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    DBA_COLL_TYPES

    Last Updated:2026-04-09 02:53:56  Updated
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    Note

    This view is available starting with V2.2.30.

    Purpose

    Lists the user-defined collection types available in the database. The columns are the same as those in ALL_COLL_TYPES.

    Applicability

    This view applies only to OceanBase Database in Oracle mode.

    Columns

    Column Type Nullable? Description
    OWNER VARCHAR2(128) NO The owner of the object.
    TYPE_NAME VARCHAR2(64) NO The type name.
    COLL_TYPE VARCHAR2(10) NO The collection type:
  • VARYING
  • ARRAY
  • NESTED TABLE
  • UPPER_BOUND NUMBER(38) YES For VARYING, the maximum size of the collection.
    ELEM_TYPE_MOD VARCHAR2(7) YES This field is not supported. It is NULL by default.
    ELEM_TYPE_OWNER VARCHAR2(128) YES The owner of the collection element type.
    ELEM_TYPE_NAME VARCHAR2(324) YES The name of the collection element type.
    LENGTH NUMBER(38) YES The length of the collection element type.
    NUMBER_PRECISION NUMBER(38) YES The precision of the collection element type.
    SCALE NUMBER(38) YES The length of the data to the right of the decimal point of the collection element type.
    CHARACTER_SET_NAME CHAR(7) YES The character set of the collection element type.
    ELEM_STORAGE CHAR(3) YES This field is not supported. It is NULL by default.
    NULLS_STORED CHAR(1) YES This field is not supported. It is NULL by default.

    Sample query

    Query the user-defined collection types available in the current tenant.

    obclient [SYS]> SELECT * FROM SYS.DBA_COLL_TYPES;
    

    The query result is as follows:

    +-------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+-----------------+----------------+--------+------------------+-------+--------------------+--------------+--------------+
    | OWNER | TYPE_NAME           | COLL_TYPE | UPPER_BOUND | ELEM_TYPE_MOD | ELEM_TYPE_OWNER | ELEM_TYPE_NAME | LENGTH | NUMBER_PRECISION | SCALE | CHARACTER_SET_NAME | ELEM_STORAGE | NULLS_STORED |
    +-------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+-----------------+----------------+--------+------------------+-------+--------------------+--------------+--------------+
    | SYS   | DBMS_XA_XID_ARRAY   | TABLE     |          -1 | NULL          | SYS             | DBMS_XA_XID    |     -1 |               -1 |    -1 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | ODCIRIDLIST         | TABLE     |       32767 | NULL          | NULL            | VARCHAR2       |   5072 |                2 |    -1 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | ODCINUMBERLIST      | TABLE     |       32767 | NULL          | NULL            | NUMBER         |     -1 |               -1 |   -85 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | ODCIVARCHAR2LIST    | TABLE     |       32767 | NULL          | NULL            | VARCHAR2       |   4000 |                2 |    -1 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | ODCIDATELIST        | TABLE     |       32767 | NULL          | NULL            | DATE           |     -1 |               19 |     0 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | ODCIGRANULELIST     | TABLE     |       65535 | NULL          | NULL            | NUMBER         |     -1 |               -1 |   -85 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | XMLSEQUENCE         | TABLE     |       32767 | NULL          | SYS             | XMLTYPE        |     -1 |               -1 |    -1 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY | TABLE     |     1048576 | NULL          | NULL            | NUMBER         |     -1 |               -1 |   -85 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    | SYS   | SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY  | TABLE     |     1048576 | NULL          | NULL            | NUMBER         |     -1 |               -1 |   -85 | CHAR_CS            | YES          | B            |
    +-------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+-----------------+----------------+--------+------------------+-------+--------------------+--------------+--------------+
    9 rows in set
    

    References

    • To view all custom collection types that the current user can access, see ALL_COLL_TYPES.

    • To view all custom collection types owned by the current user, see USER_COLL_TYPES.

    • For more information about collections, see Collections.

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