DBA_EXTERNAL_TABLES

DBA_EXTERNAL_TABLES describes all external tables in the database. Its columns are the same as those in ALL_EXTERNAL_TABLES.

Related Views

• ALL_EXTERNAL_TABLES describes the external tables accessible to the current user.
• USER_EXTERNAL_TABLES describes the external tables owned by the current user. This view does not display the OWNER column.

Column	Datatype	NULL	Description
OWNER	VARCHAR2(30)	NOT NULL	Owner of the external table
TABLE_NAME	VARCHAR2(30)	NOT NULL	Name of the external table
TYPE_OWNER	CHAR(3)		Owner of the implementation type for the external table access driver
TYPE_NAME	VARCHAR2(30)	NOT NULL	Name of the implementation type for the external table access driver
DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_OWNER	CHAR(3)		Owner of the default directory for the external table
DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_NAME	VARCHAR2(30)	NOT NULL	Name of the default directory for the external table
REJECT_LIMIT	VARCHAR2(40)		Reject limit for the external table, or UNLIMITED
ACCESS_TYPE	VARCHAR2(7)		Type of access parameters for the external table: BLOB CLOB
ACCESS_PARAMETERS	CLOB		Access parameters for the external table
PROPERTY	VARCHAR2(10)		Property of the external table: REFERENCED - Referenced columns ALL - All columns

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Last updated: July 30, 2009