A table name identifies a
table.Syntax
<table_name> ::= [<owner>.]<identifier>
owner, identifierExplanation
The database system uses certain table names for internal purposes. The
identifiers of these tables begin with SYS. To avoid naming conflicts, therefore, you should not use table names that start with SYS.If the name of the
owner was not specified in the table name, the catalog parts are searched for the table name in the following order:An error message is output if the name has more than 32 characters.
SQL statements for defining a table name
CREATE TABLE statement CREATE VIEW statement CREATE SYNONYM statement