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Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 20:08:10 +0200
From: Maxim Demenko <mdemenko@gmail.com>
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To: Rich <richmarin@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Select statement that returns field size?
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On 05.05.2010 20:05, Rich wrote:
>
> I am using 10g.
>
> I want to do a select statement that will give me the name of the
> fields in a table. And I also want to know the field type and field
> size.
>
> Can this be done?
>
> Regards

Look up in the docs dba/all/user_tab_columns data dictionary view

Best regards

Maxim