Finding tables with BLOB field

How to find the tables from a schema which have at least one BLOB field?

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How to find the tables from a schema which have at least one BLOB field?

A simple query from DBA_TAB_COLUMNS will do the trick:

SELECT owner,table_name,column_name 
FROM dba_tab_columns WHERE data_type='BLOB';

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