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Chan Wai Tong wrote:
>
> I am using oracle 7.1.6.
> I want to import data to a table.
> Before I import data, I would like to truncate the table first.
> I login sqlplus and submit the following SQL.
>
> SQL> truncate table me.mytable;
>
> But no response for a long ... long time.
> Then I try to delete all records from the table.
> I can delete records successfully.
>
> Could anyone tell me the reason??
>
> The table is not a cluster table.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Mike CHAN
You will need DROP TABLE privilege to be able to truncate.
-- Hope this helps ! Regards, Srini (to reply via email, please change "nospam" to "chavali" in my email address - :-) )Received on Wed Mar 18 1998 - 00:00:00 CST