Re: access another user's data in a stored procedure - BECOME USER pr

For 3), you might hit a problem with executing PL/SQL. The error is PLS-00201 which appears to be related to bug 1724703 with current_schema. The workaround is to create a public synonym.

"Magaliff, Bill" wrote:
>
> I'm writing a stored procedure to be run by the dba. I want to provide the
> ability to manipulate data from a schema specified at runtime. I have the
> schema owner as an input variable, but I see three possible way to do this:
>
> 1) have the dba verify that all necessary DML privs on that schema are
> granted to the user running the proc, and that synonyms are properly defined
> - therefore there's no need to put a schema qualifier in front of every
> object name in the proc
>
> 2) verify all DML privs as above, put DO put a schema qualifier in
> front of every object name in the proc - no need, therefore, to have the
> synonyms (although they won't hurt)
>
> 3) grant BECOME USER to the running user, and issue ALTER SESSION SET
> CURRENT_SCHEMA before running the proc.
>
> Option 3 seems the easiest to code, but I'm not sure about this particular
> priv - some of the info on MetaLink seems to indicate this priv is only
> valid for importing, but not sure.
>
> anyone have any experience with this priv, or willing to provide general
> feedback on how to proceed? I'm relatively new to this and am also in
> search of guidelines to follow when writing this sort of stuff.
>
> many thanks.
>
> bill
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