----- Original Message ----- |From: "Hans Forbrich" <fuzzy.graybeard@xxxxxxxxx> | |On 28/05/2012 7:36 AM, Nuno Souto wrote: |> Apologies, forgot to add: in 11.2.0.3 I don't have this problem, just |> re-confirmed. Only in 10g. Dunno why, "feature"? But the synonym management |> issue is still there, of course. Which is bypassed in my case with the login |> trigger. | |I never did understand why you couldn't assign synonyms to roles. But what if you use the same synonym name in two different ways and then grant both role to the same user ? create synonym role1.XXX for schemaA.tableA; create synonym role2.XXX for schemaB.tableB grant role1, role2 to userU; Then userU executes select * from XXX; Regards Jonathan Lewis http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/all_postings Author: Oracle Core (Apress 2011) http://www.apress.com/9781430239543 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5028 - Release Date: 05/28/12 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l