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Re: Newbie: 'identifier must be declared' when deleting from table

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:40:47 -0700
Message-ID: <3F15AA3F.AAB4DA9E@exxesolutions.com>


Ian McCall wrote:

> "Ian McCall" <ian_at_eruvia.org> wrote in message
> news:IvfRa.12685$nP.10671_at_newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net...
> > Hello.
> >
> > I'm looking at Oracle after having used Sybase for a few years. I'm trying
> > to put a script together that deletes from a table where a particular
> field
> > is today's date in YYYYMMDD format.
>
> Apologies - should have added the version. It's 8i v8.1.6.0.0.
>
> Cheers,
> Ian

It appears that you don't own the table. You must, in this case, use the fully qualified object name which is:

schema_name dot table_name.

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Received on Wed Jul 16 2003 - 14:40:47 CDT

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