Re: I only want to see five tables with an Oracle user ID?

Daniel Morgan wrote:

>The Pig wrote:
>
>>Guys,
>>
>>Need some help. When connecting via ODBC to an oracle server, I want
>>to only see let's say five tables. That's it. I don't want to see
>>the system tables associated with a default user, only certain tables.
>> How do I do this. I have a Oracle DBA telling me that it can't be
>>done but I know that it can. Any help would be appreciated. A
>>detailed answer would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>The Pig
>>
>
>I am very tempted to tell you that if you know it can be done even though
>your DBA tells you it can't that you should not come whining to us in an
>attempt to make your DBA look bad. You know it can be done ... go do it.
>
>In fact, though, you may be right. But not knowing from where you are
>selecting your list of tables I can't be sure. But one thing I can tell
>you is that the following query will produce no data dictionary objects
>and only five tables. Which five is indeterminate.
>
>SELECT table_name
>FROM user_tables
>WHERE rownum < 6;
>
>If you mean the complete contents of five tables ... I can do it ... but
>I'm going to side with your DBA and not tell you how.
>
>Perhaps rephrasing your question with more clarity might help.
>

Nice. I think you made Sy proud with that post.

>
>
>Daniel Morgan
>
Received on Tue Apr 23 2002 - 20:30:35 CDT