I love those declarations. Surely it's not really public synonyms but granting unnecessary privileges on those objects to public. Is it SOX compliant to have a post release script to remove all public synonyms and replace them with private synonyms for all users? -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sheehan, Jeremy Sent: 01 December 2010 14:30 To: Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxx; jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Synonyms It's been declared that public synonyms are bad for any SOX databases where I work. That means that the DBA's have to comb through any code that needs to be promoted for the forbidden words 'create public synonym'. It really sucks when a 3rd party application relies heavily on them. We have to constantly push code back to them for revision. Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:20 AM To: jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Synonyms Josh, I use them all the time. Standard practice here. I used to use public synonyms but now use private syns. The schema who owns the objects creates private syns for the users who need them. Tom -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joshua D. Drake Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:31 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Synonyms 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 ��i��0���zX���+��n��{�+i�^ ��i��0���zX���+��n��{�+i�^ _______________________________________________ This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unless specifically indicated, this e-mail is not an offer to buy or sell or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities, investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Barclays. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Barclays. This e-mail is subject to terms available at the following link: www.barcap.com/emaildisclaimer. By messaging with Barclays you consent to the foregoing. Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, a company registered in England (number 1026167) with its registered office at 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP. This email may relate to or be sent from other members of the Barclays Group. _______________________________________________