Hi,

I am using OJB (o/r mapping tool) and db2 7.2. When I try to store an object I get the exception, that a select operation on table sysibm.sysdummy1 could not be processed because the user has no privilege to execute this command... ? What happens here? Have I to grant sysibm tables for users?

any idea?

Dirk

GRANT SELECT ON SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 TO <username>

Cheers
Sathyaram

So I obviously have to grant users for sysibm tables... Please could you short explain to me, what sysdummy1 is for? Thank you.

Hi

The sysibm.sysdummy table is equivalent to the dual in oracle.

However the official DB2 Explanation for the same is below.

Contains one row. This view is available for applications that require compatibility with DB2 Universal Database for OS/390.

Table 41. SYSCAT.DUMMY1 Catalog View
Column Name Data Type Nullable Description
IBMREQD CHAR(1) Y

Cheers

Nitin.

As Nitin said, if you want to select a dummy row, say , you want the current timestamp , you use the sysibm.sysdummy1 table

select current timestamp from sysibm.sysdummy1 will retrurn a single row ...

The other option is to use VALUES

VALUES(CURRENT TIMESTAMP)

Not sure if this is supported on OS/390 DB2 ...

About the privileges, it depends on the privileges you grant to other objects ... If all tables are granted access to a group, say GRP1, then it makes sense to grant access to this view also to GRP1

HTH

Sathyaram