RE: TRUNCATE IN PL/SQL

From: Raymond Lee Meng Hong <RAYMOND_at_infopro.com.my>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:00:24 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003330DB.20010621183522@fatcity.com>

Is this command avaiable in Oracle 7 ??? I got this error in TOAD.

The following error has occurred:

ORA-06550: line 6, column 11:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "IMMEDIATE" when expecting one of the
following:

   := . ( @ % ;

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You can by using the following statement:

execute immediate 'truncate table table_name';

Prakash

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:55 PM
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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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