Yes, I've seen that also.
Bugs 299259 and BUG:207590 describe this change in behavior, and why it was done, but those bugs are not accessible on MetaLink. Jared On Thursday 14 March 2002 15:03, Jonathan Lewis wrote: > 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: Jared Still 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).
