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Re: DESC tables

From: Kevin Loney <kevin.loney_at_astramerck.com>
Date: 1997/09/18
Message-ID: <01bcc434$0b8a7ca0$aa9e02a7@LONEYK.astramerck.com>#1/1

Vinay Gidwani <gidwani_at_studsys.mscs.mu.edu> wrote in article <5vqa6a$kkc_at_studsys.mscs.mu.edu>...
> From the SQL> prompt, I type in desc tablename to describe a table and
 the
> table description scrolls on the screen. Is there a way such that the
> table is displayed one screenful at a time?
>

Query USER_TAB_COLUMNS instead of using DESCRIBE. Received on Thu Sep 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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