DBA_TABLES
ALL_TABLES
USER_TABLES
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DBA view describes all relational tables in the database. ALL view describes all tables accessible to the user. USER view is restricted to tables owned by the user. Some columns in these views contain statistics that are generated by the DBMS_STATS package or ANALYZE statement. |
DBA_TAB_COLUMNS
ALL_TAB_COLUMNS
USER_TAB_COLUMNS
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These views describe the columns of tables, views, and clusters in the database. Some columns in these views contain statistics that are generated by the DBMS_STATS package or ANALYZE statement. |
DBA_ALL_TABLES
ALL_ALL_TABLES
USER_ALL_TABLES
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These views describe all relational and object tables in the database. Object tables are not specifically discussed in this book. |
DBA_TAB_COMMENTS
ALL_TAB_COMMENTS
USER_TAB_COMMENTS
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These views display comments for tables and views. Comments are entered using the COMMENT statement. |
DBA_COL_COMMENTS
ALL_COL_COMMENTS
USER_COL_COMMENTS
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These views display comments for table and view columns. Comments are entered using the COMMENT statement. |
DBA_EXTERNAL_TABLES
ALL_EXTERNAL_TABLES
USER_EXTERNAL_TABLES
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These views list the specific attributes of external tables in the database. |
DBA_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS
ALL_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS
USER_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS
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These views list the data sources for external tables. |
DBA_TAB_HISTOGRAMS
ALL_TAB_HISTOGRAMS
USER_TAB_HISTOGRAMS
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These views describe histograms on tables and views. |
DBA_TAB_STATISTICS
ALL_TAB_STATISTICS
USER_TAB_STATISTICS
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These views contain optimizer statistics for tables. |
DBA_TAB_COL_STATISTICS
ALL_TAB_COL_STATISTICS
USER_TAB_COL_STATISTICS
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These views provide column statistics and histogram information extracted from the related TAB_COLUMNS views. |
DBA_TAB_MODIFICATIONS
ALL_TAB_MODIFICATIONS
USER_TAB_MODIFICATIONS
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These views describe tables that have been modified since the last time table statistics were gathered on them. They are not populated immediately, but after a time lapse (usually 3 hours). |
DBA_ENCRYPTED_COLUMNS
USER_ENCRYPTED_COLUMNS
ALL_ENCRYPTED_COLUMNS
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These views list table columns that are encrypted, and for each column, lists the encryption algorithm in use. |
DBA_UNUSED_COL_TABS
ALL_UNUSED_COL_TABS
USER_UNUSED_COL_TABS
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These views list tables with unused columns, as marked by the ALTER TABLE ... SET UNUSED statement. |
DBA_PARTIAL_DROP_TABS
ALL_PARTIAL_DROP_TABS
USER_PARTIAL_DROP_TABS
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These views list tables that have partially completed DROP COLUMN operations. These operations could be incomplete because the operation was interrupted by the user or a system failure. |