Re: TRUNCATE IN PL/SQL

Oracle 7 docs state you need "delete any table", Oracle 8 docs state you need "drop any table" privilege to truncate another owner's table.

Dennis

Witold.Iwaniec_at_atl.bluecross.ca wrote:
>
> Not 100% sure but I think only the table owner can use "TRUNCATE"
>
> Witold
>
> Raymond Lee Meng Hong <RAYMOND_at_infopro.com.my> on 06/21/2001 01:10:52
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> Got these error ? may be my DBA restrict these ?
>
> ORA-00903: invalid table name
> ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_SQL", line 239
> ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SQL", line 32
> ORA-06512: at line 8
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 11:20 AM
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> You can try the following , not sure if it will work though......let me know
> if it does... :-)
>
> DECLARE
> myCur number;
> mySQL varchar2(2000);
>
> BEGIN
> mySQL := 'TRUNCATE TABLE (table_name)';
> myCur := DBMS_SQL.open_cursor;
> DBMS_SQL.PARSE(myCur, mySQL, DBMS_SQL.NATIVE);
> DBMS_SQL.CLOSE_CURSOR(myCur);
> END;
>
> Regards,
> Karthik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 10:55 AM
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> Hello guru , how can I execute a truncate table in PL/SQL ?? It only work
> for delete DML only ? why ?
>
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