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Other Permissioning Problems

You can sometimes run into wierd problems with users ability to modify the database. Here's an example.

SQL> insert into test_tbl 
  2  values (1, 'Some data');

1 row created.

SQL> select * from test_tbl;

     FIRST SECOND
---------- ------------------------------
         1 Some data

SQL> create table test_tbl_2 (
  2  first number(2),
  3  second varchar2(30)
  4  );
create table test_tbl_2 (
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01536: space quota exceeded for tablespace 'USERS'

SQL>

WTF? I can update a table, and I have the CONNECT role granted to my user but I can't write due to a quota? I thought that using the "default" profile would keep this sorta thing from happening! I removed the user from the RESOURCE role, and as soon as I did I lost the ability to create tables, even though the CONNECT role explicitely allows CREATE TABLE... and why a quota error and not a permissions error? ....

2005-02-10