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L5ive
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi Guys,

 

im trying to create a table on DB how ever i get the below Log.

 

Data edbact.test;set test;run;


ERROR: Error attempting to CREATE a DBMS table. ERROR: CLI execute error: [Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-01031: insufficient privileges .

 

i talked with the administrators of the server they said i have the right access to create tables on the DB however they don't seem to understand why this error is happening.

 

i appreciate your help and ideas so i can communicate with them.

 

Thank you,

 

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

So the db-server says that you don't have the necessary privileges to create a table, while the admins say you have.

Have you checked https://support.sas.com/kb/47/797.html?

 

L5ive
Obsidian | Level 7

I was successfully able to assign the ODBC library however now i have a different problem as follows

 

first i wrote a line to assign the library given to me by the admins

 

libname ODBCWORK odbc user=work pwd='MYPWSD' datasrc='EGYDBACT-WORK';

 

Then i wrote the following code to create a test table

 

DATA ODBCWORK.TESTTABLEAU; SET TEST;RUN;

 

then i found that all the tables that were in the library were replaced by only the table i created. and if i opened a new session i can see the original database again

 

Before Defing the the Library              After Defing the the Library   

TESt SCreen.JPGTEST 2.JPG

 

this also here is a photo of the proprieties of the DB for your reference

 

DB.JPG

 

 

 
Sajid01
Meteorite | Level 14

That was the natural out come of your statement.

Try this This will create a dataset test in your work library. This will have the contents of testtableau table


DATA  test;
set ODBCWORK.TESTTABLEAU; 
RUN;

 

Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

I am not sure what GUI those screen shots are from, they do not look like anything I have seen in SAS, but perhaps you are using a different interface.

 

Is it possible the default schema is a temporary space that is cleared when your database session ends?  That would explain why a new session does not see the new table.

 

I do not see any mention of which schema you are connecting to in the LIBNAME statement.  You could try using the SCHEMA= dataset option to override the default schema.

 

andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

@Tom wrote:

I am not sure what GUI those screen shots are from, they do not look like anything I have seen in SAS, but perhaps you are using a different interface.

 


Screenshots look like EG 8.x with the dark color theme.

SASKiwi
PROC Star

Looks like you are creating a database temporary table. The default behaviour for these types of tables is for these to only exist while you maintain your database connection. As soon as you close the connection the temporary table is deleted. If you want to keep your database connection across multiple LIBNAME statements then try adding the CONNECTION = GLOBAL to your LIBNAME.

SASKiwi
PROC Star

Usually create table privileges will be limited to a specific database and schema. Are you sure you are writing to the correct schema? Also you could try actual Oracle SQL code in SQL Passthru. 

L5ive
Obsidian | Level 7

below is the complete log of the line.

hopefully this would be helpful

 

 

;*';*";*/;quit;run;
2 OPTIONS PAGENO=MIN;
3 %LET _CLIENTTASKLABEL='Program';
4 %LET _CLIENTPROCESSFLOWNAME='Standalone Not In Project';
5 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATH='';
6 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATHHOST='';
7 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME='';
8 %LET _SASPROGRAMFILE='';
9 %LET _SASPROGRAMFILEHOST='';
10
11 ODS _ALL_ CLOSE;
12 OPTIONS DEV=SVG;
13 GOPTIONS XPIXELS=0 YPIXELS=0;
14 %macro HTML5AccessibleGraphSupported;
15 %if %_SAS_VERCOMP_FV(9,4,4, 0,0,0) >= 0 %then ACCESSIBLE_GRAPH;
16 %mend;
17 FILENAME EGHTML TEMP;
18 ODS HTML5(ID=EGHTML) FILE=EGHTML
19 OPTIONS(BITMAP_MODE='INLINE')
20 %HTML5AccessibleGraphSupported
21 ENCODING='utf-8'
22 STYLE=HTMLBlue
23 NOGTITLE
24 NOGFOOTNOTE
25 GPATH=&sasworklocation
26 ;
NOTE: Writing HTML5(EGHTML) Body file: EGHTML
27
28 data ora_work.testTableau_new;set ora_work.provider;keep npcod;run;

NOTE: SAS variable labels, formats, and lengths are not written to DBMS tables.
ERROR: Error attempting to CREATE a DBMS table. ERROR: ORACLE execute error: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges..
NOTE: The DATA step has been abnormally terminated.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set ORA_WORK.TESTTABLEAU_NEW may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 1
variables.
ERROR: ROLLBACK issued due to errors for data set ORA_WORK.TESTTABLEAU_NEW.DATA.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.30 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds

29
30
31 %LET _CLIENTTASKLABEL=;
32 %LET _CLIENTPROCESSFLOWNAME=;
33 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATH=;
34 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATHHOST=;
35 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME=;
36 %LET _SASPROGRAMFILE=;
37 %LET _SASPROGRAMFILEHOST=;
38
39 ;*';*";*/;quit;run;
40 ODS _ALL_ CLOSE;
41
42
43 QUIT; RUN;
44

Sajid01
Meteorite | Level 14
The log is clear. You do not have privileges to create a table in Oracle.

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