DBA_OBJECTS will give you that information if it's an index, DBA_CONSTRAINTS will provide details if it's an actual constraint (it's a foreign key constraint you've tried to violate). A basic query of DBA_CONSTRAINTS to return the barest of information regarding that constraint would be: select d.owner, c.table_name, d.table_name, d.constraint_name, d.r_constraint_name from dba_constraints c join dba_constraints d on d.r_constraint_name = c.constraint_name where d.constraint_name = 'SYS_C0057216' / This should return the owner, parent table, child table, referencing constraint name and referenced constraint name. David Fitzjarrell ________________________________ From: Jose Soares <jose.soares@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:15 AM Subject: desc indexes howto Hi all, How can I have indexes/constraints info? I tried to delete a row from a table in my db and I got this message: (IntegrityError) ORA-02292: integrity constraint (SFERA.SYS_C0057216) violated - child record found I can't realize what SYS_C0057216 is and to what it is linked. I would like to know how to have information about it. Is there a way to do that? thanks for any help. j -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l