Re: How to Find a row easily. Newbie Question

Don't know whether a query would work here but I'm pretty sure you can do this sort of thing using PL/SQL and cursors using dynamic SQL.

hth (or points you in the right direction at least)

mkb

In article <38892025.695267203_at_news.alt.net>, jflick_at_gill-industries.com (*) wrote:
> We have an Oracle 7.3 database that is part of a CAD application we
> run. Our goal is to copy some data from the database tables/rows
> and
> put them in another table in a MS SQL7 table for a different piece
> of
> software.
> It would eliminate duplication of work by not having to type the
> data
> into the new MS SQL based application.
> We've found all the locations of the data we're looking for except
> one. And we can't seem to find it in any of the tables.
> Unfortunately, our Oracle db has a TON of tables and lots of
> rows/columns within the tables.
> Is there any way to write a query that looks for a specific value
> so
> that it will search every single table, column, and row in the
> Oracle
> system? We'd like to find the area we're looking for.
> Unfortunately,
> the tables/rows/columns don't give much of an indication as to what
> they'd be used for.
> The CAD application people say it's proprietary information on
> their
> table structure.
> We're not trying to save the world here though. We just want to
> copy
> quantity, description, and size to our new application.
> Many thanks in advance.
> John Flick

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