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I have been making use of the GATHER_PLAN_STATISTICS hint more and more lately. In the interest of getting the most accurate data I usually log in as the user that normally executes the query. These are usually non-privileged accounts that just have access to their own objects. In order to use DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR in a session that does not have DBA or SELECT CATALOG ROLE, grant the following permissions to them:

SQL> GRANT SELECT ON V_$SESSION TO &&MYUSER;
SQL> GRANT SELECT ON V_$SQL TO &&MYUSER;
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