>>>Bzzzzt! Wrong (and not just you Gene - sorry to single you >>>out). This has not been the case for nearly a decade! It >>>makes me laugh every time someone states this, especially as >>>I have no love for the M$ product. >>>SQL Server has *exactly* the same schema support as Oracle >>>*as well as* support for multiple databases hosted by a >>>given instance. A more accurate way of thinking of >>>databases in SQL Server is as another namespace level above schemas. it is just like Sybase and Informix Trubo/DSA/XPS... no mincing words about it. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l