Cannot retreive table records.

Question

Hi
When I am trying to retreive record from the table I am getting following error. But the exist in the database. can anyone help me on this.
SQL> SELECT * from kdev199.calls_external where rownum<2;
SELECT * from kdev199.calls_external where rownum<2
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
error opening file /test/kclaims/xcom/CALLS_EXTERNAL_24536.log

Answer 1

Hi find the output below.
SQL> SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE','CALLS_EXTERNAL','KDEV199') FROM DUAL;
DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE','CALLS_EXTERNAL','KDEV199')
CREATE TABLE "KDEV199"."CALLS_EXTERNAL"
( "CALL_ID" NUMBER,
"CALL_DATE" DATE,
"EMP_ID" NUMBER,
"CALL_TYPE" VARCHAR2(12),
"DETAILS" VARCHAR2(25)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY "EXTERNAL_DIR_CLMXCOM"
DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE','CALLS_EXTERNAL','KDEV199')
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( records delimited by newline
LOGFILE 'calls.log'
fields terminated by ','
missing field values are null
call_id, call_date char date_format date mask
"mm-dd-yyyy:hh24:mi:ss",
emp_id, call_type, details
DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE','CALLS_EXTERNAL','KDEV199')
LOCATION
( 'calls.dat'
SQL> SELECT count(*) from kdev199."calls_external"
2 ;
SELECT count(*) from kdev199."calls_external"
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SQL> SELECT count(*) from kdev199.calls_external
2 ;
SELECT count(*) from kdev199.calls_external
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
error opening file /test/kclaims/xcom/calls.log