How to identify which privilege is missing?

Question

Hi,
   If any query comes out with insufficient privileges, how do we identify which privilege is missing instead of searching in Oracle docs. Is there any table(dict or oracle internal) we can take aid to find out required privilege.

Answer 1

Oracle does not store (other than the document) the possible privileges that could be granted to a specific user/object. But the privileges that are granted can be viewed in dictionary tables listed below.
SQL> select *
  2    from dictionary
  3   where table_name like '%PRIV%'
  4   order
  5      by table_name;
TABLE_NAME                     COMMENTS
ALL_COL_PRIVS                  Grants on columns for which the user is the grantor, grantee, owner,
                                or an enabled role or PUBLIC is the grantee
ALL_COL_PRIVS_MADE             Grants on columns for which the user is owner or grantor
ALL_COL_PRIVS_RECD             Grants on columns for which the user, PUBLIC or enabled role is the grantee
ALL_REPGROUP_PRIVILEGES        Information about users who are registered for object group privileges
ALL_TAB_PRIVS                  Grants on objects for which the user is the grantor, grantee, owner,
                                or an enabled role or PUBLIC is the grantee
ALL_TAB_PRIVS_MADE             User's grants and grants on user's objects
ALL_TAB_PRIVS_RECD             Grants on objects for which the user, PUBLIC or enabled role is the grantee
COLUMN_PRIVILEGES              Grants on columns for which the user is the grantor, grantee, owner, or
                                an enabled role or PUBLIC is the grantee
DBA_AQ_AGENT_PRIVS
DBA_COL_PRIVS                  All grants on columns in the database
DBA_PRIV_AUDIT_OPTS            Describes current system privileges being audited across the system and by user
DBA_REPGROUP_PRIVILEGES        Information about users who are registered for object group privileges
DBA_ROLE_PRIVS                 Roles granted to users and roles
DBA_RSRC_CONSUMER_GROUP_PRIVS  Switch privileges for consumer groups
DBA_RSRC_MANAGER_SYSTEM_PRIVS  system privileges for the resource manager
DBA_SYS_PRIVS                  System privileges granted to users and roles
DBA_TAB_PRIVS                  All grants on objects in the database
GV$ENABLEDPRIVS                Synonym for GV_$ENABLEDPRIVS
ROLE_ROLE_PRIVS                Roles which are granted to roles
ROLE_SYS_PRIVS                 System privileges granted to roles
ROLE_TAB_PRIVS                 Table privileges granted to roles
SESSION_PRIVS                  Privileges which the user currently has set
TABLE_PRIVILEGES               Grants on objects for which the user is the grantor, grantee, owner,
                                or an enabled role or PUBLIC is the grantee
USER_AQ_AGENT_PRIVS
USER_COL_PRIVS                 Grants on columns for which the user is the owner, grantor or grantee
USER_COL_PRIVS_MADE            All grants on columns of objects owned by the user
USER_COL_PRIVS_RECD            Grants on columns for which the user is the grantee
USER_REPGROUP_PRIVILEGES       Information about users who are registered for object group privileges
USER_ROLE_PRIVS                Roles granted to current user
USER_RSRC_CONSUMER_GROUP_PRIVS Switch privileges for consumer groups for the user
USER_RSRC_MANAGER_SYSTEM_PRIVS system privileges for the resource manager for the user
USER_SYS_PRIVS                 System privileges granted to current user
USER_TAB_PRIVS                 Grants on objects for which the user is the owner, grantor or grantee
USER_TAB_PRIVS_MADE            All grants on objects owned by the user
USER_TAB_PRIVS_RECD            Grants on objects for which the user is the grantee
V$ENABLEDPRIVS                 Synonym for V_$ENABLEDPRIVS