ALL_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS

ALL_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS describes the locations (data sources) of the external tables accessible to the current user.

Related Views

  • DBA_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS describes the locations (data sources) of all external tables in the database.

  • USER_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS describes the locations (data sources) of the external tables owned by the current user. This view does not display the OWNER column.

Column Datatype NULL Description
OWNER VARCHAR2(30) NOT NULL Owner of the external table location
TABLE_NAME VARCHAR2(30) NOT NULL Name of the corresponding external table
LOCATION VARCHAR2(4000)   External table location clause
DIRECTORY_OWNER CHAR(3)   Owner of the directory containing the external table location
DIRECTORY_NAME VARCHAR2(30)   Name of the directory containing the external table location