View Table Structure in SQL*Plus Guide

1 year ago
Noah Thompson
2 minutes

To view the structure of a table in SQL*Plus, you can use the following method:

  1. To begin, open the command line terminal and connect to the Oracle database. Enter the following commands in the terminal and input your username, password, and database connection information as prompted.
  2. Connect to the database using the username and password provided in SQL*Plus.
  3. After successfully logging in, you will see the SQL prompt SQL>.
  4. Use the following command to view the structure of the table:
  5. Show me the structure of the table named “table_name”.
  6. Replace table_name with the name of the table you want to view the structure of.
  7. Pressing the Enter key will execute the command, and SQL*Plus will display information about the structure of the table, including column names, data types, lengths, and more.
  8. Original: 我们需要尽快采取行动解决这个问题。
    Paraphrased: We need to take action to solve this problem as soon as possible.
  9. Could you please provide the details of the employees table in the SQL database?
  10. The output result is similar to:
  11. Column name provided, along with information on whether it can be empty or is required and the data type.
  12. This way, you can use the DESC command in SQL*Plus to view the structure of a table.
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