Why doesn't Oracle tell you WHICH table or view does not exist?

Question

If you\'ve used Oracle, you\'ve probably gotten the helpful message \"ORA-00942: Table or view does not exist\". Is there a legitimate technical reason the message doesn\'t incl

Answer 1

If its not a huge statement, then the easiest way is just to check the data dictionary,

SQL> select * from xx,abc;
select * from xx,abc
                 *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist


SQL> select owner,table_name from all_tables where table_name in ('XX','ABC');

OWNER                          TABLE_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
MWATSON                        XX

SQL> 

This isn't ideal, but short of going and examining trace files, I'm not sure how else to do it.