Re: Can't use DESCRIBE in SQL*Plus 3.1 for Windows?

From: Fred Wiersma <wiersma_at_gemini>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 15:27:30 GMT
Message-ID: <SQNQB25B_at_math.fu-berlin.de>


In article <1994Jul15.134814.16922_at_govonca.gov.on.ca>, loxtonr_at_govonca.gov.on.ca (Ron Loxton) writes:
>In <rwh4+.16.00102698_at_pitt.edu> rwh4+_at_pitt.edu (Richard W. Harris) writes:
>
>
>>I just installed SQL*Plus 3.1 for Windows. Pretty nice, except that every
>>time I try to use the DESCRIBE command, I get:
 

>>Object does not exist.
 

>>I get the feeling I overlooked something fairly obvious. Could somebody clue
>>me in here?
 

>>I'm running SQL*Plus for Windows version 3.1.1.9.3B and Oracle 6 for NetWare
>>version 6.0.36.1.0 (we're waiting for the Oracle 7 CD-ROM to show up).
>
> I can only get it to work under V7.
>>Thanks,
>
>
>>- Rick
 

>>Richard Harris, Systems Analyst (rwh4+_at_pitt.edu)
>>Office Systems Services, University of Pittsburgh
>>NetWare Administrator and Oracle DBA
>>University of Pittsburgh Imaged Record Retrieval System
 

>>"Before you can get to the information superhighway,
>> you have to plow your information driveway."

I know that there is a version of SQL*Plus for Windows that handle 'DESCRIBE' commands. It will be fixed in a future release...

Fred Wiersma
wiersma_at_tfdl.agro.nl Received on Fri Jul 15 1994 - 17:27:30 CEST

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