Find table by name in Oracle database

Query below lists:

(A) all tables accessible to the current user in Oracle database having specific name

(B) all tables in Oracle database having specific name

Query was executed under the Oracle9i Database version.

Query

A. Tables accessible to the current user

select owner as schema_name,
       table_name
from sys.all_tables
-- excluding some Oracle maintained schemas
where table_name = 'FA_BOOKS'
and owner not in ('ANONYMOUS','CTXSYS','DBSNMP','EXFSYS', 'LBACSYS', 
   'MDSYS', 'MGMT_VIEW','OLAPSYS','OWBSYS','ORDPLUGINS', 'ORDSYS','OUTLN', 
   'SI_INFORMTN_SCHEMA','SYS','SYSMAN','SYSTEM', 'TSMSYS','WK_TEST',
   'WKPROXY','WMSYS','XDB','APEX_040000', 'APEX_PUBLIC_USER','DIP', 
   'FLOWS_30000','FLOWS_FILES','MDDATA', 'ORACLE_OCM', 'XS$NULL',
   'SPATIAL_CSW_ADMIN_USR', 'SPATIAL_WFS_ADMIN_USR', 'PUBLIC', 'WKSYS')
order by owner,
         table_name;

B. If you have privilege on dba_tables

select owner as schema_name,
       table_name
from sys.dba_tables
-- excluding some Oracle maintained schemas
where table_name = 'FA_BOOKS'
and owner not in ('ANONYMOUS','CTXSYS','DBSNMP','EXFSYS', 'LBACSYS', 
   'MDSYS', 'MGMT_VIEW','OLAPSYS','OWBSYS','ORDPLUGINS', 'ORDSYS','OUTLN', 
   'SI_INFORMTN_SCHEMA','SYS','SYSMAN','SYSTEM', 'TSMSYS','WK_TEST', 
   'WKPROXY','WMSYS','XDB','APEX_040000', 'APEX_PUBLIC_USER','DIP', 
   'FLOWS_30000','FLOWS_FILES','MDDATA', 'ORACLE_OCM', 'XS$NULL',
   'SPATIAL_CSW_ADMIN_USR', 'SPATIAL_WFS_ADMIN_USR', 'PUBLIC', 'WKSYS')
order by owner,
         table_name;

Columns

  • schema_name - schema name, owner of the table
  • table_name - name of the table

Rows

  • One row represents one table having specific name
  • Scope of rows: (A) all tables accessible to the current user in Oracle database having specific name, (B) all tables in Oracle database having specific name
  • Ordered by schema name, table_name

Sample results