error ORA-65096 invalid common user or role name in oracle

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I have just completed installing Oracle and it was missing the Scott schema. So I am trying to generate it myself. I got the sql script of Scott schema, but when i try to run the query:

create user Scott identified by tiger;

it displays the following error:

ORA-65096: invalid common user or role name in oracle.
Basically it is not allowing me to create a user Scott.

Why is that, and how can I fix my problem?

Feb 16, 2022 in Others by Rahul
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To start with, the oerr utility is not useful for the ORA-65096 ERROR mentioned below:-


ORA-65096: invalid common user or role name

Cause: An attempt was made to create a common user or role with a name that was not valid for common users or roles. In addition to the usual rules for user and role names, common user and role names must start with C## or c## and consist only of ASCII characters.

Action: Specify a valid common user or role name.

The solution to the ORA-06596 is to set a hidden parameter "_oracle_script".  When you set the undocumented (hidden) parameter "_oracle_script"=true  you can create the fred user without a C## in front of the user ID.  However, this user will not used useful in a pluggable/container database:

connect system/manager as sysdba
alter session set "_ORACLE_SCRIPT"=true;
create user fred identified by flintstone;
grant dba to pubs;

connect fred/flintstone

Always consult Oracle support before using any hidden Oracle parameters. Oracle makes a distinction in multitenant databases for local vs. "common" user ID's wherein, the Common user IDs must always be created at the CDB level and start with a C### prefixes while, the Local users can only be created at the PDB layer, additionally also must use the CONTAINER clause set to CURRENT for the user to be created

answered Feb 16, 2022 by Aditya
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