Find the number of columns in a table

Question

It is possible to find the number of rows in a table:

select count(*) from tablename

Is it possible to find the number of columns in a tabl

Answer 1

Query to count the number of columns in a table:

select count(*) from user_tab_columns where table_name = 'tablename';

Replace tablename with the name of the table whose total number of columns you want returned.