Ora-00980 creating mv over db link

Question

Hi,
I need some help traking down a pesky ora-00980 syn tranlation no longer valid. Here is my situation. I have a view foo
created in schema A that access data over a db link defined in schema A. User A can access data just fine. User A has granted select on the view to user B. User B can select data from the view just fine.
select * from a.foo ;
...lots of data
User B sees data...no synonym is involved.
Now user B tries to create a mv
create materialized view bar as select * from a.foo;
throws ora-00980
User A can create the same MV just fine.
Any suggestions? 10.2.0.4.0
Steve

Answer 1

Hi,
I suppose you are getting a below problem.
If you have a table in schema A of remote database.
Synonym exist in schema B of local database.
Synonym or when you try to exist this synonym from any other schema or database through pl/sql you would get ora-980 (ie. third level resolution is not possible through PL/sql).
Am not sure whether this would hold true for materialized view or not.
As a test case,
Create a synonym in schema B pointing directly to schema A of remote database (instead of via schema A of local database). Now try to create a materialized view.
But before that make sure schema B has a direct access to synonym of A (without any roles)
Regards
Anurag Tibrewal.