ALL_NESTED_TABLE_COLS describes the columns of the nested tables accessible to the current user. To gather statistics for this view, use the ANALYZE SQL statement or the DBMS_STATS package.
DBA_NESTED_TABLE_COLS describes the columns of all nested tables in the database.
USER_NESTED_TABLE_COLS describes the columns of the nested 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 nested table | 
| TABLE_NAME | VARCHAR2(30) | NOT NULL | Name of the nested table | 
| COLUMN_NAME | VARCHAR2(30) | NOT NULL | Column name | 
| DATA_TYPE | VARCHAR2(106) | Datatype of the column | |
| DATA_TYPE_MOD | VARCHAR2(3) | Datatype modifier of the column | |
| DATA_TYPE_OWNER | VARCHAR2(30) | Owner of the datatype of the column | |
| DATA_LENGTH | NUMBER | NOT NULL | Length of the column (in bytes) | 
| DATA_PRECISION | NUMBER | Decimal precision for NUMBERdatatype; binary precision forFLOATdatatype; NULL for all other datatypes | |
| DATA_SCALE | NUMBER | Digits to the right of the decimal point in a number | |
| NULLABLE | VARCHAR2(1) | Indicates whether a column allows NULLs. The value is Nif there is aNOT NULLconstraint on the column or if the column is part of aPRIMARY KEY. | |
| COLUMN_ID | NUMBER | Sequence number of the column as created | |
| DEFAULT_LENGTH | NUMBER | Length of the default value for the column | |
| DATA_DEFAULT | LONG | Default value for the column | |
| NUM_DISTINCT | NUMBER | Number of distinct values in the columnFoot 1 | |
| LOW_VALUE | RAW(32) | Low value in the columnFootref 1 | |
| HIGH_VALUE | RAW(32) | High value in the columnFootref 1 | |
| DENSITY | NUMBER | Density of the columnFootref 1 | |
| NUM_NULLS | NUMBER | Number of NULLs in the column | |
| NUM_BUCKETS | NUMBER | Number of buckets in the histogram for the column Note: The number of buckets in a histogram is specified in the  | |
| LAST_ANALYZED | DATE | Date on which this column was most recently analyzed | |
| SAMPLE_SIZE | NUMBER | Sample size used in analyzing this column | |
| CHARACTER_SET_NAME | VARCHAR2(44) | Name of the character set: 
 | |
| CHAR_COL_DECL_LENGTH | NUMBER | Declaration length of the character type column | |
| GLOBAL_STATS | VARCHAR2(3) | For partitioned tables, indicates whether column statistics were collected for the table as a whole ( YES) or were estimated from statistics on underlying partitions and subpartitions (NO) | |
| USER_STATS | VARCHAR2(3) | Indicates whether statistics were entered directly by the user ( YES) or not (NO) | |
| AVG_COL_LEN | NUMBER | Average length of the column (in bytes) | |
| CHAR_LENGTH | NUMBER | Displays the length of the column in characters. This value only applies to the following datatypes: 
 | |
| CHAR_USED | VARCHAR2(1) | Indicates that the column uses BYTElength semantics (B) orCHARlength semantics (C), or whether the datatype is not any of the following (NULL):
 | |
| V80_FMT_IMAGE | VARCHAR2(3) | Indicates whether the column data is in release 8.0 image format ( YES) or not (NO) | |
| DATA_UPGRADED | VARCHAR2(3) | Indicates whether the column data has been upgraded to the latest type version format ( YES) or not (NO) | |
| HIDDEN_COLUMN | VARCHAR2(3) | Indicates whether the column is a hidden column ( YES) or not (NO) | |
| VIRTUAL_COLUMN | VARCHAR2(3) | Indicates whether the column is a virtual column ( YES) or not (NO) | |
| SEGMENT_COLUMN_ID | NUMBER | Sequence number of the column in the segment | |
| INTERNAL_COLUMN_ID | NUMBER | NOT NULL | Internal sequence number of the column | 
| HISTOGRAM | VARCHAR2(15) | Indicates existence/type of histogram: 
 | |
| QUALIFIED_COL_NAME | VARCHAR2(4000) | Qualified column name | 
Footnote 1 These columns remain for backward compatibility with Oracle7. This information is now in the {TAB|PART}_COL_STATISTICS views.