I always use "select * from dba_objects where object_name like '%ROLE%'; = " when I am not sure what it was but likely has the word role in it. Doing this will give you things like "DBA_ROLES" and "DBA_ROLE_PRIVS". Figure it out from there :-) - Babette -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sol beach Sent: February 25, 2005 2:18 PM To: Oracle-L Freelists Subject: what roles have been granted to a user? I know I should know how to do this, but I'm suffereing from senoritis. What query will show me which ROLEs have been GRANTed to a specific = user? I can't seem to find the VIEW/TABLE which contains this information. TIA! -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l