{"id":3049,"date":"2024-03-13T05:48:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T05:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-check-the-creation-time-of-a-table-in-pl-sql\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T21:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T21:00:28","slug":"how-can-we-check-the-creation-time-of-a-table-in-pl-sql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-check-the-creation-time-of-a-table-in-pl-sql\/","title":{"rendered":"PL\/SQL: How to Check Table Creation Time &#8211; A Comprehensive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>PL\/SQL: How to Check Table Creation Time &#8211; A Comprehensive Guide<\/h2>\n<p>This guide provides a simple and effective method to retrieve the creation time of any table in PL\/SQL. By querying the <code>USER_OBJECTS<\/code> data dictionary view, you can quickly access essential metadata for your database administration and development tasks.<\/p>\n<h3>Querying Table Creation Time in PL\/SQL:<\/h3>\n<p>To find the creation timestamp of a specific table, execute the following SQL query:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> CREATED <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> USER_OBJECTS <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHERE<\/span> OBJECT_NAME <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'YOUR_TABLE_NAME'<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AND<\/span> OBJECT_TYPE <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'TABLE'<\/span>;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Replace <code>'YOUR_TABLE_NAME'<\/code> with the actual name of the table you wish to inspect. 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