Oracle / PLSQL: ORA-01775 Error Message

Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-01775 error message in Oracle.

Description

When you encounter an ORA-01775 error, the following error message will appear:

• ORA-01775: looping chain of synonyms

Cause

You created a series of synonyms that resulted in a circular reference.

Resolution

The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:

Option #1

Correct the synonyms so that the circular reference is removed.

A circular reference can occur as follows:

CREATE SYNONYM syn1 for syn2;
CREATE SYNONYM syn2 for syn3;
CREATE SYNONYM syn3 for syn1;