From: mcstockX@Xenquery   
      
   "Greg Bailey"  wrote in message   
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   | How do I update the views user_tab_columns and dba_tab_columns?   
   |   
   | I am using Oracle 9.   
   |   
   | I am trying to use a select command to find out info about the columns   
   | in some tables - their data_type, data_length and whether they are   
   | nullable.   
      
   You don't -- the RDBMS does when you issue DDL (data definition language)   
   statements, like CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE, etc.   
      
   ++ mcs   
      
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