So, give it to them. Create a private view within their account named "DBA_EXTENTS" that points to USER_EXTENTS: create or replace view dba_extents as select user owner, segment_name, partition_name, segment_type, tablespace_name, extent_id, 0 file_id, 0 block_id, bytes, blocks, 0 relative_fno from user_extents; Better to bend before breaking... on 5/20/04 12:06 PM, Michael McMullen at ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Anybody using Ascentail datastage tool. A select only user on one schema is > wanting to use it and says they need select privileges on dba_extents in > order to use the tool for extraction. Boggles my mind why but I'm convinced > they have it wrong. > > Thanks > Mike > ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------