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Home > Forums > Programmers > DBMS Packages > Oracle: Oracle release 10g Forum

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mpruett (Programmer)
24 Oct 05 10:38
I'm playing around with the Oracle 10g evaluation version, and I have it installed and set up, and even imported a database from an old SQL server instance I have.  

Although I can see the tablespace and tables, and that there is data in those tables, I cannot figure out how to configure a user so that I can query those tables in SQL Plus.

I figure this has to be simple, but I'm having a tough time with it. I'd really appreciate somebody giving me a simple breakdown of how to set a user up to do this.

Thanks!

Mark
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24 Oct 05 12:21

Quote (Mark):

Although I can see the tablespace and tables, and that there is data in those tables, I cannot figure out how to configure a user so that I can query those tables in SQL Plus.
Mark, with which user are you "seeing" the tablespace and tables? (You could use that user to query.) Also, a table cannot exist without an Oracle USER to "own" that table. (So, if you are just wanting to "query those tables in SQL*Plus", then you can "query those tables in SQL*Plus" as the owning user.)

Now, on to your specific question ("I'd really appreciate somebody giving me a simple breakdown of how to set a user up to do this."):

CODE

CREATE USER <some_user_name> IDENTIFIED BY '<some_password'
DEFAULT TABLESPACE <some_non-SYSTEM_tablespace>
TEMPORARY TABLESPACE <some_non-SYSTEM_tablespace>;

GRANT CONNECT TO <the_new_user>;
Then, logged in as the Oracle user that owns the tables, you grant privileges to the new user:

CODE

GRANT SELECT ON <target_table name(s)> TO <the_new_user>;
Lastly, test the CREATE and GRANTs that just took place:

CODE

SQL> connect <the_new_user>/<password>@<alias of instance>
SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM <owning_schema>.<targe_table_name>;
Let us know how all this works for you, Mark.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
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