The versioning model doesn't support access resolution beyond {NO_ACCESS, READ_ONLY, READ_WRITE}. This is a design feature. You could not circumvent it with 'sdetable -o grant'
previously either (if all the required permissions weren't present for all tables, then the entire
feature class [or feature dataset] had the next lowest access, if any).
At 10.2, if you have simple feature classes (non-versioned tables, not registered with the
geodatabase), you can use Catalog to right-click Manage... Privileges..., and it will offer the
traditional four checkboxes (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) by user.
So it seems as if your request is either impossible or already available. Do you have access to
10.2 to see if this meets your requirements?
- V