sqlplus create question

Hi. I'm Joe user. Can't I execute the following in sqlplus:

sql> create j_f_table

     (j_f number (2),
      description char (30));

I get error at line 1:
ORA-00901: invalid CREATE command

Why?

Thanks for the info,
Martin Meadows Received on Sat Mar 28 1998 - 00:00:00 CST