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From: rastapoppolous@yahoo.com (humble_one)
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Subject: how to retrieve column names, column type, given the table name in a dynamic environment?
Date: 1 Jan 2002 16:23:53 -0800
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hi everyone, 
how can one retrieve column names, column type, given the table name
in a dynamic environment?
I am using oracle as the database, and PERL DBI.

Thanks in advance,
Karthik