For us mortals - why would one need, let's say, CREATE SEQUENCE to
connect to database? Was it impossible in Oracle 5 or earlier to
connect without creating a sequence?
I assume CONNECT role was just given wrong name not reflecting its purpose.
On 11/1/06, jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> It's for backwards compatibility with
> Oracle 5 (or possibly earlier)
>
> gorbyx_at_gmail.com wrote:
> > Absolutely correct. But who'd got that bright idea to make CONNECT
> > role setup in that way until and including 10.2.0.1? There must be
> > some explanation. :)
> >
>
> Regards
> Jonathan Lewis
>
>
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