ODP.NET-Specific Schema Collection

Oracle Data Provider for .NET supports both the common schema collections described previously and the following Oracle-specific schema collections:

Tables

Table A-6 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Tables Schema Schema Collection.

Table 6 Tables

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the Table.
TABLE_NAME String Name of the Table.
TYPE String Type of Table, for example, System or User.

Columns

Table A-7 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Columns Schema Collection .

Table 7 Columns

ColumnName Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the table or view.
TABLE_NAME String Name of the table or view.
COLUMN_NAME String Name of the column.
ID Decimal Sequence number of the column as created.
DATATYPE String Data type of the column.
LENGTH Decimal Length of the column in bytes.
PRECISION Decimal Decimal precision for NUMBER data type; binary precision for FLOAT data type, null for all other data types.
Scale Decimal Digits to right of decimal point in a number.
NULLABLE String Specifies whether or not a column allows NULLs.
CHAR_USED String Indicates whether the column uses BYTE length semantics (B) or CHAR length semantics (C).
LengthInChars Decimal

Length of the column in characters.

This value only applies to CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, and NVARCHAR2.

Views

Table A-8 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Views Schema Collection.

Table 8 Views

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the view.
VIEW_NAME String Name of the view.
TEXT_LENGTH Decimal Length of the view text.
TEXT String View text.
TYPE_TEXT_LENGTH Decimal Length of the type clause of the typed view.
TYPE_TEXT String Type clause of the typed view.
OID_TEXT_LENGTH Decimal Length of the WITH OID clause of the typed view.
OID_TEXT String WITH OID clause of the typed view.
VIEW_TYPE_OWNER String Owner of the view type if the view is a typed view.
VIEW_TYPE String Type of the view if the view is a typed view.
SUPERVIEW_NAME String

Name of the superview.

(Oracle9i or later)

XMLSchema

Table A-9 lists the column name, data type and description of the XMLSchema Schema Collection.

Note: This collection is only available with Oracle Database 10g and later.

Table 9 XMLSchema

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the XML schema.
SCHEMA_URL String Schema URL of the XML schema.
LOCAL String Indicates whether the XML schema is local (YES) or global (NO).
SCHEMA String XML schema document.
INT_OBJNAME String Internal database object name for the schema.
QUAL_SCHEMA_URL String Fully qualified schema URL.
HIER_TYPE String Hierarchy type for the schema.

Users

Table A-10 lists the column name, data type and description of the Users Schema Collection.

Table 10 Users

Column Name Data Type Description
NAME String Name of the user.
ID Decimal ID number of the user.
CREATEDATE DateTime User creation date.

Synonyms

Table A-11 lists the column name, data type and description of the Synonyms Schema Collection.

Table 11 Synonyms

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the synonym.
SYNONYM_NAME String Name of the synonym.
TABLE_OWNER String Owner of the object referenced by the synonym. Although the column is called TABLE_OWNER, the object owned is not necessarily a table. It can be any general object such as a view, sequence, stored procedure, synonym, and so on.
TABLE_NAME String Name of the object referenced by the synonym. Although the column is called TABLE_NAME, the object does not necessarily have to be a table. It can be any general object such as a view, sequence, stored procedure, synonym, and so on.
DB_LINK String Name of the database link referenced, if any.

Sequences

Table A-12 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Sequences Schema Collection.

Table 12 Sequences

Column Name Data Type Description
SEQUENCE_OWNER String Name of the owner of the sequence.
SEQUENCE_NAME String Sequence name.
MIN_VALUE Decimal Minimum value of the sequence.
MAX_VALUE Decimal Maximum value of the sequence.
INCREMENT_BY Decimal Value by which sequence is incremented.
CYCLE_FLAG String Indicates if sequence wraps around on reaching limit.
ORDER_FLAG String Indicates if sequence numbers are generated in order.
CACHE_SIZE Decimal Number of sequence numbers to cache.
LAST_NUMBER Decimal Last sequence number written to disk. If a sequence uses caching, the number written to disk is the last number placed in the sequence cache. This number is likely to be greater than the last sequence number that was used.

Functions

Table A-13 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Functions Schema Collection.

Table 13 Functions

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the function.
OBJECT_NAME String Name of the function.
SUBOBJECT_NAME String Name of the subobject (for example, partition).
OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the function.
DATA_OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the segment that contains the function.
CREATED DateTime Timestamp for the creation of the function.
LAST_DDL_TIME DateTime Timestamp for the last modification of the function resulting from a DDL statement (including grants and revokes).
TIMESTAMP String Timestamp for the specification of the function (character data).
STATUS String Status of the function (VALID, INVALID, or N/A).
TEMPORARY String Whether or not the function is temporary (the current session can see only data that it placed in this object itself).
GENERATED String Indicates whether the name of this function is system generated (Y) or not (N).
SECONDARY String Whether or not this is a secondary object created by the ODCIIndexCreate method of the Oracle Data Cartridge (Y | N).

Procedures

Table A-14 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Procedures Schema Collection.

Table 14 Procedures

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the procedure.
OBJECT_NAME String Name of the procedure.
SUBOBJECT_NAME String Name of the subobject (for example, partition).
OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the procedure.
DATA_OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the segment that contains the procedure.
CREATED DateTime Timestamp for the creation of the procedure.
LAST_DDL_TIME Decimal Timestamp for the last modification of the procedure resulting from a DDL statement (including grants and revokes).
TIMESTAMP String Timestamp for the specification of the procedure (character data).
STATUS String Status of the procedure (VALID, INVALID, or N/A).
TEMPORARY String Whether or not the procedure is temporary (the current session can see only data that it placed in this object itself).
GENERATED String Indicates whether the name of this procedure is system generated (Y) or not (N).
SECONDARY String Whether or not this is a secondary object created by the ODCIIndexCreate method of the Oracle Data Cartridge (Y | N).

ProcedureParameters

Table A-15 lists the column name, data type and description of the ProcedureParameters Schema Collection.

Table 15 ProcedureParameters

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the object.
OBJECT_NAME String Name of the procedure or function.
PACKAGE_NAME String Name of the package.
OBJECT_ID Decimal Object number of the object.
OVERLOAD String Indicates the nth overloading ordered by its appearance in the source; otherwise, it is NULL.
SUBPROGRAM_ID Decimal Subprogram id for the procedure or function
ARGUMENT_NAME String If the argument is a scalar type, then the argument name is the name of the argument. A null argument name is used to denote a function return value.
POSITION Decimal If DATA_LEVEL is zero, then this column holds the position of this item in the argument list, or zero for a function return value.
SEQUENCE Decimal Defines the sequential order of the argument. Argument sequence starts from 1.
DATA_LEVEL Decimal Nesting depth of the argument for composite types.
DATA_TYPE String Data type of the argument.
DEFAULT_VALUE String Default value for the argument.
DEFAULT_LENGTH Decimal Length of the default value for the argument.
IN_OUT String Direction of the argument: [IN] [OUT] [IN/OUT].
DATA_LENGTH Decimal Length of the column (in bytes).
DATA_PRECISION Decimal Length in decimal digits (NUMBER) or binary digits (FLOAT).
DATA_SCALE Decimal Digits to the right of the decimal point in a number.
RADIX Decimal Argument radix for a number.
CHARACTER_SET_NAME String Character set name for the argument.
TYPE_OWNER String Owner of the type of the argument.
TYPE_NAME String Name of the type of the argument. If the type is a package local type (that is, it is declared in a package specification), then this column displays the name of the package.
TYPE_SUBNAME String

Displays the name of the type declared in the package identified in the TYPE_NAME column.

Relevant only for package local types.

TYPE_LINK String

Displays the database link that refers to the remote package.

Relevant only for package local types when the package identified in the TYPE_NAME column is a remote package.

PLS_TYPE String For numeric arguments, the name of the PL/SQL type of the argument. Otherwise, Null.
CHAR_LENGTH Decimal Character limit for string data types.
CHAR_USED String Indicates whether the byte limit (B) or character limit (C) is official for the string.

Arguments

Table A-16 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Arguments Schema Collection.

Table 16 Arguments

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the object.
PACKAGE_NAME String Name of the package.
OBJECT_NAME String Name of the procedure or function.
ARGUMENT_NAME String If the argument is a scalar type, then the argument name is the name of the argument. A null argument name is used to denote a function return value.
POSITION Decimal If DATA_LEVEL is zero, then this column holds the position of this item in the argument list, or zero for a function return value.
SEQUENCE Decimal Defines the sequential order of the argument. Argument sequence starts from 1.
DEFAULT_VALUE String Default value for the argument.
DEFAULT_LENGTH Decimal Length of the default value for the argument.
IN_OUT String Direction of the argument: [IN] [OUT] [IN/OUT].
DATA_LENGTH Decimal Length of the column (in bytes).
DATA_PRECISION Decimal Length in decimal digits (NUMBER) or binary digits (FLOAT).
DATA_SCALE Decimal Digits to the right of the decimal point in a number.
DATA_TYPE String Data type of the argument.
CHAR_USED String Indicates whether the column uses BYTE length semantics (B) or CHAR length semantics (C).

Packages

Table A-17 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Packages Schema Collection.

Table 17 Packages

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the package.
OBJECT_NAME String Name of the package.
SUBOBJECT_NAME String Name of the subobject (for example, partition).
OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the package.
DATA_OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the segment that contains the package.
CREATED DateTime Timestamp for the creation of the package.
LAST_DDL_TIME DateTime Timestamp for the last modification of the package resulting from a DDL statement (including grants and revokes).
TIMESTAMP String Timestamp for the specification of the package (character data).
STATUS String Status of the package (VALID, INVALID, or N/A).
TEMPORARY String Whether or not the package is temporary (the current session can see only data that it placed in this object itself).
GENERATED String Indicates whether the name of this package was system generated (Y) or not (N).
SECONDARY String Whether or not this is a secondary object created by the ODCIIndexCreate method of the Oracle Data Cartridge (Y | N).

PackageBodies

Table A-18 lists the column name, data type, and description of the PackageBodies Schema Collection.

Table 18 PackageBodies

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the package body.
OBJECT_NAME String Name of the package body.
SUBOBJECT_NAME String Name of the subobject (for example, partition).
OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the package body.
DATA_OBJECT_ID Decimal Dictionary object number of the segment that contains the package body.
CREATED DateTime Timestamp for the creation of the package body.
LAST_DDL_TIME DateTime Timestamp for the last modification of the package body resulting from a DDL statement (including grants and revokes).
TIMESTAMP String Timestamp for the specification of the package body (character data).
STATUS String Status of the package body (VALID, INVALID, or N/A).
TEMPORARY String Whether the package body is temporary (the current session can see only data that it placed in this object itself).
GENERATED String Indicates whether the name of this package body is system generated (Y) or not (N).
SECONDARY String Whether or not this is a secondary object created by the ODCIIndexCreate method of the Oracle Data Cartridge (Y | N).

JavaClasses

Table A-19 lists the column name, data type, and description of the JavaClasses Schema Collection.

Table 19 JavaClasses

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the Java class.
NAME String Name of the Java class.
MAJOR Decimal Major version number of the Java class, as defined in the JVM specification.
MINOR Decimal Minor version number of the Java class, as defined in the JVM specification.
KIND String Indicates whether the stored object is a Java class (CLASS) or a Java interface (INTERFACE).
ACCESSIBILITY String Accessibility of the Java class.
IS_INNER String Indicates whether this Java class is an inner class (YES) or not (NO).
IS_ABSTRACT String Indicates whether this Java class is an abstract class (YES) or not (NO).
IS_FINAL String Indicates whether this Java class is a final class (YES) or not (NO).
IS_DEBUG String Indicates whether this Java class contains debug information (YES) or not (NO).
SOURCE String Source designation of the Java class.
SUPER String Super class of this Java class.
OUTER String Outer class of this Java class if this Java class is an inner class.

Indexes

Table A-20 lists the column name, data type, and description of the Indexes Schema Collection.

Table 20 Indexes

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the index.
INDEX_NAME String Name of the index.
INDEX_TYPE String

Type of the index:

  • NORMAL

  • BITMAP

  • FUNCTION-BASED NORMAL

  • FUNCTION-BASED BITMAP

  • DOMAIN

TABLE_OWNER String Owner of the indexed object.
TABLE_NAME String Name of the indexed object.
TABLE_TYPE String Type of the indexed object (for example, TABLE or CLUSTER).
UNIQUENESS String Indicates whether the index is UNIQUE or NONUNIQUE.
COMPRESSION String Indicates whether index compression is enabled (ENABLED) or not (DISABLED).
PREFIX_LENGTH Decimal Number of columns in the prefix of the compression key.
TABLESPACE_NAME String Name of the tablespace containing the index.
INI_TRANS Decimal Initial number of transactions.
MAX_TRANS Decimal Maximum number of transactions.
INITIAL_EXTENT Decimal Size of the initial extent.
NEXT_EXTENT Decimal Size of secondary extents.
MIN_EXTENTS Decimal Minimum number of extents allowed in the segment.
MAX_EXTENTS Decimal Maximum number of extents allowed in the segment.
PCT_INCREASE Decimal Percentage increase in extent size.
PCT_THRESHOLD Decimal Threshold percentage of block space allowed per index entry.
INCLUDE_COLUMN Decimal Column ID of the last column to be included in index-organized table primary key (non-overflow) index. This column maps to the COLUMN_ID column of the *_TAB_COLUMNS data dictionary views.
FREELISTS Decimal Number of process freelists allocated to this segment.
FREELIST_GROUPS Decimal Number of freelist groups allocated to this segment.
PCT_FREE Decimal Minimum percentage of free space in a block.
LOGGING String Logging information.
BLEVEL Decimal B*-Tree level: depth of the index from its root block to its leaf blocks. A depth of 0 indicates that the root block and leaf block are the same.
LEAF_BLOCKS Decimal Number of leaf blocks in the index.
DISTINCT_KEYS Decimal Number of distinct indexed values. For indexes that enforce UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraints, this value is the same as the number of rows in the table (USER_TABLES.NUM_ROWS).
AVG_LEAF_BLOCKS_PER_KEY Decimal Average number of leaf blocks in which each distinct value in the index appears, rounded to the nearest integer. For indexes that enforce UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraints, this value is always 1.
AVG_DATA_BLOCKS_PER_KEY Decimal Average number of data blocks in the table that are pointed to by a distinct value in the index, rounded to the nearest integer. This statistic is the average number of data blocks that contain rows that contain a given value for the indexed columns.
CLUSTERING_FACTOR Decimal Indicates the amount of order of the rows in the table based on the values of the index.
STATUS String Indicates whether a nonpartitioned index is VALID or UNUSABLE.
NUM_ROWS Decimal Number of rows in the index.
SAMPLE_SIZE Decimal Size of the sample used to analyze the index.
LAST_ANALYZED Date Date on which this index was most recently analyzed.
DEGREE String Number of threads per instance for scanning the index.
INSTANCES String Number of instances across which the indexes to be scanned.
PARTITIONED String Indicates whether the index is partitioned (YES) or not (NO).
TEMPORARY String Indicates whether or not the index is on a temporary table.
GENERATED String Indicates whether the name of the index is system generated (Y) or not (N).
SECONDARY String Indicates whether the index is a secondary object created by the ODCIIndexCreate method of the Oracle Data Cartridge (Y) or not (N).
BUFFER_POOL String Name of the default buffer pool to be used for the index blocks.
USER_STATS String Indicates whether statistics were entered directly by the user (YES) or not (NO).
DURATION String Indicates the duration of a temporary table.
PCT_DIRECT_ACCESS Decimal For a secondary index on an index-organized table, the percentage of rows with VALID guess.
ITYP_OWNER String For a domain index, the owner of the index type.
ITYP_NAME String For a domain index, the name of the index type.
PARAMETERS String For a domain index, the parameter string.
GLOBAL_STATS String For partitioned indexes, indicates whether statistics are collected by analyzing the index as a whole (YES) or estimated from statistics on underlying index partitions and subpartitions (NO).
DOMIDX_STATUS String

Status of the domain index:

  • NULL - Index is not a domain index.

  • VALID - Index is a valid domain index.

  • IDXTYP_INVLD - Indextype of the domain index is invalid.

DOMIDX_OPSTATUS String

Status of the operation on the domain index:

  • NULL - Index is not a domain index.

  • VALID - Operation performed without errors.

  • FAILED - Operation failed with an error.

FUNCIDX_STATUS String

Status of a function-based index:

  • NULL - Index is not a function-based index.

  • ENABLED - Function-based index is enabled.

  • DISABLED - Function-based index is disabled.

JOIN_INDEX String Indicates whether the index is a join index (YES) or not (NO).
IOT_REDUNDANT_PKEY_ELIM String Indicates whether redundant primary key columns are eliminated from secondary indexes on index-organized tables (YES) or not (NO).
DROPPED String Indicates whether the index has been dropped and is in the recycle bin (YES) or not (NO); null for partitioned tables.

IndexColumns

Table A-21 lists the column name, data type, and description of the IndexColumns Schema Collection.

Table 21 IndexColumns

Column Name Data Type Description
INDEX_OWNER String Owner of the index.
INDEX_NAME String Name of the index.
TABLE_OWNER String Owner of the table or cluster.
TABLE_NAME String Name of the table or cluster.
COLUMN_NAME String Column name or attribute of object type column.
COLUMN_POSITION Decimal Position of column or attribute within the index.
COLUMN_LENGTH Decimal Indexed length of the column.
DESCEND String Whether the column is sorted in descending order (Y/N).
CHAR_LENGTH Decimal

Maximum codepoint length of the column.

(Oracle9i or later)

PrimaryKeys

Table A-22 lists the column name, data type, and description of the PrimaryKeys Schema Collection.

Table 22 PrimaryKeys

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the constraint definition.
CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the constraint definition.
TABLE_NAME String Name associated with the table (or view) with constraint definition.
SEARCH_CONDITION String Text of search condition for a check constraint.
R_OWNER String Owner of table referred to in a referential constraint.
R_CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the unique constraint definition for referenced table.
DELETE_RULE String Delete rule for a referential constraint (CASCADE or NO ACTION).
STATUS String Enforcement status of constraint (ENABLED or DISABLED).
DEFERRABLE String Whether or not the constraint is deferrable.
VALIDATED String Whether all data obeys the constraint (VALIDATED or NOT VALIDATED).
GENERATED String Whether the name of the constraint is user or system generated.
BAD String

Indicates that this constraint specifies a century in an ambiguous manner. (Yes| No)

To avoid errors resulting from this ambiguity, rewrite the constraint using the TO_DATE function with a four-digit year.

RELY String Whether an enabled constraint is enforced or unenforced.
LAST_CHANGE DateTime When the constraint was last enabled or disabled.
INDEX_OWNER String

Name of the user owning the index.

(Oracle9i or later)

INDEX_NAME String

Name of the index (only shown for unique and primary-key constraints).

(Oracle9i or later)

ForeignKeys

Table A-23 lists the column name, data type, and description of the ForeignKeys Schema Collection.

Table 23 ForeignKeys

Column Name Data Type Description
PRIMARY_KEY_CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the constraint definition.
PRIMARY_KEY_OWNER String Owner of the constraint definition.
PRIMARY_KEY_TABLE_NAME String Name associated with the table (or view) with constraint definition.
FOREIGN_KEY_OWNER String Owner of the constraint definition.
FOREIGN_KEY_CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the constraint definition.
FOREIGN_KEY_TABLE_NAME String Name associated with the table (or view) with constraint definition.
SEARCH_CONDITION String Text of search condition for a check constraint
R_OWNER String Owner of table referred to, in a referential constraint.
R_CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the unique constraint definition for referenced table.
DELETE_RULE String Delete rule for a referential constraint (CASCADE or NO ACTION).
STATUS String Enforcement status of constraint (ENABLED or DISABLED).
VALIDATED String Whether or not all data obeys the constraint (VALIDATED or NOT VALIDATED).
GENERATED String Whether the name of the constraint is user or system generated.
RELY String Whether an enabled constraint is enforced or unenforced.
LAST_CHANGE DateTime When the constraint was last enabled or disabled.
INDEX_OWNER String

Name of the user owning the index.

(Oracle9i or later)

INDEX_NAME String

Name of the index.

(Oracle9i or later)

ForeignKeyColumns

Table A-24 lists the column name, data type, and description of the ForeignKeyColumns Schema Collection.

Table 24 ForeignKeyColumns

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the constraint definition.
CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the constraint definition.
TABLE_NAME String Name of the table with constraint definition.
COLUMN_NAME String Name of the column or attribute of the object type column specified in the constraint definition.
POSITION String Original position of column or attribute in the definition of the object.

UniqueKeys

Table A-25 lists the column name, data type, and description of the UniqueKeys Schema Collection.

Table 25 UniqueKeys

Column Name Data Type Description
OWNER String Owner of the constraint definition.
CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the constraint definition.
TABLE_NAME String Name associated with the table (or view) with constraint definition.
SEARCH_CONDITION String Text of search condition for a check constraint.
R_OWNER String Owner of table referred to in a referential constraint.
R_CONSTRAINT_NAME String Name of the unique constraint definition for referenced table.
DELETE_RULE String Delete rule for a referential constraint (CASCADE or NO ACTION).
STATUS String Enforcement status of constraint (ENABLED or DISABLED).
DEFERRABLE String Whether or not the constraint is deferrable.
VALIDATED String Whether all data obeys the constraint (VALIDATED or NOT VALIDATED).
GENERATED String Whether the name of the constraint is user or system generated.
BAD String

Indicates that this constraint specifies a century in an ambiguous manner. (Yes| No)

To avoid errors resulting from this ambiguity, rewrite the constraint using the TO_DATE function with a four-digit year.

RELY String Whether an enabled constraint is enforced or not.
LAST_CHANGE String When the constraint was last enabled or disabled.
INDEX_OWNER String

Name of the user owning the index.

(Oracle9i or later)

INDEX_NAME String

Name of the index (only shown for unique and primary-key constraints).

(Oracle9i or later)