Problem with desc in v8

[Eric]

I got the following error is v8 (beta) when descripting the htp.comment. However it worked for htp.center.

SQL> desc htp.comment
Object htp.comment does not exist.

SQL> desc htp.center
Parameter Type Mode Default?
--------- -------- ---- --------
CTEXT VARCHAR2 IN

 

[Marco Kalter]

This seems to work though:

SQL> desc HTP."COMMENT"

Apparently the comment keyword needs to be quoted here.

 

[patch]

Could this perhaps be because comment is a reserved word? Comment on column...
Kindest regards,
Patrick

 

[Eric]

It works. Thx.

But I don't need to quote the word in previous version.

 

[Marco Kalter]

That is indeed odd. We'll check it out.

In fact: DESC HTP."COMMENT" did not work in 7.1, only DESC HTP.COMMENT.