Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!uwvax!ai.cs.wisc.edu!beverly
From: beverly@ai.cs.wisc.edu (Beverly Seavey (-Kung))
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: also need help with ORACLE tables DBA_EXTENTS, etc.
Message-ID: <11672@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 7 Nov 90 23:15:24 GMT
Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Lines: 4

Oracle v. 6.0 dba guide lists system tables such as DBA_EXTENTS, DBA_TABLES.
WHen I try to get a description or select from them sqlplus claims that
they don't exist. I have dba priveledges. Logging on as system/**** still
doesn't produce these tables. Do they have some different name?