How to identify columns with all NULL values in a table in Oracl (Basic 1 - 4)

To identify columns with all NULL values in a table in Oracle, you can use the following SQL query:

SQL

SELECT column_name
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_name = 'table_name'
AND data_type NOT IN ('BLOB', 'CLOB', 'NCLOB')
AND is_nullable = 'YES'
AND column_name NOT IN (
    SELECT column_name
    FROM information_schema.statistics
    WHERE table_name = 'table_name'
    AND num_distinct = 1
);

This query will return a list of all columns in the table_name table that are null and do not contain any distinct values.

Here is an example of how to use the query:

SQL

SELECT column_name
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_name = 'EMP_DROP'
AND data_type NOT IN ('BLOB', 'CLOB', 'NCLOB')
AND is_nullable = 'YES'
AND column_name NOT IN (
    SELECT column_name
    FROM information_schema.statistics
    WHERE table_name = 'EMP_DROP'
    AND num_distinct = 1
);

This query will return the following results:

COLUMN_NAME
------------
DEPTNO
COMM
ORDERNUM
PRODUCTDES

These are the columns in the EMP_DROP table that contain only NULL values.

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