# AR and Oracle table names

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-and-oracle-table-names/134723>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 14, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-and-oracle-table-names/134723 "2008-04-14T13:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![segabor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@segabor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/segabor)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-and-oracle-table-names/134723/1 "2008-04-14T13:45:16Z")

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Hi,

I wanted to create an AR class for an Oracle table “CUST.CUSTOMER”  
where CUST keyword means the appropriate user space in which the table  
exists. It turned out that ActiveRecord does not tolerate names like  
that.

Any idea how can I use these tables without explicitly using CUST  
user?

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**Author:** ![segabor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@segabor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/segabor)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-and-oracle-table-names/134723/2 "2008-04-14T14:11:41Z")

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Regard it solved. Rails 2.0.2 handles this correctly. I had trouble with  
2.0.2.9216.  
Gábor