Re: How to view tables from Win98

From: Andrew Allen <andrew.allen_at_handleman.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:41:07 GMT
Message-ID: <3E4A9643.4010702@handleman.com>

David Eynon wrote:
> This might sound dumb.
> I am using Windows 98 and personal Oracle 8. I can see, using Windows
> Explorer, files with *.sql extensions, but I can't see any tables I've
> created. Just curious if that's viewable from Windows, or is that part of
> the security of Oracle. (i.e. exclusive viewing from the Oracle interface
> alone.)

Get thee a FM bcause you need to RTFM big time. Oracle tables are not files. Oracle stores tables in tablespaces and tablespaces consist of one, or more, DataBase Files (.dbf). The .sql files are queries stored as textual files.

Andrew Allen
Sr. Oracle DBA Received on Wed Feb 12 2003 - 13:41:07 CST