System Privileges

A system privilege allows a user to perform certain actions within the database, such as executing DDL statements.

The privileges can be grouped together into roles. Two useful roles to grant to a user are CONNECT and RESOURCE. CONNECT allows a user to connect to the database. RESOURCE allows a user to create various database objects like tables.

Commonly Used System Privileges:

System Privilege	Allows You to
CREATE SESSION	Connect to a database.
CREATE SEQUENCE	Create a sequence
CREATE SYNONYM	Create a synonym.
CREATE TABLE	Create a table in the user's schema.
CREATE ANY TABLE	Create a table in any schema.
DROP TABLE	Drop a table from the user's schema.
DROP ANY TABLE	Drop a table from any schema.
CREATE PROCEDURE	Create a stored procedure.
EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE	Execute a procedure in any schema.
CREATE USER	Create a user.
DROP USER	Drop a user.
CREATE VIEW	Create a view.

Granting System Privileges to a User

You use GRANT to grant a system privilege to a user.

GRANT CREATE SESSION, CREATE USER, CREATE TABLE TO tom;