Check and Change Default Tablespace for User in Oracle

1. Check the User default tablespace

select username, default_tablespace from dba_users where username = 'MDSYS';

USERNAME DEFAULT_TABLESPACE
——– ——————
MDSYS SYSAUX

2. In this user MDSYS has the tablespace SYSAUS as default.

3. Change the user Default tablespace

SQL> alter user MDSYS default tablespace SPATIAL_TBS;
User altered.

4. Verify the result

select username,default_tablespace from dba_users where username = 'MDSYS';
USERNAME DEFAULT_TABLESPACE
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MDSYS SPATIAL_TBS