How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16279: supplied dblink does not have sufficient privileges?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16279: supplied dblink does not have sufficient privileges with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16279: supplied dblink does not have sufficient privileges

Reason for the Error ORA-16279: supplied dblink does not have sufficient privileges

A dblink was specified that lacked one or more of the CONNECT, RESOURCE, or SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE roles or that connects to a user with insufficient privileges to lock the table.

How to fix the Error ORA-16279: supplied dblink does not have sufficient privileges ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Grant the necessary privileges to the dblink and the user to which the dblink connects and retry the operation.