Let's say I am a DBA dealing with COTS packages and my COTS vendors = introduce modules into the system (in a hurry) that seem to be redundant = - like - "don't we have that table already????" - "can't we use this = existing table???" - "don't we already have a stored proc like that???" My answer was create a data dictionary/data model and find out about the = modules as they come in but ensuring you do the change control into = production. =20 However, this was not the answer someone was looking for - they were = looking for some tool - like DBEXAMINER???? that would do this = somehow???? I thought that was my job - but heh - is there a tool like = that? =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------