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Unit Testing Repository Prompts For SYS Permissions (Doc ID 2423976.1)

Last updated on MARCH 03, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle SQL Developer - Version 18.1 and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Follow document to set up Unit Testing:

     How to create SQL Developer Unit Test Repository (Doc ID 1184183.1)

Setting up new Repository with Unit test prompts for SYS permission as below.


Add new connection using Menu Tools > Unit Test >Select current Repository

"Selected connection does not have basic permissions.
You will now be prompted for connection info to grant needed permissions"

Changes

ADMIN account privileges is already applied to the user. But why is SYS user password required during Repository creation?

grant UT_REPO_ADMINISTRATOR to repository_user with admin option;
GRANT ut_repo_administrator TO SYS WITH ADMIN OPTION;

Cause

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