Question

For a table in oracle, I can query “all_tab_columns” and get table column information, like the data type, precision, whether or not the column is nullable.

In SQL Developer or TOAD, you can click on a view in the GUI and it will spit out a list of the columns that the view returns and the same set of data (data type, precision, nullable, etc).

So my question is, is there a way to query this column definition for a view, the way you can for a table? How do the GUI tools do it?

Answer 1

You can use user_tab_columns (or all_tab_columns and dba_tab_columns respectively) regardless if table_name refers to a view or a table.