Will DELETE table_name works or not in oracle 9i

Question

i hve encountered a question while preparing for oracle 9i 1ZO-007 exam
which is something like this
DELETE employes;
answer given are:
-error due to uncorrect format
-rows will be deleted,but the structure remains intact

Answer 1

Gajju wrote:
this statement will work as truncate command.
your data in table will be deleted but the table is still exist.
if u give now rolll back, than ur data can't be restore. Table will empty.Nonsense, it's a regular delete which can be rolled back.
sql> create table test (id number);
Table created.
sql> insert into test values (1);
1 row created.
sql> insert into test values (2);
1 row created.
sql> commit;
Commit complete.
sql> select * from test;
        ID
         1
         2
sql> delete test;
2 rows deleted.
sql> select * from test;
no rows selected
sql> rollback;
Rollback complete.
sql> select * from test;
        ID
         1
         2