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QUESTION POSED ON: 05 December 2001
Does DB2/400 have anything equivalent to Oracle's DESCRIBE?

If you are running OS/400, you can use a combination of DSPFFD and DSPFD to display file field descriptions and the file description. DB2/400 does not have an interactive equivalent to DESCRIBE as far as I know.

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