When you ran the last two queries, whom were you connected as? -Seema -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mir M. Mirhashimali Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:42 PM To: Dennis Williams Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Strange output SQL> select owner, object_name, object_type from dba_objects where object_name = 'FAMIS_GURFEED'; OWNER OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_TYPE ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------- PUBLIC FAMIS_GURFEED SYNONYM FAMIS FAMIS_GURFEED TABLE RICE_FAMIS FAMIS_GURFEED TABLE there is a public synonym. but executing the select with schema owner padded display the same result. SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM famis.FAMIS_GURFEED; COUNT(*) ---------- 5022 -- Mir Dennis Williams wrote: > Mir, > > You might check some possibilities like synonyms, views, etc. Are > there two tables with that name? > > Dennis Williams > !DSPAM:59,481774b6323196954814159! -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l