Hello, Kind of out of left field here but I was curious about how many people here use Synonyms and the types of synonyms they are normally using, i.e; table/view/column? Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l