Re: BUG in DESCRIBE ?

In article <CJONES.94Aug3130518_at_hurrah.au.oracle.com>, cjones_at_au.oracle.com (Christopher Jones) writes:
>
> Well, it looks like it. From the SQL> prompt I guess you're using
> SQL*Plus. What version is it? I couldn't reproduce the situation
> with SQL*Plus 3.1.2.3 against 7.0.15.4.
>
> SQL> create table test as select * from dual;
>
> Table created.
>
> SQL> desc test
> Name Null? Type
> ------------------------------- -------- ----
> DUMMY VARCHAR2(1)
It appears that the version of SQL*Plus that comes with V7.0.13.0 of Oracle has this 'bug' but later versions don't.

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