If by "the default schema", you mean "the parsing schema" of the application in the workspace that you intend to deploy, then I would say: yes. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > We are new to APEX. We are looking at putting it in our Oracle EBS > database. We would want APEX to be READONLY to the EBS objects. To do this > would I do the following: > - create a new schema as the default schema > - create a synonym in the new schema pointing to the EBS objects > - grant select only to the new schema for the EBS objects. > > Is this what I would need to do or am I making it more complicated than it > really is? > > > Jeffrey Beckstrom > Database Administrator > Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority > 1240 W. 6th Street > Cleveland, Ohio 44113 > -- Toon Koppelaars RuleGen BV Toon.Koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx www.RuleGen.com TheHelsinkiDeclaration.blogspot.com (co)Author: "Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals" www.RuleGen.com/pls/apex/f?p=14265:13