I hate to perpetuate a legend, but I THINK there was an early version where 'delete any table' was good enough. I seem to remember a period where there was a big fuss from people saying "I've upgraded to version 7.0.16-ish and my truncates are not longer working" - and the problem was that they had granted 'delete any table' and the upgrade required 'drop any table'.
I also have a vague memory of seeing a release note (readme.doc) which highlighted this issue. Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Next Seminar - UK, April 3rd - 5th http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Host to The Co-Operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html Author of: Practical Oracle 8i: Building Efficient Databases -----Original Message----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 14 March 2002 21:26 |the docs are (finally) correct. | |you have ALWAYS needed "drop any table" to truncate someone else's |table. The docs have always said you needed "delete any table". Docs |(horrors! impossible to believe!) were wrong | -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jonathan Lewis INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
