comments inline: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Goulet, Richard < Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Brother does this list ever produce mountains of messages in the blink > of an eye!! > Hey, it's a vital community! :) > > OK, so while creating objects in the sys schema is not the most > brilliant thing to do it's not exactly totally unknown. > > I think it is a good idea for the DBA in question to provide some documented security concerns for such issues if possible, in addition to the support concerns. As decisions to buy a product are almost never based on input from a DBA, it is still valid for the DBA to raise concerns. That way when the tidal wave of problems rushes in, the DBA is in a fairly secure position. Even better if she/he already knows how to deal with the problems. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com