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ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object

ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object

2005-12-02       - By John Dunn
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Can any one tell me why I get this error? Surely if using CREATE OR REPLACE
it should not matter if the object already exists?

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE package_printertype_scitex AS
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00955 (See ORA-00955.ora-code.com): name is already used by an existing object



Package body created.



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