Re: how do you get DESCRIBE info for a view ?

Awesome! Thanks for the help. Saved me many moons of pain.

I guess I should have known this, but sometimes the obvious evades us...

• Allen

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> Try all_tab_columns.
>
> There are three levels of dictionary views
> all views starting with user: will show info on the objects you created
> all views starting with all : will show info on all the objects you have
> access to.
> all views starting with dba : will show info on all objects in the database.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> Allen <allen.brost_at_motorola.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
> 3905E9BE.C3991729_at_motorola.com...
> > Thanks for the info. USER_TAB_COLUMNS was the ticket!
> > Unfortunately I have one other problem. I found that another user
> > (the one that did not create the table) cannot view the information.
> > I have tried a few things and come to the same conclusion, the user
> > has to be the one that created the table to run and view this "view".
> >
> > Somebody prove me wrong and show me the light. Please!
> >
> > Paul Druker wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, USER_TAB_COLUMNS view contains information for table AND
 views.
> > >
> > > <sanity_prevails_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> > > news:8cgdt3$tkk$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know how to get at the meta-data information for an Oracle
> > > > view in a form similar to that returned by DESCRIBE ?
> > > >
> > > > I don't want the SQL text -- rather, I'd like to have some data
> > > > dictionary stuff to be able to look at (e.g. like USER_TAB_COLUMNS
 etc.
> > > > but for views). Is there a PL/SQL routine I can call? Anything new
 in
> > > > Oracle 8i for this?
> > > >
> > > > Basically, I have a program that crunches USER_TAB_COLUMNS but I need
 to
> > > > modify it to handle views.
> > > >
> > > > How the heck does Oracle SQL*Plus do it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> >
Received on Tue Apr 25 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT