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

  • From: "Channa, Santhosh" <Santhosh.Channa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: toon.koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx, VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:03:59 -0600

Or you can spool them into a file using utl_file package.

 

Regards,
Santhosh Channa
P Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you
really need to.

  _____  

From: Toon Koppelaars [mailto:toon.koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:34 AM
To: VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: View's Source Code ? ... Basic Qs

 

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 <mailto:VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:

Folks

 

Wherefrom can the source code definition of a View be obtained?

 

If sys.dba_views, it's Field "TEXT" is a LONG datatype. How can it's
contents be read?

 

Cheers & Thanks V much

 

 

SQL> desc sys.dba_views

 Name                                      Null?    Type

 ----------------------------------------- --------
----------------------------

 OWNER                                     NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)

 VIEW_NAME                                 NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)

 TEXT_LENGTH                                        NUMBER

 TEXT                                               LONG

 TYPE_TEXT_LENGTH                                   NUMBER

 TYPE_TEXT                                          VARCHAR2(4000)

 OID_TEXT_LENGTH                                    NUMBER

 OID_TEXT                                           VARCHAR2(4000)

 VIEW_TYPE_OWNER                                    VARCHAR2(30)

 VIEW_TYPE                                          VARCHAR2(30)

 SUPERVIEW_NAME                                     VARCHAR2(30)

 

 

 


**************** CAUTION - Disclaimer *****************
This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended
solely 
for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient,
please 
notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further,
you are not 
to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any
other person and 
any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys
has taken 
every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for
any damage 
you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should
carry out your 
own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys
reserves the 
right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from
this e-mail 
address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on
the 
Infosys e-mail system.
***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***




-- 
Toon Koppelaars
RuleGen BV
+31-615907269
Toon.Koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.RuleGen.com <http://www.RuleGen.com> 

(co)Author: "Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals"

Other related posts: