ORA-01720: Grant Option Does Not Exist

I got ” ORA-01720: Grant Option Does Not Exist ”  error in Oracle database.

ORA-01720: Grant Option Does Not Exist

Details of error are as follows.

ORA-01720: grant option does not exist for 'string.string'

Cause: A grant was being performed on a view and the grant option was not present for an underlying object.

Action: Obtain the grant option on all underlying objects of the view.

SQL> grant select on hr.employees to msdba;
grant select on happy_employees to oe
                *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01720: grant option does not exist for 'HR.EMPLOYEES'

grant option does not exist for ‘string.string’

This ORA-01720 error is related to the grant was being performed on a view and the grant option was not present for an underlying object.

Obtain the grant option on all underlying objects of the view.

To solve this error, you need to grant the object privilege WITH GRANT OPTION to the grantor.

SQL> grant select on hr.employees to msdba with grant option;

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