Preventing CREATE (only) for a User

The PL/SQL reference guide has a short section and example for the INSTEAD OF CREATE ON SCHEMA trigger. Since the description was so little and could not find much detail on the internet, tried some examples as below. This feature is good to prevent any CREATE operation for an user, giving him/her privilege to alter or drop … Read more

OracleDB12c New Feature: Capture Privilege Usage

One of the top features of the Oracle Database 12c that attracted me is capturing the privileges used (and unused). This feature is introduced to strengthen the security of the database to enforce the principle of least privilege. Many application users today have excessive privileges assigned, and believe me, have seen many applications connect to … Read more