Re: View's Source Code ? ... Basic Qs

  • From: Toon Koppelaars <toon.koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:34:11 +0100

You might want to increase the value of sqlplus' variable long.

set long 8000

then

select text from dba_views where ....


On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:17 PM, VIVEK_SHARMA <VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Folks
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> Wherefrom can the source code definition of a View be obtained?
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> If sys.dba_views, it's Field "TEXT" is a LONG datatype. How can it's
> contents be read?
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> Cheers & Thanks V much
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> SQL> desc sys.dba_views
>
>  Name                                      Null?    Type
>
>  ----------------------------------------- --------
> ----------------------------
>
>  OWNER                                     NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
>
>  VIEW_NAME                                 NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
>
>  TEXT_LENGTH                                        NUMBER
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>  TEXT                                               LONG
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>  TYPE_TEXT_LENGTH                                   NUMBER
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>  TYPE_TEXT                                          VARCHAR2(4000)
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>  OID_TEXT_LENGTH                                    NUMBER
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>  OID_TEXT                                           VARCHAR2(4000)
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>  VIEW_TYPE_OWNER                                    VARCHAR2(30)
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>  VIEW_TYPE                                          VARCHAR2(30)
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>  SUPERVIEW_NAME                                     VARCHAR2(30)
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