Iam creating an app to change the password of selected Db user account.When an user select a particular db name and user of the db then click submit button i should call procedures that changes the password of the db user.So guide me how to connect to selected db from oracle Apex and do it.
As far as I can tell, there are two ways to change someone's password:
connect as that user
connect as a privileged user (such a SYS)
and run such a command:
alter user scott identified by tiger;
As you'd want to do that for any database you have a access to, as well as every user in those databases, I doubt that you know their passwords so I guess that you'll connect as a privileged user to all those databases. Of course, you have to know their passwords.
One option would be to
create the same stored procedure (which will modify someone's password) in every database
it'll accept username and its new password
as alter table is DDL, you'll have to use dynamic SQL (execute immediate)
create database links to those databases in a schema you use to connect to your Apex application
depending on database you choose, call appropriate procedure via database link and pass chosen username and its new password. This might also require some kind of dynamic SQL, if you want to use different DB link name
I don't know which database version you use, but - have a look at 11g's Accessing and Modifying Information in Multiple Databases, especially "Running a Stored Procedure in a Remote Oracle Database" chapter for more info.
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I'm not a DB expert, my boss has retired and it's up to me now. He created a production database, and a test database on another server with same username/password and schema name test_SameAsOtherDB. I'm trying to pull the live data from the production table, into the test DB table, but there are no privileges for me to do so.
I tried by logging into my production DB and "grant select on mytable_name to testDB.mytable_name;" but it gives me the error "ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended".
I've tried all the combinations of user/password/schema that I could think of, but none work.
Everything I've researched says use "GRANT select on tablename to USER" but the user is the same on each DB.
Hope I made sense, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John
You access a database on another server through a DATABASE LINK, not with the syntax to access an object in another schema on the same server.
You must create the DBLINK using the "CONNECT TO user IDENTIFIED BY password" syntax. (And the user used to execute "CREATE DATABASE LINK" must have the privilege to do...)
Then you will be able to "SELECT ... FROM mytable_name#DBLINK_TESTDB" assuming you named the DBLINK "DBLINK_TESTDB" with the same rights the user used in the "CONNECT TO" statement has in the target DB.
(And change that policy having the same passwords in all environment...)
I've been starting oracle on my job. But i've been using MS all the time. Now i have problem on User-Shema structure. I tryed a create table with sql query, but table had been created in somewhere else then i wanted. (I've already created a user named LPA) I just wrote the query, and table is in the (GeneralDatabase) Tablespaces->Users->(Here). I want to create a table in LPA schema, under the table folder. I've been searching for it but i could'nt get it. So need some help please.
PS:I found that i need to connect with user, than write to query with TS_LPA(Thats my tablespace). But i also cant connect with the user LPA.(We can say this is my first problem)
In Oracle there is no "dbo" or default schema, in case that is what you are looking for. You must specify the target user account when you connect (log in) to the database, and that account will be used as the default schema for all of your subsequent actions. (This is similar to a home directory in Linux, where if I log in as williamr and create a file, it will belong to williamr and not some generic default account.)
In your case I suspect you are connecting as SYS or similar, in which case your table now belongs to SYS (or whoever you are connected as). You'll need to drop it and try again.
If you don't want to post the connect string you used to connect initially for some reason, then execute the following query to see your current schema:
select user, sys_context('userenv','current_schema') from dual;
(Normally user and sys_context('userenv','current_schema') will be the same, but worth double-checking.)
In PL/SQL Developer you can only issue connect commands from a Command window (not a SQL window). Alternatively you can use the 'log on' menu tool, or Session > Set Main Connection from the menu, or (best if you want to reuse it later) Tools > Define Connections, which has a 'Test...' button to validate a new connection. You'll need the username, password and database service name (not just username and password).
connect with LPA user.
specify the schema name before table name.
create table LPA.tbl_name(col1 datatype1,....);
I have created a workspace with APEX, but the password is invalid now.
Then I logged in to the workspace and changed the password. However, the other password for login is not changed.
I am very confused with all these terms in oracle.
I have database username, workspace username, database password, workspace password. Also there is a user manager in the workspace, and these users are different from the other two mentioned. Some of the users can be seen in all_users table, some cannot.
What's the relation between all these kinds of users, and where does this information stored? I have read some material of Oracle, but none mentioned these basic terms.
It is confusing because there are two different (though complimentary) technologies being used here:
1) Oracle Database Server has the concept of database "users" which you can see by querying dba_users and all_users - these are owners of database objects and each automatically gets a schema of the same name. Each of these database users has a password, managed by the database. In the old days we used to provision a separate database user for each end user; nowadays we don't generally. These users are stored in the database data dictionary and are manipulated only using database commands such as CREATE USER and ALTER USER.
2) Oracle Application Express has the concept of "workspaces", each of which may have one or more "users". These users can be ordinary end users, developers or Apex administrators. Each of these users has a password, managed by Apex. These are not related to schemas on the database. These users are stored in the Apex data dictionary, and are manipulated using the Apex admin interface, or via calls to the Apex API (in PL/SQL).
Each apex Workspace is associated with a database schema (= database user) which holds the database objects (e.g. tables, views, etc) needed by the workspace. (Note: a workspace can be associated with more than one database schema).
To make things more confusing, in the default version of Apex that is pre-installed in OracleXE (the free version of the database), the Apex user SYSTEM has the same password as the database SYSTEM user.
By default, Apex applications use the Apex authentication scheme which authenticates users against the Apex data dictionary (as per (2) above). You can, however, use alternative authentication schemes which authenticate users against other repositories (such as LDAP, SSO, or custom schemes).
An application needs to access various Oracle database. Some databases have tables in Schemas, some don't - there's no control over this.
If a database has a schema in use, the applicable won't work unless the user enters a schema. I'd like it to be able determine via a SQL query if a schema is required to access the tables so the user can be alerted to this.
I'm aware of the question - How do I obtain a list of schemas that an Oracle user has access to - but that only tells me what schema's can be accessed, not if use of the schema is required to access tables.
Is there an SQL query to one of the system tables that can do this with that user's rights?
Note: The application only has login credentials and doesn't know any table details.
Hope that's clear. Thanks.
Question is confusing. For most part in Oracle, you can consider LOGIN == USER == SCHEMA. When you login into your database with your user, you are able to see and access all objects in that user's schema.
Objects in other schemas (on same database server) can be accesed by SCHEMA2.TABLE1 if connected user has privileges to acces table (there are different privileges...). As already stated in some comments, you do not need to prefix table if synonym exists. Your user can access even tables on some remote server if exists appropriate database link.
I am newbie to oracle sql developer 3.1.07.42, and have just installed it on my machine. I want to make a new connection, but it requires a user and a password which I do not know. I have been googling about it since many days, and have learned that there are some commands to create user, but I do not know where should I run those commands, because I cannot run queries/commands until the connection is created.
Would anyone let me know what should I do?
Steps for creating new user :
1)Open Sql Developer, make new connection.
2)Login with System username and password(made during installation).
3)Once you connect, expand the System user (under Connections, in the left pane) and scroll down to Other users. Then right click users and add new user.
4)Give its username and password & select appropriate system privilege.
5)You are done now, check by making new connection.
Use this below simple commands to create an user
-- Create a user
CREATE USER youruser IDENTIFIED BY yourpassword;
--Grant permissions
GRANT CONNECT, RESOURCE, DBA TO demo;
you should install database software in your local pc/laptop then create user in the database and you can connect the database via sql developer by key in username and password that already created.If you want to connect to other database same step like the previous step but before that you need to point to the remote database.
I thinks you should use "Database Configuration Assistant" to create new database and U can set user name and password and use it in oracle SQL Developer!!!