Snowflake Database Role Behavior With Database Cloning | Rajiv Gupta Learn Everyday
Database Roles:
To limit SQL actions to a single database, as well as any object in the database, grant privileges on the object to a database role in the same database.
Note that database roles cannot be activated directly in a session. Grant database roles to account roles, which can be activated in a session.
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