ALTER ANY TABLE System Privilege

Required to alter any table owned by anyone.

The ALTER DATABASE system privilege allows a user to:

  • Issue ALTER or TRUNCATE statements on tables, table partitions, or views owned by any user
  • Issue the COMMENT statement on tables owned by any user
  • Issue the COMMENT statement on columns on tables owned by any user
Grant this system privilege using the WITH ADMIN OPTION, WITH NO ADMIN OPTION, or WITH ADMIN ONLY OPTION clause. If you do not specify a clause, the default is WITH NO ADMIN OPTION.
Related reference
List All System Privileges