ORA-1031 when setting Default Edition in 12c (Doc ID 2444953.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

SQL> conn <user>
Connected.
SQL> select * from session_privs;

PRIVILEGE
----------------------------------------
ALTER ANY EDITION
DROP ANY EDITION
CREATE ANY EDITION
ALTER DATABASE
CREATE SESSION

SQL> alter database default EDITION=xxx;
alter database default EDITION=xxx
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

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