Problems in migrating SQLServer to Oracle8i

Question

Hi,
Iam converting from SQLServer2000 to Oracle8i. Iam trying to find out the equivalent tables for syscolumns, sysobjects. In syscolumns we use a condtion such as :: name=’property_id’ . SQLServer has this name field in syscolumns. What is the equivalent of this in oracle.
2) Also we use column_property( id, column_name, property) function in our storedprocs.
Ex: column_property( 101, name, ‘IsIdentity/IsIndexable’) . In which tables would I get this information in oracle.
3) Also we are using msdb.dbo.sp_add_job to create a job . How can I achieve this in oracle8i .
Similary for msdb.dbo.sp_add_category -- > which creates a category.
Your help is very nuch appreciated.

Answer 1

< the equivalent tables for syscolumns, sysobjects >
dba_tables or dba_objects :- sysobjects
dba_tab_columns :- syscolumns
<< use column_property >>
You can get this from dba_tab_columns
Also run " desc table_name". Same as sp_help.
<< Also we are using msdb.dbo.sp_add_job to create a job . How can I achieve this in oracle8i . >>
You can use DBMS_JOB package in oracle to setup jobs.