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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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Name

COMMENT

Synopsis

COMMENT ON 
{TABLE [schema.]{ table_name | view | snapshot} 
| COLUMN [schema.]{ table_name | view | snapshot}.column
}
IS 'text'

Adds a comment about a table, view, snapshot, or column into the data dictionary.

Keywords

TABLE

Specifies that the comment be associated with a table, view, or snapshot.

view

Name of a view with which the comment will be associated.

snapshot

Name of a snapshot with which the comment will be associated.

COLUMN

Specifies that the comment be associated with a column.

text

Actual text of the comment. This text will be recorded in the data dictionary.

Common keywords and clauses: schema, table_name.

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