Same schema/workspace for multiple users

Question

I would like to allow some PHP developers access my XE schema for reading only. Is it possible to set up such restriction?

Answer 1

Sure,
I would suggest the following:
(1) create a new user, e.g. PHP (needs CREATE SYNONYM privilege)
(2) grant access to all relevant tables, views, procedures, ... to PHP
(3) connect as user PHP and create local synonyms
See the following example:
C:\temp\xe>sqlplus hr/<pwd>@xe
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Mar 2 22:24:14 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Beta
SQL> grant select on regions to php;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> connect php@www_xe
Enter password:
Connected.
SQL> create synonym regions for hr.regions;
Synonym created.
SQL> desc regions;
Name                                      Null?    Type
REGION_ID                                 NOT NULL NUMBER
REGION_NAME                                        VARCHAR2(25)
SQL> select region_name from regions where rownum=1;
REGION_NAME
Europe
SQL> delete from regions;
delete from regions
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01031: insufficient privilegesYou can use scripts to generate your synonyms, just google for them. Makes life easier :).
~Dietmar.