"mike" <hillmw@charter.net> wrote in
news:1119365265.693425.267050@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

> Are you saying look at:
>
> select * from dbms_rowid
>
> Procedure, function, package, or type not allowed here.
>
> Mike
>

SQL> desc dbms_rowid
FUNCTION ROWID_BLOCK_NUMBER RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROW_ID ROWID IN
FUNCTION ROWID_CREATE RETURNS ROWID
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROWID_TYPE NUMBER IN
OBJECT_NUMBER NUMBER IN
RELATIVE_FNO NUMBER IN
BLOCK_NUMBER NUMBER IN
ROW_NUMBER NUMBER IN
PROCEDURE ROWID_INFO
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROWID_IN ROWID IN
ROWID_TYPE NUMBER OUT
OBJECT_NUMBER NUMBER OUT
RELATIVE_FNO NUMBER OUT
BLOCK_NUMBER NUMBER OUT
ROW_NUMBER NUMBER OUT
FUNCTION ROWID_OBJECT RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROW_ID ROWID IN
FUNCTION ROWID_RELATIVE_FNO RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROW_ID ROWID IN
FUNCTION ROWID_ROW_NUMBER RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROW_ID ROWID IN
FUNCTION ROWID_TO_ABSOLUTE_FNO RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROW_ID ROWID IN
SCHEMA_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
OBJECT_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
FUNCTION ROWID_TO_EXTENDED RETURNS ROWID
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
OLD_ROWID ROWID IN
SCHEMA_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
OBJECT_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
CONVERSION_TYPE NUMBER(38) IN
FUNCTION ROWID_TO_RESTRICTED RETURNS ROWID
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
OLD_ROWID ROWID IN
CONVERSION_TYPE NUMBER(38) IN
FUNCTION ROWID_TYPE RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROW_ID ROWID IN
FUNCTION ROWID_VERIFY RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
ROWID_IN ROWID IN
SCHEMA_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
OBJECT_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
CONVERSION_TYPE NUMBER(38) IN