Better ways to print out column names when using cx_Oracle

Question

Found an example using cx_Oracle, this example shows all the information of Cursor.description.

import cx_Oracle
from pprint import pprint

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Answer 1

The SQLAlchemy source code is a good starting point for robust methods of database introspection. Here is how SQLAlchemy reflects table names from Oracle:

SELECT table_name FROM all_tables
WHERE nvl(tablespace_name, 'no tablespace') NOT IN ('SYSTEM', 'SYSAUX')
AND OWNER = :owner
AND IOT_NAME IS NULL