Maybe they like to break applications? I frequently see people trying to name tables, TABLE and other silly things, just because they can. Jeff From: Orlando L [mailto:oralrnr@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:22 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Odd table name List We have a 9i system and I came across a table like this: SQL> select owner, object_name, object_type, status from dba_objects where object_name like 'WHI%'; OWNER OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_TYPE STATUS --------------- ------------------------- ------------------ ------- ABCDEFG WHI Unique TABLE VALID SQL> Never seen any table with a space in the name. Has anyone seen similar stuff? Why would the third party vendor name this way. I have to double quote the name to query and desc. OL. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l