`show create table` equivalent in oracle sql

Question

In MySql you can see the table definition (columns with their data types etc) with show create table table_name.

Is there a similar functionality for o

Answer 1

DDL is working for me and more simple all you need is to write DDL (SCHEMA_OWNER).(TABLE_NAME) ...for example ddl HR.LOCATIONS;....HR is the schema and LOCATION is table name ...make sure you write both the SCHEMA name and table NAME in capital here the output will be

CREATE TABLE "HR"."LOCATIONS" 
(   "LOCATION_ID" NUMBER(4,0), 
"STREET_ADDRESS" VARCHAR2(40), 
"POSTAL_CODE" VARCHAR2(12), 
"CITY" VARCHAR2(30) CONSTRAINT "LOC_CITY_NN" NOT NULL ENABLE, 
"STATE_PROVINCE" VARCHAR2(25), 
"COUNTRY_ID" CHAR(2), 
 CONSTRAINT "LOC_ID_PK" PRIMARY KEY ("LOCATION_ID")
 USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 NOLOGGING COMPUTE 
STATISTICS 
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT 
FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "EXAMPLE"  ENABLE, 
 CONSTRAINT "LOC_C_ID_FK" FOREIGN KEY ("COUNTRY_ID")
  REFERENCES "HR"."COUNTRIES" ("COUNTRY_ID") ENABLE
) SEGMENT CREATION IMMEDIATE 
PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS NOLOGGING
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT 
FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "EXAMPLE" ;
COMMENT ON COLUMN "HR"."LOCATIONS"."LOCATION_ID" IS 'Primary key of 
locations table';
COMMENT ON COLUMN "HR"."LOCATIONS"."STREET_ADDRESS" IS 'Street address 
of an office, warehouse, or production site of a company.
Contains building number and street name';
COMMENT ON COLUMN "HR"."LOCATIONS"."POSTAL_CODE" IS 'Postal code of 
the 
location of an office, warehouse, or production site
of a company. ';
COMMENT ON COLUMN "HR"."LOCATIONS"."CITY" IS 'A not null column that 
shows city where an office, warehouse, or
production site of a company is located. ';
COMMENT ON COLUMN "HR"."LOCATIONS"."STATE_PROVINCE" IS 'State or 
Province where an office, warehouse, or production site of a
company is located.';
COMMENT ON COLUMN "HR"."LOCATIONS"."COUNTRY_ID" IS 'Country where an 
office, warehouse, or production site of a company is
located. Foreign key to country_id column of the countries table.';
COMMENT ON TABLE "HR"."LOCATIONS"  IS 'Locations table that contains 
specific address of a specific office,
warehouse, and/or production site of a company. Does not store 
addresses /
locations of customers. Contains 23 rows; references with the
departments and countries tables. ';
CREATE INDEX "HR"."LOC_CITY_IX" ON "HR"."LOCATIONS" ("CITY") 
PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 NOLOGGING COMPUTE STATISTICS 
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT 
FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "EXAMPLE" ;
CREATE INDEX "HR"."LOC_COUNTRY_IX" ON "HR"."LOCATIONS" ("COUNTRY_ID") 
PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 NOLOGGING COMPUTE STATISTICS 
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT 
FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "EXAMPLE" ;
CREATE INDEX "HR"."LOC_STATE_PROVINCE_IX" ON "HR"."LOCATIONS" 
("STATE_PROVINCE") 
PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 NOLOGGING COMPUTE STATISTICS 
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT 
FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "EXAMPLE" ;