Display all objects related to a table

Oracle Database Tips by Donald BurlesonJanuary 6, 2015

Question: I need a script to display all related objects (views, constraints, indexes) that are related to any given Oracle table name. How can I display all indexes, views and constraints that are attached to an Oracle table?

Answer: The Oracle data dictionary uses separate views for the objects that are related to Oracle tables, but you can join some of them together based on the common table_name column:

user_tables
user_indexes
user_constraints
user_views

Something like this will also work, if you are using naming standards and including the table name in the index and view names:

select
     object_name,
     object_type
  from
     user_objects
  where
     object_name like '%my_tablename%';

To punch off all table and indexes for the EMP table, execute dbms_metadata. get_ddl, select from DUAL, and provide all required parameters as shown in Listing A. Please see the Oracle script collection for a complete set of Oracle security scripts:

set heading off;
set echo off;
Set pages 999;
set long 90000;

spool ddl_list.sql
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','DEPT','SCOTT') from dual;
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('INDEX','DEPT_IDX','SCOTT') from dual;
spool off;

This script will display all indexes for a table:

select
     b.uniqueness,
    a.index_name,
    a.table_name,
    a.column_name
  from
    user_ind_columns a,
    user_indexes b
where
    a.index_name=b.index_name
  and
    a.table_name = upper('table_name')
order by
    a.table_name,
    a.index_name,
    a.column_position;

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