Looking at contents of attrcol$ , name column can have more than 30
characters since it seems to be joining 2 attributes
OBJ# INTCOL# NAME
---------- ---------- ------------------------------
45149 41 "USER_DATA"."AGENT_ADDRESS"
45149 42 "USER_DATA"."AGENT_PROTOCOL"
45149 43 "USER_DATA"."ORIGINAL_MSGID"
45149 44 "USER_DATA"."SUB_NAME"
45149 45 "USER_DATA"."SUB_NAMESPACE"
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> Varchar2(4000) is coming from sys.attrcol$ table. dba_tab_columns does not
> have a join this table. I am sure there are people on this list who'll
> enlighten me about contents of sys.attrcol$ table.
>
> select u.name, c.name, o.name,
> decode(ac.name, null, col.name, ac.name), cc.pos#
> from sys.user$ u, sys.con$ c, sys.col$ col, sys.ccol$ cc, sys.cdef$
> cd,sys.obj$ o, sys.attrcol$ ac
> where c.owner# = u.user#
> and c.con# = cd.con#
> and cd.type# != 12 /* don't include log groups */
> and cd.con# = cc.con#
> and cc.obj# = col.obj#
> and cc.intcol# = col.intcol#
> and cc.obj# = o.obj#
> and col.obj# = ac.obj#(+)
> and col.intcol# = ac.intcol#(+)
>
> -Shaleen
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> From: "Rachel Carmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:23 PM
> Subject: this doesn't look right
>
>
> > As part of the process of making sure that null/not null constraints
> > are consistent across development/staging/production, I'm looking at
> > the dba_cons_columns table.
> >
> > Now, as far as I know, column_names are limited to 30 characters,
> > correct? If so, why is the column_name column in dba_cons_columns
> > (9.2.0.1) a varchar2(4000)? I realize that the "extra space" isn't used
> > and is never allocated so it's not like this is wasteful.
> >
> > But it's inconsistent with everything else, since dba_tab_columns has a
> > column_name column of varchar2(30).
> >
> > anyone know why this is like this?
> >
> > Rachel
> >
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