Re: Can't describe table!

In <40d0pk$dn1_at_ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> chuckh_at_ix.netcom.com (Chuck Hamilton) writes:
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>richard_avery_at_nt.com (Richard Avery) wrote:
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>>In article <40b7ja$lva_at_ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, chuckh_at_ix.netcom.com
 (Chuck
>>Hamilton) wrote:
 

>>> There's a table in my Oracle 7.1 database with a lower case name. I
>>> can access the table just fine by enclosing the name in double
 quotes,
>>> but I can't DESCRIBE it to see the column names. How to I specify a
>>> lower case table name in a DESCRIBE command?
>>>
>>Try placing the table name in double quotes.
 

>>desc "lower_table"
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>Doesn't work.
>--
>Chuck Hamilton
>chuckh_at_ix.netcom.com
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>Incoming fire has the right of way!
>

Try
SQL>Desc table_name Received on Thu Aug 10 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST