Re: ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement when using Perl DBI::Oracle module

From: Simon Mosley <sjmosley_at_btinternet.com>
Date: 2000/06/27
Message-ID: <8jb6g2$6bd$1_at_uranium.btinternet.com>#1/1


Try selecting from the user_source table instead

P. Larsen wrote in message ...
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>"Panos Kavalagios" <P.Kavalagios_at_hydro.ntua.gr> wrote in message
>news:393611B2.85658DDB_at_hydro.ntua.gr...
>> Hello,
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>> In my perl script, I have written the following:
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>> [ successful connection to the database precedes ]
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>> $sth=$dbh->prepare("describe mytablename");
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>describe is NOT a SQL command. It's a SQL*Plus command.
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> P. Larsen
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Received on Tue Jun 27 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST

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