title: How can I get column names from a table in Oracle?
body: <p>I need to query the database to get the <em>column names</em>, not to be confused with data in the table.  For example, if I have a table named <code>EVENT_LOG</code> that contains <code>eventID</code>, <code>eventType</code>, <code>eventDesc</code>, and <code>eventTime</code>, then I would want to retrieve those field names from the query and nothing else.</p>
  
  <p>I found how to do this in:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/1054984/419956">Microsoft SQL Server</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/193780/419956">MySQL</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/q/22362/5089">PostgreSQL</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>But I need to know: <strong>how can this be done in <em>Oracle</em>?</strong></p>