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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-09-07 13:59:57 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-09-07 14:01:05 -0400
commit7b8037f3aa880397d16c7a11647d53f92b7cec67 (patch)
tree2c07a4d4efa25348eb11fcf3bcc82c84c1a85b5e
parent17b67e17a33e09c81be3dd2cfb5294ea9f5ae298 (diff)
[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
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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
--------------------------