Question

I am trying to allow the role titled Head to be able to query a table titled ReportDetails. The table ReportDetails contains a varying array titled ReportEntries_VA. I have got as far as testing my database and found that even though I have granted SELECT on ReportDetails, Head is still not able to access ReportEntries_VA.

Code is as follows:

CREATE TYPE ReportEntries_Type AS OBJECT
(Subject VARCHAR (500));
/

CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE ReportEntries_VA AS
VARRAY (12) OF ReportEntries_Type;
/

CREATE TABLE ReportDetails
(ReportID INTEGER NOT NULL UNIQUE,
StudentID INTEGER NOT NULL UNIQUE,
ReportEntries ReportEntries_VA,
DateLastModified DATE NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT ReportDetails_PK PRIMARY KEY (ReportID, StudentID),
CONSTRAINT RDStudentIDSD FOREIGN KEY (StudentID)
REFERENCES StudentDetails (StudentID));

The privilege is then granted to Head as follows:

GRANT SELECT ON ReportDetails TO Head;

Any suggestions as to how I can allow Head to access the varying array (and the object created before it?) would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Zulu

Answer 1

You need to grant EXECUTE privilege on all the types to your Head role.

GRANT EXECUTE ON ReportEntries_Type to Head;
GRANT EXECUTE ON ReportEntries_VA   to Head;

See Managing Oracle Objects.