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Browse All TopicsIn my oracle 8i database, I need to find out (on the fly) if users have "write" permissions to certain tables.
Is there a way to use a query to find out what permissions a user has for a table in Oracle 8i?
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by: johnsonePosted on 2007-03-12 at 09:13:49ID: 18703190
You can use DBA_TAB_PRIVS to determine what privileges a user has:
');
select grantee
from dba_tab_privs
where owner = '<own>' and
table_name = '<tab>' and
privilege in ('UPDATE','INSERT','SELECT
Substitute <own> with the owner of the table and <tab> with the table name. This query will also give you the roles that have privileges.
To find out which users have the role:
select grantee
from dba_role_privs
where granted_role = '<role>';
Substitute <role> with the role name.