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Asked: 2026-06-12T09:03:53+00:00

I know that to find all the fields of a table I should use

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I know that to find all the fields of a table I should use something like

sqlplus > desc testtable;

This lists all the fields of a table (here testtable)

But now, I have a list of tables in my database.

What is the way through which I can get the fields of all tables
in a given database using sqlplus?
I tried 

 sqlplus > desc <Databasename>; which didnot work.

Someone told me to use

sqlplus > select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES ; //gives error.

SQLPLUS > SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS; //gives some error.

(At the bottom line, I am trying to get the database schema.)

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t believe that the information_schema tables you can find in other dbs (SQL Server, PostGres, MySQL, etc) is in Oracle. I use to use the ALL_TAB_COLUMNS table to get at that type of information….maybe another alternative.

    Link: ALL_TAB_COLUMNS

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