Dynamic SQL and GRANT CREATE ANY TABLE

Question

hi gurus,
i have a dynamic SQL in a procedure where a table will be created from an existing table without data.
strSQL:='create table ' || strTemp || ' as select * from ' || strArc || ' where 1=2';
execute immediate strSQL;
without GRANT CREATE ANY TABLE for the user, *"ORA-01031: insufficient privileges"* error during execution.
Is there a way to tackle this issue without providing GRANT CREATE ANY TABLE privilige?
many thanks,
Charles

Answer 1

ravikumar.sv wrote:
The problem is not because of dynamic sql...It probably has something to do with dynamic SQL or, more accurately, dynamic SQL within a stored procedure.
From a SQL*Plus command prompt, you can create a table if your account has the CREATE TABLE privilege either granted directly to it or granted to a role that has been granted to your account. Most people probably have the CREATE TABLE privilege through a role (hopefully a custom "developer role" that has whatever privileges you grant to users that will own objects but potentially through the default RESOURCE role). That is not sufficient to create tables dynamically via a definer's rights stored procedure. Only privileges that are granted directly to the user, not those granted via a role, are visible in that case.
I expect that the DBAs are granting the CREATE ANY TABLE privilege directly to the account in question rather than through whatever role(s) are being used which is why that appears to solve the problem.
Justin