what is metadata?

Answer Posted / pradeep

metadata is nothing other than data about data. the data
about data means the structure of the data.
for example in oracle when we use the command
sql> desc <table name>;

here u can find the description of a table that's the meta
data of a table.
(any new answer welcome)

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 0 No



Post New Answer       View All Answers


Please Help Members By Posting Answers For Below Questions

Under which circumstances, informatica server creates reject files?

589


What is meant by lookup transformation? Explain the types of lookup transformation?

565


explan ur project architecture?

1589


What are the different types of repositories created using informatica?

653


Can you generate sequence numbers without using the sequence generator transformation?

595






Can some one explain me about Telecommunications(wireless) project in Informatica? Thanks in advance

1553


What do you mean by filter transformation?

549


What are mapplets?

814


can u give example for factless fact table

5509


How many ways are there to do 'remove duplicate records in informatica'?

583


Does an informatica transformation support only aggregate expressions?

604


How do you take back up of repository?

717


What is the difference between writing a joiner query in ANSI style and THETA style?

1915


What is meant by active and passive transformation?

582


What is Story point Estimation ? Can any one give just an introduction about this ? Advance Thanks

4774