[Oracle] Please connect as the PowerBuilder Catalog Owner

Ever bumped into an Oracle connection hiccup while working your way through PowerBuilder? Fear not! This quick yet insightful guide walks you through two straightforward solutions to overcome this hurdle. Whether you’re adjusting your database profile or tweaking a .ini file, we’ve got you covered!

“Please connect as the PowerBuilder Catalog Owner. This is necessary for the initial connection to Oracle to GRANT privileges on the repository.”

Ah… the pleasures of working with Oracle … This error occurs when the owner of the tables was not informed.

To solve this, we have two possibilities:

Solution 01: While configuring the Database (Database Profile Setup), click on System tab and fill in the field “PowerBuilder Catalog Table Owner.”

Solution 02: Include the code below in PowerBuilder"s ini file (pb.ini):

[Database]
NoCatalog = 1