That answers my question! Thanks everyone! Jeremy Sheehan Oracle DBA Jeremy.Sheehan@xxxxxxx (561) 304-5769 - office (561) 625-7196 - fax From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amar Padhi Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:20 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Synonym Question Synonym is a non-data segment object, Oracle stores information on it in the dictionary. That is all. Amar Kumar Padhi Oracle DBA/Architect On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:08 PM, SHEEHAN, JEREMY <JEREMY.SHEEHAN@xxxxxxx<mailto:JEREMY.SHEEHAN@xxxxxxx>> wrote: Do Synonyms take up physical space in a database? I know this seems like a stupid question, but I've been told to always ask if there is a doubt. I patiently await the response! Thanks! Jeremy -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Thanks! Amar Kumar Padhi Oracle DBA/Architect