Describing objects

From: David Fishburn <fishburn_remove_for_spam_at_sybase.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:42:47 -0400
Message-ID: <amftsv$g2d$1@newswest.sybase.com>

In Microsoft SQL Server, you can do something like this: call sp_help table_name|procedure_name|index_name

And you will get some form of textual output that describes the object. In other databases, you must call a different routine for each type of object, example:
call sp_describe_table table_name
call sp_describe_procedure proc_name

Is there some equivalent statement in Oracle 8 or 9?

I thought I had already posted this question, but I didnt see it show up. Apologies if this is a second posting.

Thanks,
Dave Received on Fri Sep 20 2002 - 14:42:47 CDT