srinvias, Do you have the Oracle Reference Manual? If you look for the descriptions of each of the v$ views, they give all the info you are looking for. The x$ ones are not listed though..
HTH Mark -----Original Message----- Shrinivas (MED, Keane) Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi lists Is there a way to see the description of the column,means what value the column stores for v$, x$ tables. eg: desc v$session we will see the column like... SADDR SID SERIAL# AUDSID PADDR USER# USERNAME COMMAND OWNERID TADDR SQL_ADDRESS SQL_HASH_VALUE PREV_SQL_ADDR PREV_HASH_VALUE MODULE MODULE_HASH how to find out what the column is and what value it stores. i cannot find anything in dba_col_comments. thanx in advance, srinvias -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mark Leith INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).