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Is USER_TABLES a view or table?

2776946Jun 12 2015 — edited Jun 14 2015

I've read its a view from several texts, including ORA based publications.

I do believe  its base tables relate to X$, and Oracle database automatically compiles information into the DBA/USER etc views for system maintenance/optimization.

I want to know why when i select a view I'm using

where  TABLE_NAME = 'etc'

here it  mentions a table_name. Do they use the

where table_name 

convention for views because it is easier. Why not something like where view_name = 'etc'

maybe it's a dumb question, thought I'd throw it out there though.

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