OWNER |
VARCHAR2(30) |
NOT NULL |
Owner of the table, view, or cluster |
TABLE_NAME |
VARCHAR2(30) |
NOT NULL |
Name of the table, view, or cluster |
COLUMN_NAME |
VARCHAR2(30) |
NOT NULL |
Column name |
DATA_TYPE |
VARCHAR2(106) |
|
Datatype of the column |
DATA_TYPE_MOD |
VARCHAR2(3) |
|
Datatype modifier of the column |
DATA_TYPE_OWNER |
VARCHAR2(30) |
|
Owner of the datatype of the column |
DATA_LENGTH |
NUMBER |
NOT NULL |
Length of the column (in bytes) |
DATA_PRECISION |
NUMBER |
|
Decimal precision for NUMBER datatype; binary precision for FLOAT datatype, null for all other datatypes |
DATA_SCALE |
NUMBER |
|
Digits to right of decimal point in a number |
NULLABLE |
VARCHAR2(1) |
|
Specifies whether a column allows NULLs. Value is N if there is a NOT NULL constraint on the column or if the column is part of a PRIMARY KEY. |
COLUMN_ID |
NUMBER |
|
Sequence number of the column as created |
DEFAULT_LENGTH |
NUMBER |
|
Length of default value for the column |
DATA_DEFAULT |
LONG |
|
Default value for the column |
NUM_DISTINCT |
NUMBER |
|
Number of distinct values in the columnFoot 1 |
LOW_VALUE |
RAW(32) |
|
Low value in the columnFootref 1 |
HIGH_VALUE |
RAW(32) |
|
High value in the columnFootref 1 |
DENSITY |
NUMBER |
|
Density of the columnFootref 1 |
NUM_NULLS |
NUMBER |
|
Number of nulls in the column |
NUM_BUCKETS |
NUMBER |
|
Number of buckets in the histogram for the column
Note: The number of buckets in a histogram is specified in the SIZE parameter of the SQL statement ANALYZE. However, the Oracle Database does not create a histogram with more buckets than the number of rows in the sample. Also, if the sample contains any values that are very repetitious, the Oracle Database creates the specified number of buckets, but the value indicated by this column may be smaller because of an internal compression algorithm. |
LAST_ANALYZED |
DATE |
|
Date on which this column was most recently analyzed |
SAMPLE_SIZE |
NUMBER |
|
Sample size used in analyzing this column |
CHARACTER_SET_NAME |
VARCHAR2(44) |
|
Name of the character set: CHAR_CS or NCHAR_CS |
CHAR_COL_DECL_LENGTH |
NUMBER |
|
Length |
GLOBAL_STATS |
VARCHAR2(3) |
|
For partitioned tables, indicates whether column statistics were collected for the table as a whole (YES) or were estimated from statistics on underlying partitions and subpartitions (NO) |
USER_STATS |
VARCHAR2(3) |
|
Indicates whether statistics were entered directly by the user (YES) or not (NO) |
AVG_COL_LEN |
NUMBER |
|
Average length of the column (in bytes) |
CHAR_LENGTH |
NUMBER |
|
Displays the length of the column in characters. This value only applies to the following datatypes:
-
CHAR
-
VARCHAR2
-
NCHAR
-
NVARCHAR
|
CHAR_USED |
VARCHAR2(1) |
|
B | C. B indicates that the column uses BYTE length semantics. C indicates that the column uses CHAR length semantics. NULL indicates the datatype is not any of the following:
-
CHAR
-
VARCHAR2
-
NCHAR
-
NVARCHAR2
|
V80_FMT_IMAGE |
VARCHAR2(3) |
|
Indicates whether the column data is in release 8.0 image format (YES) or not (NO) |
DATA_UPGRADED |
VARCHAR2(3) |
|
Indicates whether the column data has been upgraded to the latest type version format (YES) or not (NO) |
HIDDEN_COLUMN |
VARCHAR2(3) |
|
Indicates whether the column is a hidden column (YES) or not (NO) |
VIRTUAL_COLUMN |
VARCHAR2(3) |
|
Indicates whether the column is a virtual column (YES) or not (NO) |
SEGMENT_COLUMN_ID |
NUMBER |
|
Sequence number of the column in the segment |
INTERNAL_COLUMN_ID |
NUMBER |
NOT NULL |
Internal sequence number of the column |
HISTOGRAM |
VARCHAR2(15) |
|
Indicates existence/type of histogram:
-
NONE
-
FREQUENCY
-
HEIGHT BALANCED
|
QUALIFIED_COL_NAME |
VARCHAR2(4000) |
|
Qualified column name |
