From 7b8037f3aa880397d16c7a11647d53f92b7cec67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 13:59:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [1.6.x] Fixed #20005 -- Documented that Oracle databases need execute permission on SYS.DBMS_LOB. Thanks jafula for the suggestion. Backport of a86ecc80a2 from master --- docs/ref/databases.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index b1b9bc0eed..d628a541e9 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -683,6 +683,14 @@ To run Django's test suite, the user needs these *additional* privileges: * CONNECT WITH ADMIN OPTION * RESOURCE WITH ADMIN OPTION +The Oracle database backend uses the ``SYS.DBMS_LOB`` package, so your user +will require execute permissions on it. It's normally accessible to all users +by default, but in case it is not, you'll need to grant permissions like so: + +.. code-block:: sql + + GRANT EXECUTE ON SYS.DBMS_LOB TO user; + Connecting to the database --------------------------