Script to create grants and synonyms for objects in database

Question

Hello,
We are building a patch to be applied to the production environment. I want to create a script/sql query that builds a list of grants and synonyms for all the objects created after august 09.
for ex:
create or replace synonym abc for schema_name.abc;
Grant execute on abc to user_xyz;
How can I use Oracle's data dictionary to do this?
thankz

Answer 1

Hi,
You'll probably want to use these views:
user_objects - includes created (DATE) column.
user_synonyms
user_tab_privs - not just tables (e.g., includes EXECUTE privileges on functions).
Data dictionary views beginning with 'user_' cover objects owned by the current user only.
Almost all of the data dictionary views (and all of the three mentioned above) also have 'all_' and 'dba_' versions.
For example:
all_objects inculdes everything in user_objects, plus objects in other schemas on which the current user has privileges.
dba_objects include every object in the database. (Not everyone is allowed to see the dba_ views.)
Here's one of many possible ways to use these views:
SELECT     'GRANT '
||     privilege
||     ' ON "'
||     table_name
||     '" TO '
||     grantee
||     CASE
          WHEN  grantable = 'YES'
          THEN  ' WITH GRANT OPTION;'
          ELSE  ';'
     END
FROM     user_tab_privs
WHERE     table_name  IN (          -- Only interested in objects created after August 9
                 SELECT  object_name
                 FROM    all_objects
                 WHERE   created >= TO_DATE ( '10-Aug-2009'
                                                       , 'DD-Mon-YYYY'
;