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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Data dictionary

The following views provide information about the objects in the data dictionary:

*_CATALOG

Lists all tables, views, sequences, and synonyms in the database.

*_DEPENDENCIES

Lists dependencies between database objects. Used to determine which objects become invalid after other objects are altered or dropped.

*_OBJECTS

Lists all objects in the database. This name predates the Oracle Objects Option and is not restricted to objects created using the Objects Option.

DICT_COLUMNS

Lists all columns defined in the data dictionary views.

DICTIONARY

Lists all data dictionary views.

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