In Oracle, roles are a collection of privileges that can be granted to users or other roles. They provide a convenient way to manage user permissions and access to database objects. Checking roles is an important task for database administrators to ensure that users have the appropriate level of access.
There are a few different ways to check roles in Oracle. One way is to use the `SELECT` statement to query the `DBA_ROLES` view. This view contains information about all of the roles in the database, including the role name, the role owner, and the privileges that are granted to the role.