This was a great video! It really helped fill in the missing pieces for getting started with SQL Developer. Two hints: SQL Developer seems to get confused when you ask it to create lowercase usernames. It worked better for me when I created an upper case username. Also, I found it easier to create the user in SQLPlus session. Here are my commands: CREATE USER "JOEDATA" IDENTIFIED BY "mypasswd" DEFAULT TABLESPACE "USERS"; ALTER USER "JOEDATA" QUOTA UNLIMITED ON "USERS"; GRANT "DBA" TO "JOEDATA"; COMMIT; Hope this helps.