List, I am running version 8.1.7 on Sun. I am trying to allow a user (A) to truncate another users (B) table. I have already given the DROP ANY TABLE right to A, and made a public synonym for the table owned by B. I can't do the truncate if I just give the table name, but if I put the owner first (truncate table A.<tablename>) it works. What have I missed? Because the truncate command that I ultimately need to run is buried in the vendors code, I am not able to create and execute the stored procedure that I have seen suggested here on the list in the past. Thanks in advance for any help. Larry Hahn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l