12-2. Obtaining Information About Tables

Problem

You are interested in learning more about a particular database table. You also want to look at system triggers and other privileged PL/SQL objects.

Solution

Use the Oracle SQL Developer navigator to select the table that you want to view information about, as demonstrated in Figure 12-3.

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Figure 12-3. Viewing table information

The editor window will then populate with a tab that consists of a worksheet and several subtabs. Each of these tabs provides different information about the table you are inspecting. Figure 12-4 shows the Columns tab of the Table Editor.

Figure 12-4. Table Editor ...

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