Showing posts with label add comments to an Oracle table. Show all posts
Showing posts with label add comments to an Oracle table. Show all posts

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Add Comments to Oracle Table

It is a good idea to add comments or descriptions to a table that could be lengthier and more descriptive than the table name. We can retrieve the comments later when needed. This is particularly important for a large project that may involve hundreds of tables.


SQL> comment on table TBL_0321 is 'this is a test';

Comment created.

To retrieve the comments, use the following query.
SQL> select comments from user_tab_comments where table_name='TBL_0321';

COMMENTS
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this is a test