Re: Field Descriptions?
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 01:46:14 GMT
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"David Wright" <David_wright_at_spra.com> wrote in message
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> I just got a hold of a oracle database but don't really know what the
field
> names refer to. Is there a place where 'field name descriptions' are
usually
> put? For example, Access has something called 'variable descriptions', SAS
> has something called 'variable labels'.
>
> Field names, locations and labels are usually something I call a 'data
> dictionary' -- which may be somewhat different than what Oracle calls a
'data
> dictionary'. If there is a 'common' place to put field descriptions,
please
> let me know.
>
> -david
>
Received on Sat Apr 27 2002 - 03:46:14 CEST