Select statement stops working when wrapped in view [Oracle] - oracle

I have a select statement in a stored procedure that I'd like to pull out and put into a view. The select statement pulls from dba_tables, dba_tab_partitions, and dba_tab_subpartitions.
If I run the statement on its own, it works fine. If I wrap it in a create view statement:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW "MYSCHEMA"."V_XWMS_TEST"
(
"OWNER"
,"SEGMENT_NAME"
,"PARTITION_NAME"
,"SEGMENT_TYPE"
,"TABLESPACE_NAME"
)
AS
SELECT "OWNER"
,"SEGMENT_NAME"
,"PARTITION_NAME"
,"SEGMENT_TYPE"
,"TABLESPACE_NAME"
FROM
[Original query]
then depending on which user I'm logged in as, I get either ORA-01031: insufficient privileges or ORA-00942: table or view does not exist. Again, with both users I can create views and I can run this select statement, but I can't run the select statement in the context of creating a view.

This might be caused by the difference between the system privilege SELECT ANY DICTIONARY and the role SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE.
On the surface they do the same thing by granting users access to the data dictionary. Either one of them would enable a user to run a query against tables like DBA_TABLES.
The difference is that roles are not enabled when creating objects with definer's rights, and views are always definer's rights. So to make the view work the user will need the system privilege SELECT ANY DICTIONARY, or a similar direct grant on individual objects.

ORA-01031: insufficient privileges or ORA-00942: table or view does not exist.
This error means that the new table from which the view is created doesn't have synonyms and grants created to be accessed by the schema in which the view is created.

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Oracle, privilege from role doesn't give access to table

I need to move some views to a new user(newUser)
The views are to reference tables from the initial schema(originalUser.Table1).
There is a role with 'select' privilege on originalUser.Table1: role1.
If I grant 'role1' to 'newUser' I get ORA-00942 'table or view does not exist' when
create view newUser.View1 as select * from originalUser.Table1
But if I grant the privilege directly:
grant select on originalUser.Table1 to newUser
everything works fine and view gets created.
What can be wrong with the 'role' approach?
This is the documented behaviour; from the 19c create view section (emphasis added):
The owner of the schema containing the view must have the privileges necessary to either select (READ or SELECT privilege), insert, update, or delete rows from all the tables or views on which the view is based. The owner must be granted these privileges directly, rather than through a role.
Apart from the added complexity that role-granted privileges would add to potentially invalidating a view - if a role was removed from a user, all of the privileges under it, including in chained roles, would have to be evaluated to see if any table access was affected, and then which objects depended on that - roles can be disabled or require passwords etc.
This restriction is similar to the one that disables riles in any named PL/SQL block (procedure, function, package, trigger) created with definer's rights.

Compiling the force view is giving error

We are facing an issue with force view in oracle. Certain underlying objects of the view were modified to add new columns. Post that when we are compiling the view with alter view < view name> compile, we are getting the error
warning: view altered with compilation errors.
On checking the error, we got :
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist.
But when we are executing the view select query it is executing fine and extracting data.
Can somebody help me to fix this issue with view compilation?
"we are executing the view select query it is executing fine "
So it seems the underlying query selects data from a table in another schema i.e. not the schema trying to create a view, or in some other way references an object in another schema.
What has happened is the table owner granted privileges on its table to a role, which is granted to the querying schema. Privileges granted through a roles allow us to write SQL against the granted objects but not to build programmatic objects (PL/SQL, views, etc). To do that, the table owner needs to grant the privileges directly to the querying user.
This is a limitation imposed by the Oracle security model. There is no other workaround.

Permission to create VIEW for table with SELECT right

I'm granted SELECT on table NOTMYSCHEMA.XYZ but Oracle does not allow me to create VIEW that includes this table! What's the purpose of this ban? I assume if I can see the table content then I should be allowed to make a view showing this table content by default.
Privileges Required to Create Views
To create a view, you must meet the following requirements:
You must have been granted the CREATE VIEW (to create a view in your schema) or CREATE ANY VIEW (to create a view in another user's schema) system privilege, either explicitly or through a role.
You must have been explicitly granted the SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE object privileges on all base objects underlying the view or the SELECT ANY TABLE, INSERT ANY TABLE, UPDATE ANY TABLE, or DELETE ANY TABLE system privileges. You may not have obtained these privileges through roles.
Additionally, in order to grant other users access to your view, you must have received object privilege(s) to the base objects with the GRANT OPTION option or appropriate system privileges with the ADMIN OPTION option. If you have not, grantees cannot access your view."

Oracle view permission

In Oracle, I attempt to create a view like this
create view ddd as
select *
from myschema1.t1
join myschema2.t2
....
When I run this statement, I get an error ORA-01031 : insufficient privileges. If I just execute the query in Query Worksheet, however, it works.
Why does my CREATE VIEW statement fail and what privileges do I need in order to make the statement succeed?
In order to create a view that references myschema1.t1 and myschema2.t2, the user that owns the view has to be given access to those two tables directly, not via a role. My first guess is that you have been granted the privileges on the underlying table via a role. You can verify that in SQL*Plus by disabling roles and re-running the query. If you do
SQL> set role none;
SQL> select *
from myschema1.t1
join myschema2.t2 ...
does the query work? If not, then you only have the privileges granted via a role not directly. Note that if you want to be able to grant other users access to your view, you need to be granted privileges on the objects WITH GRANT OPTION.
GRANT SELECT ON myschema1.t1 TO <<user that will own the view>> WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT SELECT ON myschema2.t2 TO <<user that will own the view>> WITH GRANT OPTION;
If the problem is not with the privileges on the underlying objects, the problem is most likely that you have not been granted the CREATE VIEW privilege.
That sounds like you don't have the CREATE VIEW privilege. If you didn't have access to the tables, you should get ORA-00942: table or view does not exist.

ORA-01031: insufficient privileges when selecting view

When I try to execute a view that includes tables from different schemas an ORA-001031 Insufficient privileges is thrown. These tables have execute permission for the schema where the view was created. If I execute the view's SQL Statement it works. What am I missing?
Finally I got it to work. Steve's answer is right but not for all cases. It fails when that view is being executed from a third schema. For that to work you have to add the grant option:
GRANT SELECT ON [TABLE_NAME] TO [READ_USERNAME] WITH GRANT OPTION;
That way, [READ_USERNAME] can also grant select privilege over the view to another schema
As the table owner you need to grant SELECT access on the underlying tables to the user you are running the SELECT statement as.
grant SELECT on TABLE_NAME to READ_USERNAME;
Q. When is the "with grant option" required ?
A. when you have a view executed from a third schema.
Example:
schema DSDSW has a view called view_name
a) that view selects from a table in another schema (FDR.balance)
b) a third shema X_WORK tries to select from that view
Typical grants:
grant select on dsdw.view_name to dsdw_select_role;
grant dsdw_select_role to fdr;
But: fdr gets
select count(*) from dsdw.view_name;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
issue the grant:
grant select on fdr.balance to dsdw with grant option;
now fdr:
select count(*) from dsdw.view_name;
5 rows
Let me make a recap.
When you build a view containing object of different owners, those other owners have to grant "with grant option" to the owner of the view. So, the view owner can grant to other users or schemas....
Example:
User_a is the owner of a table called mine_a
User_b is the owner of a table called yours_b
Let's say user_b wants to create a view with a join of mine_a and yours_b
For the view to work fine, user_a has to give "grant select on mine_a to user_b with grant option"
Then user_b can grant select on that view to everybody.
If the view is accessed via a stored procedure, the execute grant is insufficient to access the view. You must grant select explicitly.
If the view is accessed via a stored procedure, the execute grant is insufficient to access the view. You must grant select explicitly.
simply type this
grant all on to public;
To use a view, the user must have the appropriate privileges but only for the view itself, not its underlying objects. However, if access privileges for the underlying objects of the view are removed, then the user no longer has access. This behavior occurs because the security domain that is used when a user queries the view is that of the definer of the view. If the privileges on the underlying objects are revoked from the view's definer, then the view becomes invalid, and no one can use the view. Therefore, even if a user has been granted access to the view, the user may not be able to use the view if the definer's rights have been revoked from the view's underlying objects.
Oracle Documentation
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/network.111/b28531/authorization.htm#DBSEG98017
you may also create view with schema name
for example create or replace view schema_name.view_name as select..

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