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@murfffi murfffi commented May 2, 2025

Closes #489

Use v$version instead of v$instance because it is available to all users.
Like v$instance, v$version is available in all non-ancient oracle versions.
Both are available in the earliest documentation I could find: 10g, released 2003.

Testing Done: Oracle Express 21c (as in the reported issue) and 11g

For 11g:

docker run -d -p 1521:1521 -e ORACLE_PASSWORD=foobar gvenzl/oracle-xe:11-slim 
./usql oracle://sys:foobar@localhost/xe
# version is shown correctly
create user test identified by test;
GRANT CREATE SESSION to test;
\connect oracle://test:test@localhost/xe
# version is still shown correctly, despite minimal privileges

21c in the issue was also tested that way.

Also tested with contrib/usql-test.sh using docker as a workaround for oracle/docker-images#2925 .

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kenshaw commented May 2, 2025

@murfffi can you please also modify contrib/oracle*/usql-config (there are two directories) with this revised query?

Use v$version instead of v$instance because it is available to all users.
Like v$instance, v$version is available in all oracle versions from the past 20+ years.

Typical Version() output is "Oracle Database 21c Express Edition Release 21.0.0.0.0 - Production"

Testing Done: Oracle Express 21c and 11g

For 11g:

docker run -d -p 1521:1521 -e ORACLE_PASSWORD=foobar gvenzl/oracle-xe:11-slim
./usql oracle://sys:foobar@localhost/xe
# version is shown correctly
create user test identified by test;
GRANT CREATE SESSION to test;
\connect oracle://test:test@localhost/xe
# version is still shown correctly, despite minimal privileges

21c in the issue was also tested that way.
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murfffi commented May 12, 2025

Let me know if more changes are needed :)

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