I think you will find that these tables are index-organized-tables. The table definition exists, but in the absence of an overflow, there is only an index segment.
Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Coming soon a new one-day tutorial: Cost Based Optimisation (see http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/tutorial.html ) ____UK_______March 19th ____USA_(FL)_May 2nd Next Seminar dates: (see http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html ) ____USA_(CA, TX)_August The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html -----Original Message----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 04 February 2003 16:17 >Hi: > >Oracle 8173 on Sun Box. > > >SQL> select table_name from user_tables > 2 where table_name like 'DR$%' > 3 order by table_name; > >TABLE_NAME >------------------------------ >DR$ABSTRACT_TEXT$I >DR$ABSTRACT_TEXT$K >DR$ABSTRACT_TEXT$N >DR$ABSTRACT_TEXT$R >DR$COREREF_ABSTRACT$I >DR$COREREF_ABSTRACT$K >DR$COREREF_ABSTRACT$N >DR$COREREF_ABSTRACT$R >DR$COREREF_TITLE$I >DR$COREREF_TITLE$K >DR$COREREF_TITLE$N > >TABLE_NAME >------------------------------ >DR$COREREF_TITLE$R >DR$TEST_CONTEXT$I >DR$TEST_CONTEXT$K >DR$TEST_CONTEXT$N >DR$TEST_CONTEXT$R > >16 rows selected. > >Why tables like DR$ABSTRACT_TEXT$K, DR$ABSTRACT_TEXT$N do not have their >corresponding segments? What are they and their functions? > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jonathan Lewis INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
