SQL> select table_name from user_tables; TABLE_NAME -----------------------------EMP1 SALGRADE BONUS EMP DEPT SQL> desc user_Tab_cols Name

----------------------------------------TABLE_NAME COLUMN_NAME DATA_TYPE DATA_TYPE_MOD DATA_TYPE_OWNER DATA_LENGTH DATA_PRECISION DATA_SCALE NULLABLE COLUMN_ID DEFAULT_LENGTH DATA_DEFAULT NUM_DISTINCT LOW_VALUE HIGH_VALUE DENSITY NUM_NULLS NUM_BUCKETS LAST_ANALYZED SAMPLE_SIZE CHARACTER_SET_NAME CHAR_COL_DECL_LENGTH GLOBAL_STATS USER_STATS AVG_COL_LEN CHAR_LENGTH CHAR_USED V80_FMT_IMAGE DATA_UPGRADED HIDDEN_COLUMN VIRTUAL_COLUMN SEGMENT_COLUMN_ID INTERNAL_COLUMN_ID HISTOGRAM QUALIFIED_COL_NAME SQL> select column_name from user_Tab_cols 2 where column_name like 'DEP%'; COLUMN_NAME -----------------------------DEPTNO DEPTNO DEPTNO SQL> ed Wrote file afiedt.buf Null? -------NOT NULL NOT NULL Type ---------------------------VARCHAR2(30) VARCHAR2(30) VARCHAR2(106) VARCHAR2(3) VARCHAR2(30) NOT NULL NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER VARCHAR2(1) NUMBER NUMBER LONG NUMBER RAW(32) RAW(32) NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER DATE NUMBER VARCHAR2(44) NUMBER VARCHAR2(3) VARCHAR2(3) NUMBER NUMBER VARCHAR2(1) VARCHAR2(3) VARCHAR2(3) VARCHAR2(3) VARCHAR2(3) NUMBER NOT NULL NUMBER VARCHAR2(15) VARCHAR2(4000)

1 select column_name,table_name from user_Tab_cols 2* where column_name like 'DEP%' SQL> / COLUMN_NAME -----------------------------DEPTNO DEPTNO DEPTNO TABLE_NAME -----------------------------EMP1 EMP DEPT