Which database we are connected

Question

Any body suggest me how to find which database we are currently connected in it (without querying v$database view) user have only the connect and resource role privs
Thanx,
Vel

Answer 1

SQL*Plus is just resolving the "show parameter" command to query the appropriate data dictionary table. Low-privilege users cannot execute that command
system@jcave > create user foo identified by foo;
User created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.02
system@jcave > grant connect, resource to foo;
Grant succeeded.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
system@jcave > @connect foo/foo
Connected.
foo> show parameter instance_name;
ORA-00942: table or view does not existIs it possible for the original poster either to grant the user in question SELECT access to the v$database table or to create a stored procedure that returns the instance name and grant the user EXECUTE access to that?
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
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