RE: Help with a truncate command in a procedure

Look up info on using "execute immediate" This will let you put non-DML-type statements in a PL/SQL block.

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I am not a coder but I received this from one of our developers. I can't find anything about this anywhere. Can someone tell me how to make the truncate work?
Thanks!
R.Smith
In a DB procedure, I wanted to include the following SQL: BEGIN
 TRUNCATE TABLE LOT837_GLOBAL_TBL_KMG;
END;
Error messages:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "TABLE" when expecting one of the following:
  := . ( @ % ;
The symbol ":= was inserted before "TABLE" to continue.
(It does not like it, if you take out TABLE, either.)
So, I had to settle for the following SQL: BEGIN
 DELETE LOT837_GLOBAL_TBL_KMG;
END;
Do you know why I can not use the TRUNCATE command? If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, any use, distribution or copying of the message is prohibited. Please let me know immediately by return e-mail if you have received this message by mistake, then delete the e-mail message. Thank you.

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