Datatype through a link (URGENT)

Question

How do i find datatype of columns through a link?
for example:
if i use
DESCRIBE table;
it works
but if i use
DESCRIBE table@link;
it doesn't work
Please help me how to find colmuns datatype of table@link
Thank you,
Jianu Ovidiu - Romania

Answer 1

it doesn't workIt does. What tool are you using for this?
SQL*Plus works.
SQL> select * from v$version ;
BANNER
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
CORE    9.2.0.7.0       Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
5 rows selected.
SQL> select * from v$version@ora10gr2 ;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.1.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
5 rows selected.
SQL> desc scott.emp@ora10gr2
Name                                      Null?    Type
EMPNO                                     NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
ENAME                                              VARCHAR2(10)
JOB                                                VARCHAR2(9)
MGR                                                NUMBER(4)
HIREDATE                                           DATE
SAL                                                NUMBER(7,2)
COMM                                               NUMBER(7,2)
DEPTNO                                             NUMBER(2)
SQL>