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Elementary: what is the dollar-sign ($) in a column name mean?

raindogNov 24 2010 — edited Nov 24 2010
I periodically see dollar signs in column names in Oracle tables. For example, when I create a LOB, often times the LOB segment will end in a dollar-sign (or two). Sometimes when one of the developers creates an object, I see some of the field namess have dollar-signs at the end of them.

What does the dollar-sign mean?

What does two dollar-signs mean?

Just curious...they seem to function as normal characters.
This post has been answered by JustinCave on Nov 24 2010
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