GRANT Object-Level Privilege Statement

Grants database object-level privileges on individual tables or views to a user or role.

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Syntax

GRANT object-level-privilege [, …]
   ON [ owner.]object-name
   TO userID [,...]
   [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

object-level-privilege
   ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] 
   | ALTER 
   | DELETE 
   | INSERT
   | LOAD
   | REFERENCE [ ( column-name [, …] ) ] 
   | SELECT [ ( column-name [, …] ) ] 
   | TRUNCATE
   | UPDATE [ ( column-name, …) ] }

Parameters

userID – must be the name of an existing user or immutable role. The list must consist of existing users with login passwords. Separate the userIDs in the list with commas.

ALL – grants all privileges to users

ALTER – users can alter this table with the ALTER TABLE statement. This privilege is not allowed for views.

DELETE – users can delete rows from this table or view.

INSERT – users can insert rows into the named table or view.

LOAD – users can load data into the named table or view.

REFERENCES – users can create indexes on the named tables, and foreign keys that reference the named tables. If column names are specified, then users can reference only those columns. REFERENCES privileges on columns cannot be granted for views, only for tables.

SELECT – users can look at information in this view or table. If column names are specified, then the users can look at only those columns. SELECT permissions on columns cannot be granted for views, only for tables.

TRUNCATE – users can truncate the named table or view.

UPDATE – users can update rows in this view or table. If column names are specified, users can update only those columns. UPDATE privileges on columns cannot be granted for views, only for tables. To update a table, users must have both SELECT and UPDATE privilege on the table.

WITH GRANT OPTION – the named user ID is also given privileges to grant the same privileges to other user IDs.

Usage

You can list the table privileges, or specify ALL to grant all privileges at once.

Standards

SQL–Syntax is an entry-level feature.
SAP Sybase Database product–Syntax is supported in Adaptive Server.

Permissions

Requires one of:

MANAGE ANY OBJECT PRIVILEGE system privilege
You have been granted the specific object privilege with the WITH GRANT OPTION clause on the table.
You own of the table.

Parent topic: SQL Statements

Created December 19, 2013. Send feedback on this help topic to Technical Publications: pubs@sap.com