SQL> create table t (d date) ; Table créée. SQL> create view v (birthday) as select d from t ; Vue créée. SQL> describe v Nom NULL ? Type ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------------------------- BIRTHDAY DATE SQL> select text from user_views where view_name = 'V' ; TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- select d from t 1 ligne sélectionnée. SQL> -----Original Message----- Bill Coulam This question probably applies to other data dictionary views as well. ... Ordinarily, if a view has a column named "PARTITIONING_TYPE", I expect to find, in the view's source, a column or alias that reads "partitioning_type". Instead, I see unnamed derived columns, and named columns, that seem to be magically transformed to different names that show up in user_part_tables. Which brings me to my question: What makes the magical column name transformation happen? What piece of this puzzle am I missing? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l