title: Oracle: Is there a way to get the column data types for a view?
body: <p>For a table in oracle, I can query "all_tab_columns" and get table column information, like the data type, precision, whether or not the column is nullable.</p>
  
  <p>In SQL Developer or TOAD, you can click on a view in the GUI and it will spit out a list of the columns that the view returns and the same set of data (data type, precision, nullable, etc).</p>
  
  <p>So my question is, is there a way to query this column definition for a view, the way you can for a table? How do the GUI tools do it?</p>