message: table or view existed when creating a table

try:

select * from user_objects
where object_name='XYZ'

and see what it responds.

<dbajjer_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8m2epr$pkj$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> I was trying to create a table in a Oracle DB with the following
> statement:
>
> create table XYZ;
>
> and I got a error message: table or view existed.
>
> Then I tried to drop this XYZ table, and got another error message:
> table or view not found.
>
> Can anyone tell me what is wrong and why this would happen?
>
> Thanks
>
> dbajjer
>
>
>
>
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Received on Mon Jul 31 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT