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Oracle PL / SQL » System Tables Views » USER_TAB_COLUMNS 
Query the USER_TAB_COLUMNS view to get all columns for a table that you own



SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table TestTable(
  2    ID                 VARCHAR2(BYTE)         NOT NULL,
  3    MyName             VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
  4    MyDate             DATE,
  5    MyNumber           Number(8,2)
  6  )
  7  /

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> insert into TestTable (ID, MyName, MyDate, MyNumbervalues('1','Alison',to_date('19960711','YYYYMMDD'),12.12);

row created.

SQL> insert into TestTable (ID, MyName, MyDate, MyNumbervalues('1','Alison',to_date('19970622','YYYYMMDD'),-12.12);

row created.

SQL> insert into TestTable (ID, MyName, MyDate, MyNumbervalues('1','Alison',to_date('19980513','YYYYMMDD'),22.1);

row created.

SQL> insert into TestTable (ID, MyName, MyDate, MyNumbervalues('1','Alison',to_date('19990624','YYYYMMDD'),-2.12);

row created.

SQL> insert into TestTable (ID, MyName, MyDate, MyNumbervalues('1','Alison',to_date('20000415','YYYYMMDD'),2.1);

row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> select from TestTable;

ID   MYNAME     MYDATE      MYNUMBER
---- ---------- --------- ----------
1    Alison     11-JUL-96      12.12
1    Alison     22-JUN-97     -12.12
1    Alison     13-MAY-98       22.1
1    Alison     24-JUN-99      -2.12
1    Alison     15-APR-00        2.1

SQL>
SQL> -- Query the USER_TAB_COLUMNS view to get all columns for a table that you own,
SQL>
SQL> commit;

Commit complete.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT table_name, column_name, data_type, data_length
  2  FROM USER_TAB_COLUMNS
  3  WHERE table_name = 'TESTTABLE'
  4  ORDER BY column_id;

TABLE_NAME                     COLUMN_NAME                    DATA_TYPE                                                                                          DATA_LENGTH
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------
TESTTABLE                      ID                             VARCHAR2                                                                                                     4
TESTTABLE                      MYNAME                         VARCHAR2                                                                                                    10
TESTTABLE                      MYDATE                         DATE                                                                                                         7
TESTTABLE                      MYNUMBER                       NUMBER                                                                                                      22

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table TestTable;

Table dropped.

SQL>
SQL> commit;

Commit complete.

SQL>
SQL>
           
       
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