TAB is a very old object for Oracle. It was the original USER_OBJECTS in the early days of Oracle. Then as RDBMS became mainstream, some committee created a standard for naming and content of data dictionaries of releational databases (one of the ways you know you have made it is when someone else tells you to use standards). Naturally Oracle did their best to comply and on that day USER_TABLES was born along with the data dictionary views we all use commonly today. TAB is retained for backwards compatibility.
If you see someone using it odds are they are an oracle old timer >15 years.
if you want to know if they are different, then you bet they are. Here is the ultimate technical answer:
1* select text from dba_views where view_name = 'TAB'
SQL> /
TEXT
---------------------------------------------------------
select o.name,
decode(o.type#, 2, 'TABLE', 3, 'CLUSTER',
4, 'VIEW', 5, 'SYNONYM'), t.tab#
from sys.tab$ t, sys.obj$ o
where o.owner# = userenv('SCHEMAID')
and o.type# >=2
and o.type# <=5
and o.linkname is null
and o.obj# = t.obj# (+)
Nice and simple that tab. "show the logged in user's tables,clusters,views,synonyms". Back in the begining we only had these four things. It was a simpler time.
Now for USER_TABLES
1* select text from dba_views where view_name = 'USER_TABLES'
SQL> /
TEXT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
select o.name, decode(bitand(t.property, 2151678048), 0, ts.name, null),
decode(bitand(t.property, 1024), 0, null, co.name),
decode((bitand(t.property, 512)+bitand(t.flags, 536870912)),
0, null, co.name),
decode(bitand(t.trigflag, 1073741824), 1073741824, 'UNUSABLE', 'VALID'),
decode(bitand(t.property, 32+64), 0, mod(t.pctfree$, 100), 64, 0, null),
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 32), 32, to_number(NULL),
decode(bitand(t.property, 32+64), 0, t.pctused$, 64, 0, null)),
decode(bitand(t.property, 32), 0, t.initrans, null),
decode(bitand(t.property, 32), 0, t.maxtrans, null),
s.iniexts * ts.blocksize,
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 3), 1, to_number(NULL),
s.extsize * ts.blocksize),
s.minexts, s.maxexts,
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 3), 1, to_number(NULL),
s.extpct),
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 32), 32, to_number(NULL),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 2, 1, decode(s.lists, 0, 1, s.lists))),
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 32), 32, to_number(NULL),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 2, 1, decode(s.groups, 0, 1, s.groups))),
decode(bitand(t.property, 32+64), 0,
decode(bitand(t.flags, 32), 0, 'YES', 'NO'), null),
decode(bitand(t.flags,1), 0, 'Y', 1, 'N', '?'),
t.rowcnt,
decode(bitand(t.property, 64), 0, t.blkcnt, null),
decode(bitand(t.property, 64), 0, t.empcnt, null),
decode(bitand(t.property, 64), 0, t.avgspc, null),
t.chncnt, t.avgrln, t.avgspc_flb,
decode(bitand(t.property, 64), 0, t.flbcnt, null),
lpad(decode(t.degree, 32767, 'DEFAULT', nvl(t.degree,1)),10),
lpad(decode(t.instances, 32767, 'DEFAULT', nvl(t.instances,1)),10),
lpad(decode(bitand(t.flags, 8), 8, 'Y', 'N'),5),
decode(bitand(t.flags, 6), 0, 'ENABLED', 'DISABLED'),
t.samplesize, t.analyzetime,
decode(bitand(t.property, 32), 32, 'YES', 'NO'),
decode(bitand(t.property, 64), 64, 'IOT',
decode(bitand(t.property, 512), 512, 'IOT_OVERFLOW',
decode(bitand(t.flags, 536870912), 536870912, 'IOT_MAPPING', null))),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 0, 'N', 2, 'Y', 'N'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 16), 0, 'N', 16, 'Y', 'N'),
decode(bitand(t.property, 8192), 8192, 'YES',
decode(bitand(t.property, 1), 0, 'NO', 'YES')),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 2, 'DEFAULT',
decode(s.cachehint, 0, 'DEFAULT', 1, 'KEEP', 2, 'RECYCLE', NULL)),
decode(bitand(t.flags, 131072), 131072, 'ENABLED', 'DISABLED'),
decode(bitand(t.flags, 512), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
decode(bitand(t.flags, 256), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 0, NULL,
decode(bitand(t.property, 8388608), 8388608,
'SYS$SESSION', 'SYS$TRANSACTION')),
decode(bitand(t.flags, 1024), 1024, 'ENABLED', 'DISABLED'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 2, 'NO',
decode(bitand(t.property, 2147483648), 2147483648, 'NO',
decode(ksppcv.ksppstvl, 'TRUE', 'YES', 'NO'))),
decode(bitand(t.property, 1024), 0, null, cu.name),
decode(bitand(t.flags, 8388608), 8388608, 'ENABLED', 'DISABLED'),
decode(bitand(t.property, 32), 32, null,
decode(bitand(s.spare1, 2048), 2048, 'ENABLED', 'DISABLED')),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 128), 128, 'YES', 'NO')
from sys.ts$ ts, sys.seg$ s, sys.obj$ co, sys.tab$ t, sys.obj$ o,
sys.obj$ cx, sys.user$ cu, x$ksppcv ksppcv, x$ksppi ksppi
where o.owner# = userenv('SCHEMAID')
and o.obj# = t.obj#
and bitand(t.property, 1) = 0
and bitand(o.flags, 128) = 0
and t.bobj# = co.obj# (+)
and t.ts# = ts.ts#
and t.file# = s.file# (+)
and t.block# = s.block# (+)
and t.ts# = s.ts# (+)
and t.dataobj# = cx.obj# (+)
and cx.owner# = cu.user# (+)
and ksppi.indx = ksppcv.indx
and ksppi.ksppinm = '_dml_monitoring_enabled'
hmmm.. not so easy as tab is it. I suggest that USER_TABLES shows any object that consumes space for rows (TABLE,MATERIALIZED VIEW,TABLE PARTITION,DIMENSION, etc.). Must be what all that BITAND'ng is for. And check this out: '_dml_monitoring_enabled' That is a head turner of sorts eh.
So TAB and USER_TABLES are not identical in rowsets. They each return different rows.
An interesting question, thanks for asking, brings back fond memories. Kevin
[Updated on: Fri, 14 August 2009 22:48] Report message to a moderator |
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