Totally Hidden Column - Analogous to OLS
Does anyone know of a way to totally hide a column? I mean totally hidden - ie. it does not show up in 'describe' 'or select * from...'
Now, the best Oracle analogy of this hidden column concept is in Oracle Label Security. The hidden label column does not show up anywhere unless you explicitely select it.
The reason for this is we have much legacy code in older types of programming languages that we do not want to modify and recompile. One idea i have is to create an OLS policy for the table (freakin' ugly idea because my intention has nothing to do with OLS - but it would work).
Your advise is very appreciated.