Package synonym not working

Question

I'm calling a PL/SQL package from my APEX application. I created a synonym for the package as follows:
create or replace synonym apex_ebs.dcrd_inv_common for dcrd_inv_common;
However, i'm getting an error:
1 error has occurred
•ORA-06550: line 10, column 3: PLS-00201: identifier 'DCRD_INV_COMMON' must be declared ORA-06550: line 10, column 3: PL/SQL: Statement ignored
Did I miss a step?
If I go to object browser and view synonyms, it shows that DCRD_INV_COMMON does exist and is valid.
Thanks.
Paul

Answer 1

You are creating a private synonym in the APEX_EBS schema. Presumably what you are really trying to do is:
CREATE OR REPLACE SYNONYM apex_ebs.dcrd_inv_common FOR [schema_where_package_exists].dcrd_inv_common;Synonyms can be valid even when they do not point to anything at all. I just performed the following:
CREATE SYNONYM test FOR fred_flintstone;The synonym created without error and shows as a valid object. It simply points to something that doesn't actually exist. For that matter, synonyms don't actually 'point' to objects in that there is no connection between the synonym and the object it is intended to reference. All that happens if I issue "SELECT * FROM test" is that Oracle will substitute "SELECT * FROM fred_flintstone" when the SQL is executed.