SELECT table_name FROM user_tab_columns WHERE column_name = 'MEDICODE' / ----- Original Message ----- From: Kean Jacinta Sent: Fri May 27 00:34:02 MDT 2005 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: search fields hi , Just want to know , would it be possible to search all tables that contains medicode. Giving an example: i have 15 tables .And only 9 tables contains medicode. The field name medicode is d same in all the 9 tables. Is tat possible to query sql statement to show all tables that contains medicode fields ? If there are none , can you please suggest other ways to obtain it ? Thank You JK __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l