SQL*Plus, as Lex mentioned. I prefer to think of this technique as "A DBA's good friend". Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I said it "looked" clear - Riddick -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mihalis I. Tsoukalos Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:46 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Count(*) each table from user_tables On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 12:24:12PM +0200, Lex de Haan wrote: > well, you could of course generate a SQL*Plus script to do the work for > you -- > something like: > SQL> set heading off trimspool off ... off ... off ... off > SQL> spool doit.sql > SQL> select 'select count(*) from '||table_name||';' > 2 from user_tables; > SQL> spool off > SQL> @doit > > Kind regards, > Lex. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mihalis I. Tsoukalos > > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:03 PM > > To: Oracle Mailing List > > Subject: Count(*) each table from user_tables > > > > > > Dear list, > > > > I have the following question: > > > > I want to count(*) every table from users_table table using SQL. > > I know how to do it in PL/SQL but not in SQL. > > Can you please help me do it? > > > > many thanks in advance, > > Mihalis. Thanks for the reply. Is this standrd SQL (if yes, which version 1999 or 2003?) or Oracle SQL? cheers, Mihalis. -- 14:43:42 up 13 days, 3:47, 2 users, load average: 0.32, 0.16, 0.05 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------