Question

This might be a very basic question but I can’t find the correct command for it.

I can list the datafields in a table using the command

select * from cat where table_name='mytable';

How do I check the data that has been inserted in this table using sqlplus?

Answer 1

You can get all the data from a table by using the simple statement:

select * from <table name>;

so if you want to get all the data from the table cat, try:

select * from cat;

if you’d like to get all the data from mytable, try:

select * from mytable;

any where clause that you define in the statement is used to filter the results that this simple ‘select everything from’ statement would return.