In Oracle shops, I see them used quite often. - Both private as well as public synonyms. - For tables, views, stored procedures/functions/packages. I have no clue what you mean by a 'column synonym', though. Not a concept Oracle provides. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 > > > -- Toon Koppelaars RuleGen BV Toon.Koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx www.RuleGen.com TheHelsinkiDeclaration.blogspot.com (co)Author: "Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals" www.rulegen.com/am4dp-backcover-text