Error Creating View on External Table

Question

I create my oracle directory connected as SYS as SYSDBA and grant read,write to public:
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY ER_ADMIN_DIR AS 'C:\win32app\ingr\ER\ER_Init\scripts';
grant read,write on directory ER_ADMIN_DIR to public;
I creat my external table from SYS to reside in another schema called DRTEST:
CREATE TABLE DRTEST.SPEC_REQUIRED (TABLE_NAME VARCHAR2(100), COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR2(100))
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL (TYPE ORACLE_LOADER DEFAULT DIRECTORY ER_ADMIN_DIR
ACCESS PARAMETERS
(RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
LOCATION ('atts_in_red.tx')
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED ;
I can select from the table and all is good at this point.
However, I get an error when I try to create a view (in DRTEST from SYS) based on the external table.
CREATE VIEW DRTEST.MYVIEW1 AS SELECT * FROM DRTEST.SPEC_REQUIRED;
CREATE VIEW DRTEST.MYVIEW1 AS SELECT * FROM DRTEST.SPEC_REQUIRED
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06564: object ER_ADMIN_DIR does not exist
(note I'm still connected as SYS as SYSDBA here)
I can create the view if I connect to DRTEST and run the exact same create view statement there. Is there something in Oracle that prevents me from doing this from the SYS account? I usually think of SYS as having the "Power of God to do all things".
I have to create the external table and view on several schema's and I don't want the user to have to connect to each schema separately.
Tina

Answer 1

Tina,
I think you are facing bug 2948123 (CREATE VIEW ON EXTERNAL TABLE ORA-6564). The workaround is to connect (in your case) as user DRTEST and then perform the CREATE VIEW statement (you tested this already). Or (according to the bug description) create the view under the SYS schema itself.