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Old August 28th, 2005, 10:23 PM
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Check datatype in Oracle
Hi, i'm totally new to Oracle and i find out is quite hard to use compare with SQL Server as Oracle all is using command line. I want to know is it possible to check the datatype of specific column using command line? Coz i want to check a column datatype in the table. I really don't have any idea for it compare with SQL Server where have the UI, it can be check under the properties. Do anyone what command line i need to run in order to check the datatype.

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I just found out a command for it that is
describe <tablename>
then it will display the datatype for the table.
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