Deleting records from sys.aud$ from stored procedure

Question

We have a stored procedure that is trying to move records from the sys.aud$ table to a historical table (in an attempt to keep sys.aud$ to a more manageable size, I guess -- full disclosure I did not write this proc). The basic flow is:
select count(*) into rowcount from sys.aud$
if (rowcount > 1000) {
copy all rows from sys.aud$ to historical table
delete from sys.aud$
I am told this proc used to work just fine in the murky past (I am new to the client) but has now not worked for some time. When we try and compile the proc, we get the error
"table or view does not exist," and the highlighted line is the "delete from sys.aud$". The "select count(*) from sys.aud$" line appears to cause no issue, but the proc will not compile as is. If I comment out the "delete from sys.aud$" line, however, the proc compiles just fine.
Confusingly, if I log in as the same account that owns this proc, I can run both the select count(*) from sys.aud$ AND delete from sys.aud$ clauses with no complaints at all (altering slightly to work with only 1 record at a time, of course), but I cannot get the same to compile within a stored proc.
I assume this is permissions related? Can anyone point me to the permissions the owner requires to be able to delete from sys.aud$ within a stored procedure? Or is there something else that needs to be done here? Any pointers much appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

956928 wrote:
We have a stored procedure that is trying to move records from the sys.aud$ table to a historical table (in an attempt to keep sys.aud$ to a more manageable size, I guess -- full disclosure I did not write this proc). The basic flow is:
select count(*) into rowcount from sys.aud$
if (rowcount > 1000) {
copy all rows from sys.aud$ to historical table
delete from sys.aud$
I am told this proc used to work just fine in the murky past (I am new to the client) but has now not worked for some time. When we try and compile the proc, we get the error
"table or view does not exist," and the highlighted line is the "delete from sys.aud$". The "select count(*) from sys.aud$" line appears to cause no issue, but the proc will not compile as is. If I comment out the "delete from sys.aud$" line, however, the proc compiles just fine.
Confusingly, if I log in as the same account that owns this proc, I can run both the select count(*) from sys.aud$ AND delete from sys.aud$ clauses with no complaints at all (altering slightly to work with only 1 record at a time, of course), but I cannot get the same to compile within a stored proc.
I assume this is permissions related? Can anyone point me to the permissions the owner requires to be able to delete from sys.aud$ within a stored procedure? Or is there something else that needs to be done here? Any pointers much appreciated.
Thanks.privileges acquired via ROLE do NOT apply within named PL/SQL procedures.
GRANT DELETE ON SYS.AUD$ TO <your_schema>;