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Oracle / PLSQL: ORA-01435 Error Message

Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-01435 error message in Oracle.

Description

When you encounter an ORA-01435 error, the following error message will appear:

  • ORA-01435: user does not exist

Cause

You tried to reference a user that does not exist. This most likely occurred in a GRANT or REVOKE statement.

Resolution

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

Option #1

Check to make sure that the user exists.

You can find a listing of all users with the following SQL statement:

SELECT *
FROM all_users;