Dict View name and column names

Question

Hi,
Oracle 11.2.0.1
Windows XP
I wish to get the output of all the dictionary views with their name and column names something like this :
VIEW NAME
Name                                      Null?    Type
VIEW NAME
Name                                      Null?    Type
...Please tell me how do I get the above output for all the dict view from dict table.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Step 1:
set serveroutput on;
set feed off;
set head off;
set pages 200;
spool dict.sql;
declare
tn varchar2(50);
cursor c is select table_name from dict order by table_name;
begin
open c;
loop
fetch c into tn;
dbms_output.put_line('begin');
dbms_output.put_line('dbms_output.put_line(' ||chr(39) || tn ||chr(39) ||');');
dbms_output.put_line('end;');
dbms_output.put_line('/');
dbms_output.put_line('desc ' || tn || ';');
exit when c%NOTFOUND;
end loop;
close c;
end;
Step 2:
Just edit dict.sql to remove top and bottom lines.
spool dictcols.txt
@dict.sql;
spool off;
But, this is not a good way to obtain your desired output. I am sure, other members can do it very smartly and efficiently.
Regards
Girish Sharma