To get column names in an Oracle SELECT statement, you can use the DESCRIBE command followed by the table name. This will display the column names, data types, and sizes of the columns in the table. Another way is to query the data dictionary views such as ALL_TAB_COLUMNS or USER_TAB_COLUMNS to retrieve information about the columns in a table. You can also use the SQL Developer tool to easily view the columns in a table by clicking on the table name and then selecting the Columns tab.
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How to display all column names in an Oracle table?
To display all column names in an Oracle table, you can use the following query:
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SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM USER_TAB_COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'your_table_name'; |
Replace 'your_table_name' with the name of the table you want to retrieve the column names from. This query will return a list of all column names in the specified table.
How can I list column names in an Oracle database table?
To list column names in an Oracle database table, you can query the USER_TAB_COLUMNS or ALL_TAB_COLUMNS data dictionary views. Here is an example query:
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SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM USER_TAB_COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'your_table_name'; |
Replace your_table_name with the name of the table you want to list the column names for. This query will return the column names of the specified table in the Oracle database.
How can I extract column names from an Oracle select query?
One way to extract column names from an Oracle select query is to execute the query and then use the description attribute of the query cursor to get the list of column names. Here's an example in Python using the cx_Oracle library:
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import cx_Oracle # Connect to Oracle database conn = cx_Oracle.connect('username/password@hostname:port/service_name') # Create a cursor cursor = conn.cursor() # Execute the select query cursor.execute('SELECT * FROM your_table') # Get the list of column names column_names = [row[0] for row in cursor.description] print(column_names) # Close cursor and connection cursor.close() conn.close() |
This code snippet will print out the list of column names in the result set of the select query. Make sure to replace username, password, hostname, port, service_name, and your_table with your actual database connection details and query.
