Unable to create tables through dbms_sql

Question

Hai
I got the below error when i am createing table through dbms_sql package at any user except sys user.Our database is 8.1.6 standard edition
SQL>CONNECT MOHAN/MOHAN;
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE Procedure EXECUTESQL (SQLStatement IN VARCHAR2) IS cursor
_name INTEGER; ret
2 INTEGER; BEGIN cursor_name := DBMS_SQL.OPEN_CURSOR; DBMS_SQL.PARSE(cursor_n
ame, SQLStatement,
3 DBMS_SQL.native); ret := DBMS_SQL.Execute(cursor_name); DBMS_SQL.CLOSE_CURS
OR(cursor_name); END;
4 /
Procedure created.
SQL> exec EXECUTESQL('create table test(name number)');
BEGIN EXECUTESQL('create table test(name number)'); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_SQL", line 782
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SQL", line 32
ORA-06512: at "MOHAN.EXECUTESQL", line 2
ORA-06512: at line 1
Any idea about that
Thanks in advance
mohan

Answer 1

Since you are using Oracle 8.1.6, you can use EXECUTE IMMEDIATE instead of DBMS_SQL. Make sure that the necessary privileges have been granted directly, not through roles. Click on the link below for more about privileges and roles and the error message that you got:
http://osi.oracle.com/~tkyte/Misc/RolesAndProcedures.html
Once you have the privileges granted properly, you should be able to use the code below. I should point out that this is still doing things the hard way. You can just issue the create table statement from the SQL prompt. I must assume that this is just a minimal experiment and that the eventual code involves more.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE executesql
  2    (SQLStatement IN VARCHAR2)
  3  IS
  4  BEGIN
  5    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE SQLStatement;
  6  END executesql;
  7  /
Procedure created.
SQL> EXEC executesql ('CREATE TABLE test (name NUMBER)')
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> DESC test
Name                                      Null?    Type
NAME                                               NUMBER