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Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference
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Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference

by Jonathan Gennick
April 2000
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
94 pages
1h 52m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

DESCRIBE

Synopsis

DESC[RIBE] [schema.]object_name
           [@database_link_name]

The DESCRIBE command is used to display information about a table, a view, an Oracle8 object type, a stored package, a stored procedure, or a stored function. For example:

DESCRIBE employee
DESCRIBE jenny.employee
DESCRIBE employee@other_db

Parameters

schema

Is the name of the object’s owner.

object_name

Is the name of the object that you want to describe.

database_link_name

Is the name of a database link pointing to the database where the object exists.

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