Re: Can't describe table!

jhas_at_ix.netcom.com (Swapan Jha ) wrote:

>In <40d0pk$dn1_at_ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> chuckh_at_ix.netcom.com (Chuck
>Hamilton) writes:
>>
>>richard_avery_at_nt.com (Richard Avery) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <40b7ja$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"
>>
>>
>>Doesn't work.
>>--
>>Chuck Hamilton
>>chuckh_at_ix.netcom.com
>>
>>Incoming fire has the right of way!
>>
 

>Try
>SQL>Desc table_name

Still doesn't work.

--
Chuck Hamilton
chuckh_at_ix.netcom.com

Incoming fire has the right of way!