ORA-01031 while executing a procedure with the owner

Question

I'm Trying to execute a procedure shipment_sequence which is under the ps_user user but i keep getting ORA-01031.
Please suggest what should be done to counter this.
Regards,
Ankit

Answer 1

create or replace Procedure shipment_sequence
l_seq_start_with IN NUMBER,
maxvalue IN NUMBER, event_identifier out SYS_REFCURSOR)
is
begin
begin
execute immediate 'DROP SEQUENCE SHIPMENT_SEQ';
exception
when others then null;
end;
execute immediate
'CREATE SEQUENCE SHIPMENT_SEQ START WITH '
||to_char(l_seq_start_with)
||' MAXVALUE '||to_char(maxvalue)||' MINVALUE 1 CACHE 20 INCREMENT BY 1';
OPEN event_identifier FOR select * from dual;
end;
Oracle version: 11.1.0.7
execution: VAR rc REFCURSOR
EXEC shipment_sequence(961000000,961100000, :rc);
print rc;
Error Message:
Error starting at line 2 in command:
EXEC shipment_sequence(961000000,961100000, :rc);
Error report:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
ORA-06512: at "PS_USER.SHIPMENT_SEQUENCE", line 12
ORA-06512: at line 1
01031. 00000 - "insufficient privileges"
*Cause:    An attempt was made to change the current username or password
without the appropriate privilege. This error also occurs if
attempting to install a database without the necessary operating
system privileges.
When Trusted Oracle is configure in DBMS MAC, this error may occur
if the user was granted the necessary privilege at a higher label
than the current login.
*Action:   Ask the database administrator to perform the operation or grant
the required privileges.
For Trusted Oracle users getting this error although granted the
the appropriate privilege at a higher label, ask the database
administrator to regrant the privilege at the appropriate label.
rc
Let me know if you need any more information.
Regards,
Ankit