Re: Describe failure using sqlplus

From: John Durst <jdurst_at_sky.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:46:03 -0500
Message-ID: <362D58FB.8C181A98@sky.net>

This is a bug in some versions of SQL*Plus in Oracle8. I think it has something to do with public synonyms. If you specify the schema.table with the describe command it should work.

rkosuri_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We recently installed Oracle8 and created the database instance.
>
> Using sqlplus , i am not able to do a describe on any
> object which is existing in the database. I am able to retrieve
> data by running a select statement.
>
> I would like to know if i am missing anything here. During create database,
> we ran CATALOG.SQL AND CATPROC.SQL scripts.
>
> Please let me know the solution.
>
> Thank you
>
> Ranga Kosuri.
>
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Received on Tue Oct 20 1998 - 22:46:03 CDT