i could not reproduce your problem:
Connected to:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
SQL> create table "BX TEST" (ch char);
Table created.
SQL> select * from "BX TEST";
no rows selected
SQL> drop table "BX TEST";
Table dropped.
SQL>
can you give some more details? (version, error-messages, ...)