Re: strange problem

>
> hi gurus,
> I am able to select from every hting from v$session at command line.
> but when i write in procedure it fails .... why.
>
> SQL> select osuser from v$session where username = 'IMAGE_INDEX' and rownum
> = 1;
>
> OSUSER
> ------------------------------
> MLOBO
> this is ok...
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE n2 IS
> tmpVar varchar2(100);
> BEGIN
> select osuser into tmpvar from v$session where username = 'MLOBO'
> and rownum = 1;
> dbms_output.put_line ('name '||tmpvar);
> EXCEPTION
> WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
> Null;
> WHEN OTHERS THEN
> Null;
> END n2;
>
> this is failing says sys.V_$session must be declared.
> what could be reason ?
>

How was select on v$session granted to user who owns the procedure? If via a role this is the expected result.

                 Pat

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