Man…I really really like this :-)

Yeah yeah, you can argue with me about backward compatibility, but I’m so glad someone snuck this into 12c…

11.2

SQL> grant resource, connect to demo identified by demo;

Grant succeeded.

SQL> select privilege
  2  from   dba_sys_privs
  3  where  grantee = 'DEMO';

PRIVILEGE
----------------------------------------
UNLIMITED TABLESPACE

12.1

SQL> grant resource, connect to demo identified by demo;

Grant succeeded.

SQL> select privilege
  2  from   dba_sys_privs
  3  where  grantee = 'DEMO';

no rows selected