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Oracle/PLSQL: Oracle System Tables

Below is an alphabetical listing of the Oracle system tables that are commonly used. System Table ALL_ARGUMENTS ALL_CATALOG ALL_COL_COMMENTS ALL_CONSTRAINTS ALL_CONS_COLUMNS ALL_DB_LINKS ALL_ERRORS ALL_INDEXES ALL_IND_COLUMNS ALL_LOBS ALL_OBJECTS ALL_OBJECT_TABLES ALL_SEQUENCES ALL_SNAPSHOTS ALL_SOURCE ALL_SYNONYMS ALL_TABLES ALL_TAB_COLUMNS ALL_TAB_COL_STATISTICS ALL_TAB_COMMENTS ALL_TRIGGERS ALL_TRIGGER_COLS Description Arguments in object accessible to the user All tables, views, synonyms, sequences accessible to the user Comments on columns of accessible tables and views Constraint definitions on accessible tables Information about accessible columns in constraint definitions Database links accessible to the user Current errors on stored objects that user is allowed to create Descriptions of indexes on tables accessible to the user COLUMNs comprising INDEXes on accessible TABLES Description of LOBs contained in tables accessible to the user Objects accessible to the user Description of all object tables accessible to the user Description of SEQUENCEs accessible to the user Snapshots the user can access Current source on stored objects that user is allowed to create All synonyms accessible to the user Description of relational tables accessible to the user Columns of user's tables, views and clusters Columns of user's tables, views and clusters Comments on tables and views accessible to the user Triggers accessible to the current user Column usage in user's triggers or in triggers on user's

tables ALL_TYPES ALL_UPDATABLE_COLUMNS ALL_USERS ALL_VIEWS Description of types accessible to the user Description of all updatable columns Information about all users of the database Description of views accessible to the user

DATABASE_COMPATIBLE_LEVEL Database compatible parameter set via init.ora DBA_DB_LINKS DBA_ERRORS DBA_OBJECTS DBA_ROLES DBA_ROLE_PRIVS DBA_SOURCE DBA_TABLESPACES DBA_TAB_PRIVS DBA_TRIGGERS DBA_TS_QUOTAS DBA_USERS DBA_VIEWS DICTIONARY DICT_COLUMNS GLOBAL_NAME NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS NLS_SESSION_PARAMETERS All database links in the database Current errors on all stored objects in the database All objects in the database All Roles which exist in the database Roles granted to users and roles Source of all stored objects in the database Description of all tablespaces All grants on objects in the database All triggers in the database Tablespace quotas for all users Information about all users of the database Description of all views in the database Description of data dictionary tables and views Description of columns in data dictionary tables and views global database name Permanent NLS parameters of the database NLS parameters of the instance NLS parameters of the user session

PRODUCT_COMPONENT_VERSION version and status information for component products ROLE_TAB_PRIVS SESSION_PRIVS SESSION_ROLES SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE_MAP Table privileges granted to roles Privileges which the user currently has set Roles which the user currently has enabled. Description table for privilege type codes. Maps privilege type numbers to type names Grants on objects for which the user is the grantor, grantee, owner, or an enabled role or PUBLIC is the grantee

TABLE_PRIVILEGES

TABLE_PRIVILEGE_MAP

Description table for privilege (auditing option) type codes. Maps privilege (auditing option) type numbers to type names