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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:07:41+00:00

Is there a SQL script I could run, or some other action I could

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Is there a SQL script I could run, or some other action I could take, that would create an alias for an entire DB User? I’m running in to an issue where the User name text is too long for a particular program, and I want to create an alias or nickname for that UserId.

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Rather than logging in with UserId: , Password , I want to log in with UserId: , Password.

The program is not under my control beyond chaning the oracle User ID / Password login credentials.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t create an alias for a database user, no.

    Perhaps you don’t need to, though. If A (the user with the long name) owns a number of objects, you can create a new database user B with a short name, grant B privileges on the objects in A, and then change the current_schema when B logs in so that references to objects are resolved using A’s schema

    ALTER SESSION
  SET current_schema = A;

    That should accomplish most of what the alias would provide.

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