Lesson 7	The SESSION_PRIVS view
Objective	Determine what privileges you have.

SESSION_PRIVS View Privileges enabled

What privileges are enabled?

The SESSION_PRIVS view lists the privileges that you currently have enabled. It returns information only about you, so it only makes sense to query it for yourself. The SESSION_PRIVS view has only one column named PRIVILEGES. Here is an example of the output that you will get if you query SESSION_PRIVS while logged in as SYSTEM.

SQL> SELECT * FROM SESSION_PRIVS;
PRIVILEGE
-----------------------------------
ALTER SYSTEM
AUDIT SYSTEM
CREATE SESSION
ALTER SESSION
RESTRICTED SESSION
CREATE TABLESPACE
ALTER TABLESPACE
MANAGE TABLESPACE
DROP TABLESPACE
UNLIMITED TABLESPACE
CREATE USER
BECOME USER
ALTER USER

This view can be very useful because it always shows you a complete list of current privileges. Rather than being granted directly to a user, system privileges often are conferred by a role. The SESSION_PRIVS view tracks privileges regardless of their origin.

SESSION_PRIVS

SESSION_PRIVS describes the privileges that are currently available to the user.

Column	Datatype	NULL	Description
PRIVILEGE	VARCHAR2(40)	NOT NULL	Name of the privilege

SESSION_PRIVS: The Privilege column lists all system privileges available to the session, whether granted directly or via roles.