sql - Why does Oracle 12c query require double quotes around table -


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the database i'm querying oracle 12c. detailed info database version follows:

oracle database 12c enterprise edition release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit production

pl/sql release 12.1.0.2.0 - production

i'm trying eliminate need have double quotes around every view or table in sql query.

following works (from oracle sql developer gui)

select m."metadata" "evmetadata" m 

following gives error (from oracle sql developer gui)

select m.metadata evmetadata m 

error is

ora-00942: table or view not exist 00942. 00000 - "table or view not exist" *cause:
*action: error @ line: 2 column: 6

i generated ddl, looks this

create table "evp"."evmetadata"   ("evmetadataid" number(10,0) generated identity minvalue 1 maxvalue 9999999999999999999999999999 increment 1 start 1 cache 20 noorder  nocycle ,   "insertdate" timestamp (6),   "sessionid" nvarchar2(17),   "filechecksum" nvarchar2(32),  "metadata" nclob,  "device" nvarchar2(20),  "user" nvarchar2(20) ) segment creation immediate  

so based on @toddlermenot's comment below, possible how table created - double quotes. used orm entity framework code first generate schema me seems orm puts double quotes default.

maybe created table double quotes? using double quotes preserve case , since table name has both upper , lower case letters in example, oracle able find when use double quotes.

without double quotes, oracle uses single case (upper?) irrespective of case might have in table, default.

for example: if create table using

create table "table_name" (blah..) 

then must use double quotes in select.

if create table using

create table table_name (blah..) 

the select without quote should work correctly. (it work quote if had letters of table's name in upper case)


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